Valley has keyless encounters of the weird kind

[windansea]

Was it the storm clouds, sun spots or Area 51?

By late Friday afternoon, some locksmiths, car dealerships and towing companies had been flooded with calls about mysteriously malfunctioning keyless vehicle entry devices.

There were nearly as many theories as there were lockouts. But there were no firm answers as to why the remote devices stopped working.

"Maybe it's those little green men up north," said Nellis Air Force Base spokesman Mike Estrada, whose own keyless entry system failed. "Are there sun spots? I've been trying to figure it out. It happened to me right after lunch."

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Feb-21-Sat-2004/news/23271330.html

[NNN0LHI]

1. It was a locksmith with a transmitter powerful enough to screw them up

Probably an out of work locksmith? I could make one too if I wanted to. No mystery here.

Don

[librechik]

2. are you effing kidding me? Happened to me this morning at 9:45 MT!

I removed the keypad from my keyring and left the car running with the doors locked. However, when I returned a few minutes later, the keypad suddenly wouldn't work! Car was still running with the key in the ignition. Keypad was dead; nothing worked. We replaced the batteries, it still wouldn't work. Locksmith came, sprung the door on the passenger side. I paid the locksmith and then tried my keypad again. It worked!

Very weird.