keyless vehicle entry

Does anyone  with a pacemaker who has the new e-boxer Subaru hybrid Forester have experience of the key-less locking system ?  I am both a pacemaker novice and a new owner, and I am finding it difficult to locate the positions of the transmitting aerials in the car.

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4 Comments

You don't have to worry

by Theknotguy - 2020-01-27 09:10:19

The keyless entry units aren't any problem with the pacemaker.  They're the wrong RF (radio frequency) and won't bother the pacemaker.  You don't have to worry.  

You also don't have to worry about TV broadcasting towers, cell phone towers, microwave ranges, etc.  Wrong frequency.  

Hope everything else is going well for you.  

meh

by RedRocksGirl - 2020-01-29 17:31:51

I wouldnt worry about it. I got a 2018 keyless entry Subaru 2 years ago and read the manual after I got my ICD, with all the warnings in it. I asked the Medtronic Rep about it as well as my EP and  it was the first time either one of them had even heard of such a thing. They said that it wouldn't be an issue.

Keyless vehicle entry

by Jumbo - 2020-01-29 18:48:44

Many thanks for both your comments. the radio frequency used in British Subarus is 134.2 kHtz: is this the same in the USA?

Jumbo

bluetooth

by dwelch - 2020-01-31 01:33:10

My understanding is bluetooth IS the right frequency for the long range radio used by the take home boxes.  Still nothing to worry about, wrong protocol.  

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Sometimes a device must be tuned a few times before it is right. My cardiologist said it is like fine tuning a car.