George - I'll be watching for responses. My Honda Odyssey keys do a
similar action with the power sliding doors. Fortunately, if the car is
locked, nothing will open. If the unlock button is pushed and no doors
are opened, after about a minute, the car will relock itself. My panic
button is recessed and narrow, so I have not had an accidental press of it.
I did minimize the issue by rearranging my keys on the key chain. I now
have bigger key the covers the buttons on the adjacent key fob and hear
the click and beep of the doors failing to open because the car is locked.
Brian
On 4/16/2011 8:20 AM, Gerald Brazil wrote:
> OK since most of us agree that there is a great amount of talent in this
> group I have a new challenge for it. I hope there are a few experts in
> wireless remote control devices.
>
>
>
> Here's my problem.
>
>
>
> I have an '09 Nissan Murano with a remote rear tailgate. The car has one of
> the "smart key" systems that you don't have to take out of your pocket. I
> first realized I had a problem one winter morning when I came out and found
> my tailgate open and about 6" of snow in the back. I wondered how the
> tailgate opened. It happened a time or two again and I was scratching my
> head as to why. Then one day I was doing something in the garage that
> involved bending, stooping and lifting and all of a sudden I heard my horn
> sounding the panic alarm. It was then that I had a clue..when I had the key
> fob in my pocket and got into just the right contortions it could press the
> panic button or the lift gate button. So, I invented a somewhat crude but
> effective (more or less) solution.
>
>
>
> I found a piece of really large heat shrink tubing that would slide snuggly
> over the fob. I cut it long enough to cover the panic button and the lift
> gate button. I then carved a thin piece of wood to the contour of the fob. I
> then used electrical tape to fasten it to the heat shrink tubing. I now had
> a device that would cover the two critical buttons but could be slid down if
> you needed to use it. My problem seemed to be solved for a while. Then it
> happened a few times again. This time we narrowed the problem down to my
> wife's VERY STUFF purse. If she threw her purse into her car just right, my
> alarm would go off or the tailgate open. We solved the problem by having her
> put her spare set of keys for my car into a case so the buttons couldn't be
> pushed accidentally. This solved more of our problems but unfortunately not
> all of them. In the last few months I have had two occasions when I came out
> in the morning and found the tailgate open. My wife's keys were still in the
> hard side case and I don't recall twisting into any unusual contortions with
> the keys in my pocket. I still had my Rube Goldberg device on it anyway.
>
>
>
> I am now wondering if there is some source of a stray signal that could be
> causing this to happen. Since I don't have a clue about the technology
> involved in these remotes I am throwing my problem to the group and
> hopefully we can all learn a little more.
>
>
>
> I am awaiting the group's collective wisdom...
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