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Try this,,,, Move out of range for your FOB then hold it against the bottom of your chin. It uses the water in your head as an antenna and you get more range !
So some folks may get a whole lot more range than others? LOL
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So, I know that Ft Knox security and Jeeps do not travel side-by-side, but this is ridiculous. My son bought a new ā€˜21 Mojave. Out of curiosity he tried his flip-out key in my ā€˜20 Sport S glove box and console AND IT WORKED! The keys were cut entirely different, but yet interchanged. We didnā€™t try the door. Iā€™m ASSUMING this would be keyed differently.

My take a way on this is that when you are topless and/or doorless anyone with a ā€˜18 to ā€˜21 JL or JT can access your locked up stuff in a parking lot or off road.

JEEP, What the Hell???
I put in the Tuffey console safe.
 

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A brick will open almost anything.
 

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The doors will also unlock if you squirt them with a hose and the key is nearby. It happens several times while I am washing it. I wonder if someone leaves thier key near their driveway (say on the kitchen counter by a side door) and it rains....will the doors unlock? Can someone just walk up and get in? Has anyone tested the range of the fob?
My wife's 2011 Acura TL does that, too. It only happens if the key is in my pocket while I'm washing it.
 

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My wife's 2011 Acura TL does that, too. It only happens if the key is in my pocket while I'm washing it.
Likely many things with passive entry would do that. It's not like there's 100 different technologies used.
 

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After paying for upgrades and enhancements, a Jeep owner wouldn't have any money left inside to steal. The valuable items would be the wheels and tires.
 

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After paying for upgrades and enhancements, a Jeep owner wouldn't have any money left inside to steal. The valuable items would be the wheels and tires.
Would take a fair truck to haul away 4 of some of these tires and wheels, LOL - good luck!
Heck, a set of 4 Rubicon take-offs all but filled the box of my own JT.
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