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I highly doubt it's actually jamming the the 433MHz signal from the fob. Command signals are most likely properly decoded by the vehicle, but rather the RSSI measurements are getting disturbances. Those signals are LF (25kHz or 125kHz)sent from the vehicle (multiple antennas) to the fob for localization. Fob performs the measurements and returns values to the vehicle. If the fob is not localized in the expected area, passive unlock or start would not work, and could even start the alarm.

Some gate/card readers going crazy maybe...

Wireless chargers that now come inbuilt as standard can also create enough disturbances to mess up the LF RSSI (but limited to single vehicle). Manufacturers are slowly moving to UWB and BLE for localization, as ToF is more robust (especially for relay attacks) than a simple signal strength measurement, plus it provides a common mechanism for both phones and fobs on the vehicle side.




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