Posted by Lindsay Flaxmer on November 15, 2011, 1:50 pm
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Hi all,
Bit of a strange one here, my Garage is on a fairly modern business park (10 years old) for the last 2/3 months we and many other people on this park are have problems with vehicle immobilisers, remote locking ect we have one particular customer with a Discovery if he parks in a certain area it will not start but if he pushes it around the corner it then starts fine, most complains are that they have to get really close to vehicle before trying to activate/deactivate locks.
I have had some experiences of this with some of my customers cars parked at a local D.i.y store, the problem there is with the sliding door sensors it’s been well publicised it the local press.
Now the only thing that I can think of that’s changed around here is the street lights have all been fitted with some sort of device on top of the lamps and one of them had an aerial of about a metre in height, maybe they are remote switched?.
So Guys, what do you think? Is it worth a call to our local council? Or environmental people? If not who else?
Your input would be very much appreciated Regards Lindsay Flaxmer
Hello Lindsay, with regards to the landrover, there was a thread on here a few months ago about a modified part that was shielded against electrical interference. I did mention it to one of my customers who, in conversation, told me he had broken down twice in the same car park space. Landrover dealer couldn't fault it but customer noticed a low power line & has sinced realised he can't park near them.
RF interference can come from so many sources. Shopping with my wife at Sainsbury's last week, went to unlock the car (2000 Discovery II) and it wouldn't plip, minor panic, tried right up against the roof where the receiver is, no luck. I looked round to see the trolley boy with an electric trolley pusher coming by, waited until he was 20 metres away and the car plipped with no problems at all. Makes all these Electromagnetic Compatability standards seem like a complete nonsense. Shaun