D4 unlocked by a Hyundai remote

[Graeme]

My wife was sitting in the car today when a person approached our vehicle from the front and unlocked our already unlocked D4 along with his Hyundai parked behind. The person could easily have seen the D4's blinkers flash and could also have recorded our rego for future reference - not a comforting feeling!

[Grumbles]

WOW!!! I'd be having a good chat to Mr. Landrover about that.

[~Rich~]

Jeeze is this another World first from you Graeme?
Seriously I'd be jumping up and down to as many LR contacts as I could.

[Graeme]

I suspect that no vehicle manufacturer has a unique range of codes and that its just a rare coincidence that 2 vehicles with the same code were parked adjacent to each other. The problem is that this country town isn't that big and my vehicle is the only one of this colour so its easily recognisable even without knowing the rego. Perhaps LR will change the code because of the demonstrated security exposure. Meanwhile I think I should turn-off the blinker indication.

[Narangga]

My wife was sitting in the car today when a person approached our vehicle from the front and unlocked our already unlocked D4 along with his Hyundai parked behind. The person could easily have seen the D4's blinkers flash and could also have recorded our rego for future reference - not a comforting feeling!

Forgive my ignorance but is your vehicle key start or push button start?

Obviously key start makes it harder for the Hyundai owner to start your vehicle.

[MickS]

Korean tech meets English tech

[p38arover]

I suspect that no vehicle manufacturer has a unique range of codes and that its just a rare coincidence that 2 vehicles with the same code were parked adjacent to each other.

Aren't they rolling codes so that the next time the code (for each remote) will be different?

[Graeme]

Rolling codes? I don't know.

Its push-button start so perhaps no problem there but unlocking the vehicle for anyone to gain access even isn't good. However I've just remembered that if no door is opened within a short time, the vehicle will re-lock itself. I've cursed this feature on numerous occasions but now see it in a different light!

[Geedublya]

I remember having a bit of fun a few years ago when I noticed my Falcon remote would unlock a Camry at Sydney airport.

The Camry owners had just locked their car when I locked mine and I noticed theirs unlocked. They locked theirs again and I unlocked it with my remote we did this about 4 times before they started getting very confused and I decided to leave.
Interestingly the Camry remote did not affect my Falcon but my Falcon remote would lock and unlock the Camry.

[Neil P]

Try explaining that one to Firearms Licensing when your
guns are gone