DEAR HELOISE: A suggestion was made to have your car key fob reprogrammed by a mechanic to only unlock the driver's door so that it's safer when refueling at a gas station. A mechanic isn't necessary.

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Car thefts are on the rise in Baltimore, and police confirm investigators have handled about a dozen cases this year involving a high-tech theft method that allows thieves to steal vehicles without ...

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Thieves in Milwaukee are using new technology to steal cars with key fobs and push-start ignitions. The criminals use key fob programmers or signal interceptors to gain access to vehicles. A Milwaukee ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship operator and a senior employee of ...

Vehicle thefts are rising in Minneapolis in 2026, driven in part by thieves using modern key-programming devices to hijack a car in a matter of minutes, if not seconds. Andrei Damian, a Twin Cities ...

It happens to the best of us. You realize that your car keyfob battery is low, but you figure you have plenty of time left before it dies, and usually you do. But inevitably, it will run out of power ...

Starting your vehicle these days involves considerably more technology than in the days of simply inserting and turning a mechanical ignition key. The physical key has given way to push-button start, ...

In a world in which new cars now cost upward of $50,000 on average, annual maintenance bills are creeping up to four figures, and such outlays don't seem to be getting cheaper any time soon, a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are warning drivers of newer model push-to-start vehicles that thieves are using advanced technology to steal cars without needing the original key. "I've ...