With the free Zipcar app, you can find cars and vans in your neighborhood and across the globe–and (if you're a member) reserve and unlock them, too. Gas, mileage, dedicated parking, and secondary insurance are included in every reservation. Download the app now. The open road awaits! Unlock your Zipcar At the time of your reservation, you can use your Zipcard or the mobile app to unlock your Zipcar. To unlock using your Zipcard, hold your Zipcard against the card reader on the windshield for a few seconds. The scanner will turn green and the doors will unlock. Once you've scanned in, you can then use your Zipcard or phone.
- Can I Unlock My Zipcar With My Phone Account
- Can I Unlock My Zipcar With My Phone Number
- Can I Unlock My Zipcar With My Phone Account
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This only applies to cars that can be unlocked by that remote button on your key ring. Should you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are home, and you don’t have “OnStar,” here’s your answer to the problem!
This only applies to cars that can be unlocked by that remote button on your key ring. Should you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are home, and you don’t have “OnStar,” here’s your answer to the problem!
If someone has access to the spare remote at your home, call them on your cell phone (or borrow one from someone if the cell phone is locked in the car too!)
Can I Unlock My Zipcar With My Phone Account
Hold your (or anyone’s) cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the phone.
Your car will unlock. and it works. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk, or have the “horn” signal go off, or whatever!)
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Can I Unlock My Zipcar With My Phone Numberpressing buttons on transmitting devices small enough to be carried on keychains. RKE systems are handy for a number of reasons: they enable drivers to unlock car doors without having to fumble around for keys (a great advantage in darkness, during inclement weather, and when one’s hands are full), they enable car owners to give someone else access to their vehicles without having to hand over ignition keys, and they provide a means by which motorists can open their cars to retrieve keys that have been locked inside.
But what if you accidentally lock your remote entry device in your car along with your keys? (A plausible scenario, as many people carry them together on the same keyring.) If you own a car equipped with a system such as OnStar you can contact an operator and have OnStar unlock your vehicle remotely through a signal sent via a cellular network, but otherwise you have to call a locksmith or get a friend or relative to bring an extra set of keys out to you.
Enter the idea of the poor man’s OnStar. No need to pay for a fancy car-unlocking service: just use a cell phone to call someone who has access
to your spare RKE device and tell him to point it at the phone and press the “UNLOCK” button. You simultaneously point the cell phone at your car door, and voila — you’re in! A nifty solution … at least it would be if it weren’t implausible for most standard remote entry systems.
Relaying remote entry system signals via telephone might work if the signals were sound-based, but they’re not. An RKE system transmits an encrypted data stream to a receiver inside the automobile via an RF (radio frequency) signal, a signal that can’t be effectively relayed via cell phone. (In any event, RKE systems and cell phones typically operate on completely different frequencies; the former in the 300 MHz range and the latter in the 800 MHz range.)
Can I Unlock My Zipcar With My Phone Account
(More than a few people have inadvertently fooled themselves into believing the cell phone method of unlocking car doors actually works because they tried it and achieved the desired results — not realizing their cars were still within range of their keyless remote devices, and the signals that unlocked the doors were transmitted the usual way [i.e., through the air], not via cellular phone connections.)
It’s possible this method might work with cars that use something different than standard RKE systems, but it doesn’t work with the vast majority of models.
As an owner of a vehicle equipped with an RKE system, I’ve found that it has reduced the likelihood of my locking my keys in the car in an unexpected way: Since I quickly became accustomed to always locking and unlocking the car with the RKE device, and I carry the RKE device on the same ring as my keys, I have to be standing outside the vehicle with my keys in my hand in order to lock it. Now if I only had something to keep me from losing my cell phone . . .
Additional information:
Remote Keyless Entry Systems Overview |
How Remote Entry Works |
Partlow, Joshua. “Keyless Remotes to Cars in Waldorf Suddenly Useless.” The Washington Post. 5 July 2004 (p. B1). Associated Press. “Mysterous Force Knocks Out Keyless Entry Systems.” TheWBALChannel.com. 6 July 2004 (p. B1). Consumer Reports. “Myth Busters.” September 2013 (p. 9).
Zipcar is the world's largest car sharing network. Four Zipcars* are available on the CSULB. Wedding_album_maker_gold. These cars offer temporary vehicle use as an alternative to traditional car rental or ownership. All students, faculty and staff, 18 years or older, with a valid driver’s license (international OK) are eligible to rent from Zipcar.
*COVID-19 Note: Zipcar typically has four cars at various locations on CSULB’s campus, two in Lot G6 and two in Lot E2. Due to COVID-19, only one vehicle, located in Lot E2, is available. Read more about how Zipcar is taking extra precautions to protect your safety as well as best practices for drivers at Keeping The Zipcar Community Safe.
Zipcar members pay a monthly or annual membership fee in addition to a reservation/usage charges. Members can reserve Zipcars with the mobile app, online or with your mobile device at any time up to a year in advance. Zipcars can be reserved by the hour or by the day.
Members have automated access to Zipcars using an access card, which works in conjunction with the car's technology to unlock the door. The keys will be located inside. Zipcar also offers an iPhone or Android application that allows members to honk the horn to locate a Zipcar and unlock the doors. Zipcar charges a one-time application fee, an annual fee, and a reservation charge. Fuel, parking, insurance, and car maintenance are included in the membership price.
Zipcar currently has four cars at various locations on CSULB’s campus, two in Lot G6 and two in Lot E2.
How to use Zipcar?
- Step 1: Apply for a Zipcar membership
- Step 2: Reserve a Zipcar for an hour, an afternoon or the whole day. Do it online or on your phone via the Zipcar mobile app.
- Step 3: Walk to your chosen Zipcar car and hold your Zipcard against the windshield. The doors will unlock and the keys will be inside.
- Step 4: When your time is almost up, return your Zipcar to its original parking spot. Be sure to follow all instructions provided on the Zipcar website.
What is included?
- Gas
- Insurance
- Miles (up to 180 miles/day)
- Your own Zipcard
- The mobile app (free download for iOS and Android)
Zipcar is a private, independent company and not affiliated with the CSU or providing services in partnership with CSULB. Please visit the Zipcar website for full rental terms and conditions, services provided, and additional eligibility restrictions.