Recently we covered how keyless ignition systems could be a secret killer. After this story was posted, I was contacted by a Porsche owner whose family was only saved from a similar fate by the carbon ...

Half of all new cars sold in the U.S. have keyless entry as a standard feature. It’s convenient, but it leaves your car wide open to thieves to either break in or drive the car away, using nothing but ...

I’m married now, and I’ve added a stepdaughter to the family, so I’ve swapped into an older Mercedes-Benz C-Class. There’s nothing wrong with the car, but now I have to press a button on the key fob ...

The UK's Thatcham Research has launched security ratings to help consumers better understand the theft risk of new cars against a back drop of rising vehicle thefts. The new ratings assess whether ...

In the old times, you wouldn't be able to go anywhere without your metal car keys. You need it not only to start the ignition, but to even get into the vehicle in the first place. These days, though, ...

When I visited Los Angeles this week, I was fortunate enough to rent a brand new Toyota Prius. It’s a great car – not only does the hybrid sip gas, but it also comes with remote keyless entry standard ...

The Jeep Wrangler comes with Keyless Enter ‘N Go™ and Push-Button Start. This allows easy access and ignition without needing to handle the key fob. Yes, the Jeep Wrangler features an Integrated ...

Push-button start may be common today, but it wasn't always the dominant way to crank an engine. Push-button start systems and ignition key systems activate the same process in different ways. Do you ...

Convenience often comes at a cost. For the victims of a sprawling European crime ring that relied on a keyless entry system to steal scores of Mercedes-Benz, the cost was the loss of their cars. And, ...

Remote keyless entry has been around for a while – since the late 1980s, in fact – and today it’s almost standard on all new cars. But the pervasiveness of this feature is not without consequence. The ...