So I go down to Laguna Beach today to work on a friends computer. Park the car on a nice street, get the disk drive out of the trunk and go in to work for about 3 hours.

I come out and push the unlock button for the trunk but the lid doesn't pop up. I push it again and nothing. Then I pull on it and it opens. I'm thinking that somehow I didn't close it right. So I put the box in the trunk and go to the drivers door. Then I notice that the window is rolled down and the door is unlocked. I get in to look around and see that the passenger window is rolled down too. Look thru the car and find nothing missing. Not that there is anything to steal except for some change and papers.

So what happened? The doors and trunk unlocked themselves and the windows roll down? Has anyone had this happen? I'm worried that it might happen again and I live in Long Beach, not the best of neighborhoods. Any thoughts?

 

you probably accidentally pressed the buttons on your keyfob, if you hold the unlock button, your windows will roll down

 

u hit the buttons while it was in ur pocket...

 

I was too far away for the fob to work. Something else happened.

 

It probably happened while you were still in range.

 

you said you pressed the "trunk" button.. You probably had a brain fart, and pressed the wrong button, rolling down your windows and shlt...

 

seems to be the most possible.. ^

 

yeah that could be the reason..or or your G is HAUNTED! haha jk please dont flame me but yeah most likely the fob prob got hit accidently the range is pretty a decent distant i try parking all the way in the back of a walmart parking lot and press it and it still work for me.

 

The remote is basically an antenna (operating at 315mhz) so if you had direct line of sight to your car it's entirely possible you were still in range and not know it.

TIP to everyone: next time you're at a mall with a giant parking lot and you're one of those people who like to park the furthest away from civilization (to protect your car!) or you just can't find your car, try unlocking your car normally... if that doesn't work because you think you're out of range, hold the remote straight up and try again. Doing so should increase the range of the remote significantly!

 

^ good tip. I still have the try the chin method for the key fob.

 

I've heard of the chin method, too, but haven't tried that because holding it up works for me and I don't look as goofy as point it in my chin!

 

Chin method? Future thyroid cancer FTMFL...

 

Another case of tight azz jeans?

 

dude i swear to god the chin method works, my dad introduced me to it when i was a kid and i've been doing it for years, never fails no matter what the car.

 

the chin method works for me.
do base model g37 have the lower window gadget also?