retractable mirrors puzzle

[rabbit]

My car has retractable mirrors that fold in on locking the car with a remote key. They work fine, except on the two times I have been on a car ferry the mirrors don't retract automatically when I lock the car. Once off the ferry they are working again. It is not a major problem of course I am just puzzled why this should happen. Any ideas?

[L Austin France]

My car has retractable mirrors that fold in on locking the car with a remote key. They work fine, except on the two times I have been on a car ferry the mirrors don't retract automatically when I lock the car. Once off the ferry they are working again. It is not a major problem of course I am just puzzled why this should happen. Any ideas?

Maybe 'cos the ferry is swamped with electronic interference & mobile signals etc which overpower the
low output remote's signal.
Hope you wear a tinfoil hat as these signals could be affecting you.

[Polarengineer]

Ooo-er. Some comments seem to have disappeared. My comment along with them. I suggested that the circuits contain a motion detector ( so that they do not retract while driving) the ship's engines will vibrate the deck enough to prevent the mirrors retracting perhaps?

[niemeyjt]

Do you lock it a different way?

With the Land Rover we used to lock with the key on the ferry, not the remote fob, so as not to arm the alarm - otherwise the rocking of the boat sets the alarm off.

[Pathca]

Ooo-er. Some comments seem to have disappeared. My comment along with them. I suggested that the circuits contain a motion detector ( so that they do not retract while driving) the ship's engines will vibrate the deck enough to prevent the mirrors retracting perhaps?

I think you answered on a different forum

[Loup-garou]

My car has retractable mirrors that fold in on locking the car with a remote key. They work fine, except on the two times I have been on a car ferry the mirrors don't retract automatically when I lock the car. Once off the ferry they are working again. It is not a major problem of course I am just puzzled why this should happen. Any ideas?

Perhaps your car is all at sea!

[Bayleaf]

Not mirrors, but another locking puzzle. When I've parked our car in certain spaces outside our local Casino, the key fob for central locking doesn't work. Yet, when I park a few lines away (slightly further from the front of the shop), it works fine. Needless to say, I don't park in the "weird" spaces anymore!

[Polarengineer]

Being a casino, I expect they have a mobile phone blocking system to avoid their use for cheating. This may be also blocking your key fob.
Er...Am I on the right forum?

[Bayleaf]

I'll bet you aren't!