Nissan of North America has issued a warning to customers whose vehicles are equipped with the company’s intellegent key (I-Key) access system: don’t keep your key too close to your cell phone, or you may not be able to use your car.
“We discovered that if the I-Key touches a cellphone, outgoing or incoming calls have the potential to alter the electronic code inside the I-Key,” said Nissan spokesman Kyle Bazemore. “The car won’t start and the I-Key cannot be reprogrammed.”
The keys are currently offered on the 2007 Nissan Altima and Infiniti G35 sedans. Nissan currently recommends customers keep their cell phones and their I-Keys at least one inch apart.
Nissan says key disruptions have occurred in a “very small percentage” of I-Key-equipped sedans sold so far, and the company plans to introduce a new—and hopefully less vulnerable—version of the I-Key laster this year. Nissan customers can obtain new keys from authorized Nissan dealers.
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