Passive keyless entry (PKE) is an increasingly common way of unlocking and starting a car. Unfortunately, car thieves armed with readily available and inexpensive hacking tools have become adept at ...

Q:The Passive Keyless Entry (PKE) system and alarm on my '96 C4 don't seem to be working properly. I was talking to some other Corvette owners at a car show recently, and they thought my PKE unit ...

The automatic variant of the Mahindra XUV500 came with all the features of its manual counterpart, except passive keyless entry system and push button start options. Now, M&M seems to have realized ...

Q:I have a 1996 C4 Corvette I purchased recently. The car did not come with a key fob at the time of purchase. I have purchased a GM key fob correct for this year model and when I went to program it, ...

For decades, keys have been ubiquitous when opening and starting a car. However, as time and technology progress, the traditional notion of keys is being phased out. Most of us have become familiar ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. The passive keyless entry (PKE) transponder is a mainstream option for high-end vehicle models, and is becoming available in common vehicle models as ...

The passive keyless entry and start (PKES) systems supported by many modern cars are susceptible to attacks that allow thieves to relatively easily steal the vehicles, say security researchers at ...

Car access systems permit or deny access to passenger cabins and storage areas. Early car access systems were based on purely mechanical structures designed strictly to prevent theft. Microelectronic ...

This could be public enemy number one on the ever-expanding list of utterly hopeless and infuriating automotive technologies ...

The Indian automaker added an automatic gearbox to its premium SUV XUV500 last year. However, the clutchless variant had the same list of equipment as that of a manual one, but strangely missed out ...

Launched last year, the automatic variant of the Mahindra XUV500 came with all the features of its manual counterpart. Surprisingly though, the passive keyless entry system and the push button start ...