Urban Legend - Cellphone may erase your car key!

tsk1979 · 29th May 2007, 12:15

Cell phones erase car keys
This article talks about high end Nissan cars. With modern cars coming with electronic keys and immobilizes, imagine the fiasco if such a thing starts happening with the Maruti's

sbasak · 29th May 2007, 14:58

There have been several incidents throughout the world that immobilisers played foul near strong radio signal areas - resulting motorists stranded on cars failing to start.

Moreover, if immobiliser packs up, it often costs a bomb to fix.

gd1418 · 29th May 2007, 21:31

Tanveer, the article is an eye opener and scary as well. You rightly mentioned what would happen if something similar occurs here..Most people tend to keep the cellphone in the same pocket where the car keys are also slipped.

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

Cell phones erase car keys
This article talks about high end Nissan cars. With modern cars coming with electronic keys and immobilizes, imagine the fiasco if such a thing starts happening with the Maruti's

theMAG · 29th May 2007, 21:35

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The car won't start and the I-Key cannot be reprogrammed

Ah! The pleasures of technology

speed0mania · 29th May 2007, 21:52

that doesn't sound too good with the new swift coming with an imobiliser!!

zoomingbhat · 29th May 2007, 21:54

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Originally Posted by theMAG

Ah! The pleasures of technology

Exatly.Time for Maruti to re-think about i keys in India.

Murugan · 29th May 2007, 23:16

On a similar note:
An anaesthetist friend of mine found that on several occassions his credit cards were becoming non-functional. He finally traced it to occassions when he was going into the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan room to give anaesthesia. The strong Magnetic fields of the MRI scan machine was playing havoc with his credit card! Incidentally, everbody is warned to remove keys [so the car key problem may not occur unless somebody takes it in] and metal objects when entering the MRI scan suite. I guess the super strong magnets may damage even cell phones, digital cameras etc., with their memory cards (neither sure about that nor do I want to find out!)
Dr.Murugan

speed0mania · 30th May 2007, 01:59

now thats an occupational hazzard

dont think i have to worry about that but cellphone interfering with my car keys!! uh-oh i dont know what to get rid offff?

dadu · 30th May 2007, 14:08

perhaps buy a leather key case and keep the keys in it.

Murugan · 30th May 2007, 23:09

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Originally Posted by dadu

perhaps buy a leather key case and keep the keys in it.

Since when did leather develop a RF shield?! Heard of magnetically shielded speakers to avoid distorting the image on a TV screen but not this one!

CrackedHead · 27th June 2010, 23:14

Bumping this ancient thread - Does anyone know if nissan resolved these issues?

The top end micra has the same/similar "key" right?

pranavt · 27th June 2010, 23:41

This would probably be nothing more than an urban myth. Or perhaps I should start selling "immobiliser safe" cellphone covers.

anku94 · 27th June 2010, 23:42

Sorry guys. Didn't see that this is an old thread. Please delete this post.

wheeler · 27th June 2010, 23:48

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Originally Posted by CrackedHead

Bumping this ancient thread - Does anyone know if nissan resolved these issues?

The top end micra has the same/similar "key" right?

I am currently driving a Nissan Altima '08 model which comes with this Intelligent key. Most often, the I-key and cellphone are right next to each other in the cubby hole in the central console and many a times I have made / received phonecalls as well. The phone stays in its place since I use the bluetooth. But till today, I haven't faced any issue as mentioned in the news article above. Not sure if it has been rectified or if I'm just plain lucky.

CrackedHead · 28th June 2010, 00:27

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Originally Posted by wheeler

I am currently driving a Nissan Altima '08 model which comes with this Intelligent key. Most often, the I-key and cellphone are right next to each other in the cubby hole in the central console and many a times I have made / received phonecalls as well. The phone stays in its place since I use the bluetooth. But till today, I haven't faced any issue as mentioned in the news article above. Not sure if it has been rectified or if I'm just plain lucky.

Cool. They probably resolved the issue (or it was just an urban legend as Pravant suggested). Good to know.

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Originally Posted by pranavt

This would probably be nothing more than an urban myth. Or perhaps I should start selling "immobiliser safe" cellphone covers.

I have a patent on those - lets discuss royalties before you do that.

29th May 2007, 12:15	#1
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sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 608 Thanked: 14 Times	There have been several incidents throughout the world that immobilisers played foul near strong radio signal areas - resulting motorists stranded on cars failing to start. Moreover, if immobiliser packs up, it often costs a bomb to fix.
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speed0mania BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: new delhi Posts: 463 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	that doesn't sound too good with the new swift coming with an imobiliser!!
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Murugan BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 382 Thanked: 261 Times	MRI scan machine and credit card malfunction! On a similar note: An anaesthetist friend of mine found that on several occassions his credit cards were becoming non-functional. He finally traced it to occassions when he was going into the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan room to give anaesthesia. The strong Magnetic fields of the MRI scan machine was playing havoc with his credit card! Incidentally, everbody is warned to remove keys [so the car key problem may not occur unless somebody takes it in] and metal objects when entering the MRI scan suite. I guess the super strong magnets may damage even cell phones, digital cameras etc., with their memory cards (neither sure about that nor do I want to find out!) Dr.Murugan
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speed0mania BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: new delhi Posts: 463 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	now thats an occupational hazzard dont think i have to worry about that but cellphone interfering with my car keys!! uh-oh i dont know what to get rid offff?
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dadu Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,803 Thanked: 462 Times View My Garage	perhaps buy a leather key case and keep the keys in it.
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CrackedHead BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 585 Thanked: 81 Times	Bumping this ancient thread - Does anyone know if nissan resolved these issues? The top end micra has the same/similar "key" right?
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pranavt Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,682 Thanked: 639 Times View My Garage	This would probably be nothing more than an urban myth. Or perhaps I should start selling "immobiliser safe" cellphone covers.
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