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[cleggy]

I have a modern GM vehicle. The range on the fob is amazing. I asked wifey to stand next to the car on the fifth floor of a multi-storey and zapped it from the ground floor. It worked.

Sad basket.

[Sir Tigger KC]

There's a certain spot at the fuel station in Sedgemoor Services on the M5 northbound where my keyfob never works.    and I always forget and park there... Click.... Nothing.... Doh!!   

[Lizzie_Zoom]

This thread has raised an interesting point for me.

Usually my fob locks/unlocks the car at some range. Sometimes though I can stand right beside it and it won't unlock, then suddenly it does. Thinking about it after reading some comments on here I realise this happens outside Sainsbury's, but rarely anywhere else.

Is that down to signal interference of some kind?

[cleggy]

This thread has raised an interesting point for me.

Usually my fob locks/unlocks the car at some range. Sometimes though I can stand right beside it and it won't unlock, then suddenly it does. Thinking about it after reading some comments on here I realise this happens outside Sainsbury's, but rarely anywhere else.

Is that down to signal interference of some kind?

NO Tesco.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

This thread has raised an interesting point for me.

Usually my fob locks/unlocks the car at some range. Sometimes though I can stand right beside it and it won't unlock, then suddenly it does. Thinking about it after reading some comments on here I realise this happens outside Sainsbury's, but rarely anywhere else.

Is that down to signal interference of some kind?

NO Tesco.

 

[tidla]

Try putting the metal stalk of the key against your head and press the fob...increases the signal. Think there was a thread on here about doing this. It also increases the range.

And before you say it doesn't work...it most certainly does !!!!!!  My grandkids think its great and are always seeing how far from the car they can get

Did you get that from the same web page that said i phones are microwavable?

My heads made of wood.

Thinking of upgrading my phone. On reading the specs, it says its water proof to a metre.

On reading reviews one says " A bit scary testing the phone in a glass of water.."

I recon the same guy probably tested his crash rating of his renault megane.

[05omegav6]

Not sure if crash testing a Renault is brave or stupid...

Fairly certain Renault only test them because they legally have to regardless of the result

[VXL V6]

I have noticed that sometimes I have to be stood right next to the CAR for the fob to operate the doors, even in some spots having to use the key. Normally it's fine, but the common denominator is the proximity to mobile phone masts.
Do others suffer this problem

Yep same here  I remember being able to open the Granada from about 10 cars away 

Some fobs are just better. No idea why. A colleague vec-b key had a good (for GM) range, so when he traded it in, I swapped fobs over, and reprogrammed

Yes, I remember all of the Vectra B's I had had terrific range on the key fobs.