own Cadillac EscaladeA woman trapped outside called a locksmith to open her door. After work, she found the keys in a very obvious place.
The incident involved a mobile locksmith service provider in South Florida. KeyroShared by At the beginning of the video, he is white Cadillac Escalade There is a scene where a van is parked next to you and the driver is approaching.
“It’s the new year and I’ve already lost my keys. What a great way to start the new year,” she said at the beginning of the video, which has already garnered more than 50 million views.
The locksmith got to work right away, checking the door handles, checking the keyless entry sensor and even starting the car to make sure all systems were in working order.
After she was done, she was shocked to see that the keys were in a very obvious place. It turned out that the key had been placed on the roof of the car on the passenger side from the beginning.
At one point, the driver approached to ask if he needed to pay for the service, and the locksmith’s response was likely a signal to the audience that this scene had been staged.
Nonetheless, the video caught the attention of Internet users about a problem that can commonly occur in modern vehicles equipped with proximity-based door locking/unlocking systems.
When the key is a few meters away from the vehicle, antennas around the doors and body communicate with the key, allowing you to unlock and start the vehicle without actually inserting the key.
However, because these smart systems rely on short-range wireless communication between the vehicle and the keys, even luxury cars can encounter blind spots in the key signal or situations that can confuse users due to the way the system interprets the key location. The video shows just such an example.
Because the key was on the car roof, some vehicles’ antennas may not detect the key correctly. Therefore, the car will not recognize the proximity of the keys and the doors will remain locked for your safety.
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