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Old 04-12-2011, 09:28 AM
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hi everyone. this may seem very odd and strange but i promise you its 100% true. yesterday morning my dad went to go to a doc appointment in a big rush because he was late, went to unlock my parents hyundai santa fe, and its wouldnt work with the clicker. so he grabs my dakota keys, uses the clicker to unlock it and goes on his way. so i find the spare set of keys for the santa fe, still wont unlock, but opened the door manually, started the engine, to make sure the battery was charged. started no problem. then when my dad gets home, he tells me my truck wont lock via the clicker on the keyless entry.:S so we try the other car (buick centry) with the clicker, and nothing. try the remote garage door opener, nothing. so we ask the neighbour. all his are not working either. so i got in my truck, drove around the corner maybe 300' away, got out of my truck, hit the clicker, and it worked fine. WHAT IS HAPPENING!? 2012?

(apparentely hyundai told me dad he was pretty much mental and to leave thier dealership haha)
 
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I work in the garage door industry and have come across this every once in awhile. Do you or your neighbor have wi-fi (wireless internet)? Sometimes wi-fi can screw w/ the frequency of your garage door opener. But could be a fluke. Let me know if you got it working.
 
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radiation from fookoshima?
 
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radiation from fookoshima?
 
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possibility or could be sum kind or magnetic field, you guys have a transformer close to the cars? have the company come check it out, happen to my neighbors nothing would work right and their cord less phones would be statically. they came out changed the transformer and everything worked fine.
 
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Originally Posted by dakota_raven
Liked that, huh?
 
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Liked that, huh?
 
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Sounds like some stray RF signal is over powering everything.
 
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called hydro to see if there could be a transformer issue. theyre puzzled and dont know what to say.
 



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