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Fuzzy Logic Nissan’s I-Key can get zapped by cell phones
Fuzzy Logic Nissan’s I-Key can get zapped by cell phones | Nissan’s I-Key can get zapped by cell phones |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 29 May 2007 | |
  
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The advice is to keep both devices at least 1-inch apart, or signals from your cell phone can wipe the I-Key’s code, used to unlock and start the car just by pressing the I-Key’s button. Reuters quoted Nissan spokesperson Kyle Bazenmore as saying that: “We discovered that if the I-Key touches a cellphone, outgoing or incoming calls have the potential to alter the electronic code inside the I-Key. The car won't start and the I-Key cannot be reprogrammed.” If you’re a Nissan owner of one of the two affected cars, expect an email with more information. If you are affected, visit your Nissan dealer to get a new, replacement key. Exactly how the I-Key can be affected, or whether work has started on creating future keys that are immune to cell phone signals wiping out their codes is was not reported. It’s a rare example of two types of common technologies that need to be physically kept apart to avoid what is, in this case, the equivalent of electronically fatal interference. {moscomment} |
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