# Car remote "dead zone"?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-remote-dead-zone/642816
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-remote-dead-zone/642816 "2012-12-03T03:15:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-remote-dead-zone/642816/1 "2012-12-03T03:15:29Z")
For the last three years, I have been at an event at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, and every year, my car remote is very balky when I’m there. I push the lock or unlock buttons and nothing happens.
Is there something that might be installed in that kind of environment that would interfere with a remote?
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### Author:  [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-remote-dead-zone/642816/2 "2012-12-03T15:08:30Z")
If anyone is transmitting on the same frequency as your car fob, it could prevent the car from receiving a clear signal. Maybe there is a radio or something that is jamming your freq.
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### Author:  [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-remote-dead-zone/642816/3 "2012-12-03T17:49:00Z")
> [@solosam](#):
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> If anyone is transmitting on the same frequency as your car fob, it could prevent the car from receiving a clear signal.
I wonder if it’s something as simple as that. Basically, you’ve got a bunch of artists all unloading and loading at pretty much the same time, with lots of car fobs clicking around vehicles parked in a confined area.