Anytime something stops working whether it’s a car or a copy machine, ask yourself “What was the last thing I did to it, or the last thing I touched?” It can be the simplest thing like the opening the passenger door then not closing it all the way. Or putting a “new” print cartridge in your copier or printer. And not getting it in all the way or having a defective cartridge. Whatever you touched last is likely to be the source of your problem.

Why would she think that Amazon should pay for her mechanic bill? She's the one that modified her own car.

Your first mistake was paying 6 bucks for a washer with rhinestones.

That's actually cheaper and easier than installing a battery disconnect switch to prevent theft.

I was a software developer for many years. When a failure occurred it was stand operating procedure to investigate last change made to that piece of software.

That's way better and cheaper than any security system I've ever used. I'm ordering one immediately, this is brilliant.

I like the part where she thinks it's Amazon's fault.

That’s hilarious, you put this on a car and immediately get punished for bad taste.

A couple of years ago, I was about to purchase this for my car. I quickly changed my mind after reading a review that mentioned issues with the engine starting. I don't recall seeing a warning by any of the sellers but I also scroll fast to see the reviews. I will definitely pay more attention to information below the products.

I love how in the pictures the ring is over start/stop buttons, NOT a keyhole. From the company standpoint it would have been easy and cheaper to do things right: make the ring's body out of plastic and paint it with metal-like paint. Also the way she just slammed it on there without even looking that it was so off center...

Forget a "bling ring" market it as an anti theft device!🤣🤣🤣

In summary: don't use tacky decorations in your car

When I work at a small local repair shop I changed a costumer ignition switch two times with in a year and a half. The problem was she had so many keys and what not hanging on her key ring that it was causing the lock to wear out prematurely because of the weight. I explain it to her the first time and she didn’t heed my advice. The second time she accused us of not fixing or not even installing right parts. The owner charged her for labor and ate the part cost but also told her not to return because she always brought her car in for various repairs but always had an issue with the bill after an agreed estimate. He said I don’t need her business.

She said “What’s the point, just don’t SELL it?” She needs to ask herself, what’s the point, just don’t BUY it 🤷‍♂️

This sounds insanely good for theft prevention! She could've and probably still could come up with something and sell it big!

Those mechanics must have been terrible, because the vehicle blinks a light on the dash when it cannot see the immobilizer/chip in the key. 4 days of troubleshooting, any experienced tech should have been able to figure that out.

This would actually be a good product if you were worried about someone stealing your car. Just take it off whenever you want to use your car.

Dont bling your car out. If you get in an accident all of those jewels might get embedded in you. Just leave the car as it is.

the fact that she even thought to tow it to a mechanic, the moment I saw the picture I instantly knew it blocked the connection/key from turning all the way. my first instinct would’ve been to take the thing off like….

Why is that infuriating? It's hysterical. She can't blame anyone but herself for her bad taste and poor judgment.

So if your local towing company starts handing out free bling rings, you will know why.

My takeaway from this article is that the news reported did a lousy job of applying the Bling Ring😂

This is the cheapest anti-theft you can get people!!!

How did they not figure that issue out? "Anti Theft Stop" should have been in the logfiles, right at the top. And it should have been one of the first things they try to bypass for a diagnostic, because every part can fail.

This sounds like a great prank to play on your friends! But in all seriousness, if you're gonna bling up your vehicle, please do NOT put rhinestones or anything else on surfaces containing airbags. I noticed the lady in the video had bling on the steering wheel COVER, but not on the steering wheel itself. Smart girl. :)

What shocks me the most is that she paid $5 for that thing😂

Use it as an anti-theft item rather than bling. Paint it black and make it look like the ignition ring itself when parked in sketchy neighborhoods. 🤷‍♂

"she wishes shed known about this flaw first" Well to be fair the display pics showed it on use only on push start ignitions.....

New title: Woman doesn’t read product description, Car doesn’t start.

Wow, that’s incredibly unfortunate. I’m glad it was probably a relief for her that it wasn’t some giant problem, but also feel bad that she ended up having to go to the mechanic to figure it out.

Mechanic: “that’ll be $500 ma’am.”

What I really like about this bedazzling mess, is when people turn their airbags into claymores by covering them with that stuff. Ugly and pointless to me, but it's not my car or money.

The maker of the sticker could pivot into making them in silver or black, whatever best matches the car and market is as another part of a layered security plan. In the dark some thieves might miss it and the car won’t start. The owner removes it to operate the vehicle.

I learned that some people value fashion when others value function.

I love how she's blaming this item/Amazon for selling an item that stops some cars starting, but is fine with having loose items that can fly around in a crash or flash you if the sun hits them. No learn just blame

Why does everyone keep calling it a sticker?. It’s a bejeweled circular piece of metal which is applied using a peel and stick application. The metal is acting like a faraday cage blocking the signal from the key.

It clearly was for a start stop button, which she doesn't have.

Yes!!! I’ve got to get one. People are stealing cars all the time in my area and this would be a great thing to prevent that. I’m on it

amazon wasn't responsible for her not reading the listing. It's also possible this product is intended for older cars, not newer ones.

