Door opening sensors Wife fail ??

[MVrod]

I am ready for the ridicule but here goes:

I am stood by the locked IS the key is in my pocket I have my hands full and get the missus to open the doors ! She touches door handle on the passenger side and car will not unlock !

I put stuff down walk around and touch sensor on handle inner door unlocks .

My side unlocks from me every time and also if I go to passenger side but ,when I expect the wife to open her side it doesn't work now am I right in thinking that the passenger side will not unlock the car without the key being nearer the passenger door or has she got Faraday Cage fingers .

I know I am on dodgy ground here but she does say she touches the sensor!  But I may be wrong , well I am probably am wrong but I need clarification before I risk my life and say she is wrong.

 

 

 

[ColinBarber]

Neither door will unlock unless the key is within a couple of feet of that particular door handle. If she didn't have a key with here the door wouldn't have unlocked.

[johnatg]

And it only seems to work if it's actually in a pocket or handbag (or held in the hand) of the person touching the door handle sensor. Magic!

[Verbout]

It works by proximity of the key to the relevant door/boot.  

I would have kept this a secret.