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I received an email stating this:
> KEYS LOCKED IN CAR ?
>
> Very interesting!
> For those of you who have a car that can be unlocked by that remote
> button on your key ring: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare
> keys are home, and you don't have "OnStar," here's your answer to the
> problem!
> If someone has access to the spare remote at your home, call them on
> your cell phone (or borrow one from someone if the cell phone is locked
> in the car too!)
> Hold your (or anyone's) cell phone about a foot from your car door and
> have the other person at your home press the unlock button, holding it
> near the phone on their end.
> Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to
> you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if
> you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can
> unlock the doors (or the trunk, or have the "horn" signal go off, or
> whatever!)
> (Editor's Note * It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car
> over a cell phone!) Distance doesn't seem to be a factor
I have not tried this yet, so I cannot rule out if it's BS or not. I also have heard it only works with GM cars...
> KEYS LOCKED IN CAR ?
>
> Very interesting!
> For those of you who have a car that can be unlocked by that remote
> button on your key ring: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare
> keys are home, and you don't have "OnStar," here's your answer to the
> problem!
> If someone has access to the spare remote at your home, call them on
> your cell phone (or borrow one from someone if the cell phone is locked
> in the car too!)
> Hold your (or anyone's) cell phone about a foot from your car door and
> have the other person at your home press the unlock button, holding it
> near the phone on their end.
> Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to
> you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if
> you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can
> unlock the doors (or the trunk, or have the "horn" signal go off, or
> whatever!)
> (Editor's Note * It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car
> over a cell phone!) Distance doesn't seem to be a factor
I have not tried this yet, so I cannot rule out if it's BS or not. I also have heard it only works with GM cars...
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