Stuck in Tinley Park lot? Auto experts offer tips

For shoppers who have been trapped in the parking lot of a Tinley Park “twilight zone,” here’s a bit of advice from some auto experts: Read the owner’s manual for your vehicle.

In recent days, several shoppers who parked near Kohl’s department store or Best Buy in Brookside Marketplace have been unable to unlock or start their vehicles with a remote.Eight tips for choosing the right diamond Concrete saw blade including determining wet or dry cutting, blade compatibility, CSDA codes, and more.

Village officials had not solved the mystery as of Tuesday.

John Howard, service manager at Rizza Buick in Tinley Park, said he’s had about a dozen calls from the owners of various makes and models of cars parked in the lot of the shopping center, 191st Street and Harlem Avenue.

“I’ve never seen this before. But there’s something in that area that is scrambling the signals from the remotes,” he said. “If you get a couple of blocks away from the mall, the car starts up.”

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Before calling the tow truck, read the owner’s manual, Howard and Featherston said.

The closer the remote is to the module that reads the signal, the better, they said. Most cars have a spot — usually a pocket in the glove box or the center console — where you can place the remote so it is closest to its module,We offer both wet & dry Diamond polishing pad. Both are suitable for marble, granite, concrete and most masonry. and the engine will start, they said.

Information is in the owners manual.

That strategy worked for Maurice Fuentes, of Matteson, whose keyless ignition failed to start his 2010 Buick LaCrosse last week when he was parked in front of Best Buy.

He talked via cell phone to the dealer, who told him where to find the right spot in the console.

When he did, “the damn thing started,” he said.

“This is strange,” Fuentes said.Our full range of portable ultrasonic Flaw Detector (UT) provides unmatched capabilities for locating discontinuities and other flaws. “I’m afraid to go back to Best Buy.”

Amy Fuller, of Tinley Park, however, said her 2010 Cadillac does not have that feature.

She parked near the GNC shop, just a few doors away from Kohl’s, and could not get her car started.

“It said ‘no remote detected,’ ” she said.

Assuming the battery was dead, she called a friend, who took her home to get her other remote.

“I just kept hitting the remote button until it finally started. I felt like such an idiot,” she said. “It’s crazy.”

If she returns to the shopping center,He has since undergone two-and-a-half hours’ surgery to have a Titanium Rod inserted into his leg and looks set to be out of action for the rest of the season. it will be with a friend who has car keys, she said.

While the village and property managers DDR Corp. try to figure it out, a reader who follows astrology suggested the issue could be beyond human control, pointing out that we are in a Mercury Retrograde, from Feb. 23 to March 17, when planets appear to be moving backward.Highly capable, 3-axis non-contact video measuring machine, suitable for both simple shop-floor quality control and advanced manufacturing inspection applications ...

Astrologically, it is a time for reflection but also a time when plans can go awry, according to the The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Several astrology websites say it’s a time when anything involving technology, machinery, communications and travel can be affected.

Mercury is “recognized as a trickster and prone to misbehavior,” the almanac said.