I have it on good authority that if you ever lock your keys in your car, but you have one of those remote entry key fob things, you can actually have someone unlock your car through a cell phone. Basically you hold your phone up to the car and they push the key fob button on their end. The signal is transmitted through the phones and to the car, unlocking your doors. This was told to me by someone who claimed they had personally tried it and it works.

Well folks, I tried it and I’m here to say that you can’t unlock your car through your cell phone.

Sara’s keys were locked in my car so she called me at work and we tried it. With speaker phone, without speaker phone, holding it by the door, holding it by the dashboard. We even tried popping the trunk. I guess I should have just looked it up on Snopes first. According to them, if people tried it and it worked, the caller was probably just standing close enough to the car that the fob unlocked it normally, not through the phone.

Quite frankly, I’m disappointed. It seemed like it was just crazy enough to work. I always thought this was my secret ace in the hole in case my keys got locked in my car. My universe just got a little dimmer.