Here's one for the conspiracy folks ...
Have an '02 Explorer Limited for about 18 months now. Retired military guy. Been all over the Northwest and on a number of military installations. Never had any kind of "issue" with the Explorer art all.
Saturday, we went up to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. (Really beautiful area, by the way!!) Drove around the area a bit, decided to stop at the base shopping center for a while. Got out and hit the LOCK on the remote .. nothing, Nada. Zip. No lock, no unlock, no "panic" mode. Nothing. Tried wife's, same result. Keypad worked fine. Hmmm. Something to do this week to get it fixed.
Left the base and drove home ... keypad now works normally. No problems at all.
Hmmm. Wonder what kinds of things those Navy guys are up to? Don't think it's a normal kind of "airfield" thing as I'm on McChord AFB almost daily and never had an issue.
Interesting ....
Ken