Cell Phones Disable Keys for High-End Cars 463
Geoffrey.landis writes "Turns out if you have a top-end Nissan car, your cellphone may erase your car key. '"We discovered that if the I-Key touches a cellphone, outgoing or incoming calls have the potential to alter the electronic code inside the I-Key," Nissan spokesman Kyle Bazemore said. "The car won't start and the I-Key cannot be reprogrammed."'"
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:5, Funny)
How prophetic (Score:4, Funny)
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Stupid New Cars (Score:3, Funny)
The problem was that your mom owns a Ford.
Honda and Microwaves (Score:5, Funny)
They should take a lesson from the MAFIAA (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Stupid New Cars (Score:4, Funny)
My mom has a ford Model T, there have been engine problems and the engine has failed on two separate occasions. They had to completely replace the engine!
I can understand that putting mechanical engines in cars seems like a good idea, but it's not.
It's DANGEROUS!
Think of all those poor out of work horses and buggy whip manufacturers now!
Caution using cellphones (Score:5, Funny)
Lies... (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously it CAN be reprogrammed, or else they wouldn't have this problem to begin with.
Re:Earth to PC users! (Score:1, Funny)
Thank you.
Altima is high end (Score:3, Funny)
What exactly is a mid range car?
Re:Earth to PC users! (Score:2, Funny)
PeeCee users are listening.
Re:Stupid New Cars (Score:3, Funny)
That's why I like not having any electronics in my car. Oh, wait, I think the indicators use an electronic flasher unit, but it's not like anyone else around here signals when they're turning.
Re:Cannot be reprogrammed? (Score:2, Funny)
I know there are crypto chips that can destroy themselves using chemical agents stored inside the packaging. It's not easy to find out much detail about them for some reason.
Can still open the car (Score:2, Funny)
HELP!! This thread has been hijacked... (Score:1, Funny)
Next time, keep your troll to yourself.
HELP!! This thread has been hijacked and transported to Usenet circa 1990!!!
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:4, Funny)
Does she own a Nissan, by any chance?
A DeLorean? (Score:3, Funny)
(The plutonium engine occurred to me also, but if plutonium passes the emissions test, the inspectors are slacking off.)
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:3, Funny)
I mean "It's a god-damn satchel!"
Re:Stupid New Cars (Score:2, Funny)
So I took it to a shop that had one of the multi-thousand dollar diagnostic systems from the manufacturer. The mechanic hooked it up and, you guessed it, "Fuel mixture rich."
Chevrolet Prism (=Toyota Corolla), BTW.
Re:Reinvent the key (Score:4, Funny)
With either type of chipped key, the cost of replacing the key is very high. I am reminded of an incident I witnessed about 3-4 years ago at my Lexus dealer while I was waiting for service to be finished on my car: In comes a fellow, all excited that he had just managed to buy a nice Lexus for a ridiculously low price at a police auction. (No doubt it was a vehicle confiscated from a drug dealer or something.) Trouble was, the car he bought had no key with it. He came into the dealer with the VIN hoping to get a replacement key issued. The parts man did a lot of manual searching, and catalog thumbing and told the man the cost of a new key would be $3000+! Seems not only a new key was needed, but a complete replacement of the main computer module for the car. I don't know when I have seen someone more disappointed and frustrated as the fellow who got such a good deal on the Lexus.
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:HELP!! This thread has been hijacked... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That's a crying shame... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Stupid New Cars (Score:3, Funny)