Todd
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- Joined
- Mar 31, 2024
- Messages
- 170
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- V-Series Cadillac(s)?
- 2025 CT5-V Blackwing, Drift, 6MT
Given that car key frequencies can be grabbed out of the air by bad actors, I've never been a fan of pushing the button on the remote to lock/unlock.
What I've always used on my other cars is the proximity function of having the key in my pocket when next to the car, and grabbing the handle.
What I can't figure out on my 25 5BW is how to set it up so that I get an audible signal when I am touching the handle to lock the car. I am never sure the car has locked on my 5BW with the handle touch, there is no audible feedback.
The only way I can set up an audible receipt is with the auto lock/unlock function enabled, which happens when there are several feet between me and the car.
That begs the question: how does that far-away proximity function work? Is there a frequency exchange between the key and car that can be grabbed by a bad actor?
(and if so, maybe that's even how the close proximity lock/unlock even works, and I've been ignorant of that all these years)
I'd love to find a way to just have the car beep when I manually touch the handle with the key in my pocket.
What I've always used on my other cars is the proximity function of having the key in my pocket when next to the car, and grabbing the handle.
What I can't figure out on my 25 5BW is how to set it up so that I get an audible signal when I am touching the handle to lock the car. I am never sure the car has locked on my 5BW with the handle touch, there is no audible feedback.
The only way I can set up an audible receipt is with the auto lock/unlock function enabled, which happens when there are several feet between me and the car.
That begs the question: how does that far-away proximity function work? Is there a frequency exchange between the key and car that can be grabbed by a bad actor?
(and if so, maybe that's even how the close proximity lock/unlock even works, and I've been ignorant of that all these years)
I'd love to find a way to just have the car beep when I manually touch the handle with the key in my pocket.