Its not just the metal ring but the stones themselves Most are made from lead glass or metalized glass so as the signal is trying to get past it, it is scattered It's a similar principle to the use of chaff bursts that use metal disks to confuse missiles

Hyundai/kia owners are now blinging out their cars. Who's laughing now 😂

Perfect example of why I keep my cars 100% stock if at all possible. Not only are most accessories extremely tacky, they can also damage your vehicle.

"They're just fun. I like blingy things." - a crow

I got my Mercedes tinted a while back and when I went to collect it my door sensors wouldn’t work, the push start wouldn’t work, nothing which used a signal frequency was working…and then something told me to check about similar issues on the internet and if they got their car tinted…I was hysterical for like a day, even called the tinting guy, we couldn’t figure out what happened…the solution was simply to leave my car parked in the sun for like 2-3 days…it worked. I gave the tint guy a call just to let him know the details…it was the tinting solution and it’s a very common problem for Mercedes (not sure if with other cars too) but if you ever get a tint job done and this happens hopefully you see this comment 😃

These TV news people complaining about how this interferes with the Anti-theft system and how ridiculous that is, are the same people complaining that some Kia's don't have anti-theft systems that allow them to be stolen easily.

🤦‍♂ self inflicted issue

I'm a mechanic. I once had a customer bring me a used car they were interested in. They asked if I could "remove the bling from the steering wheel." The previous owner not only glued them on, but smacked them in with a hammer. I pulled one off, saw the damage, and said, "Don't buy this car. If you REALLY want all the bling gone, it'll put you 'upside down' to fix it."

My first question after the car wouldn't start would be "what changed." As a software engineer, I've seen everything. Back in the days before Windows, we had a customer who was losing their last invoice written in the day. We found out that they were losing their last invoice because the operator literally shut off the computer while on the invoicing screen and the program didn't have a chance to flush the write buffer, which it would have done if she had first exited the invoicing screen. I literally had to watch her work to find out she was doing that. There's all sorts of things you couldn't imagine, but the best question is often "What did you do before it stopped working?"

I like how she blames Amazon but it's her own fault for having zero taste 😂

customer states the news is calling something interfering with the ignition is the engine not working... Not the same thing...

All my cars are too old to have transponder keys, and even I knew what was going on here. I thought this was pretty common knowledge given that this tech has been utilized for decades at this point. I'm stunned the first mechanic couldn't figure it out.

Now that's Karma- instant punishment for being absurdly tacky! 🤣🤣🤣

Both cars that were shown were hondas. When the remote transmiter would break off people would stick the remainder of the key in and it would run for a while then stop. The temporary fix is to hold the key transmitter or fob next to it and the car would start.

Her car was like, “Oh no. I’m not going anywhere until you get that tacky thing off of me.”

her: "my car won't start" mechanich: "Yeah, but it is sooo blingy"

So she's complaining about a feature? How is this news again? They absolutely SHOULD NOT pay her mechanic bill. If she would have read her owner's manual she would have known about the chipped keys. What a valley girl.

It won't jive with her car, but she can turn it into an earring.

A buyer should read the warnings and know what they are buying. Moral of the story, read the warnings.

The metal ring interferes with the loop in the ignition barrel talking to the chip in key, not the barrel talking to the ECU. Bit of a head scratcher for various people though. Like someone else commented, best thing to ask is “what did you do to the car last/most recently” and start there.

Yes, yes it can. Cars from the 2000's up have RFID chips in the key, even ones with no fob. This is why the key is bulkier than older keys. It has been a standard for years. You just didn't notice until the push-button start came along.

In some cars, if you try too many times, you need a locksmith to reprogram the computer ECU. Also, someone should have looked at the key light on dash, it would've told them the key was not the correct one for the car.

This is honestly a great way to keep you car from getting stolen if you can easily put it in place and remove it easily.

I had a vent clip phone holder that had a wireless charger, it did the same thing. I was 800 miles from home, luckily i found a car forum, that day, that mentioned unplugging the charger & it fixed it. Others in the forum weren't so lucky, 1000s spent on car repairs

Surprised I haven't seen this on Just Rolled In yet

The $1000 bling ring you can’t use! The ultimate useless vanity accessory.

It actually has the warning on the front page on the website so it’s the customers fault. It’s our job to do our due diligence when purchasing a product. It’s nit in fine print either, it’s in the same font as all the other warnings and information on the item. It’s called self accountability and self awareness.

She's exposed herself as not being an actual adult. Nowhere in her story was a single mature decision made

Imagine thinking decorating your car with rhinestones is popular or normal.

Also happens when people put ridiculous amounts of stuff on their keychain. The weight creates stress on the ignition cylinder and eventually causes intermittent operation.

If my car worked before the ring but not after, I'd take it off before going to my mechanic. This is very interesting though!

The Liberace Effect

No ones gonna mention how the reporter nearly missed the ignition all together with the thingy? lol

I've never owned a car with a key chip, let ALONE push button start. Newer cars never fail to amaze me.

"Ridiculous and so irresponsible" Kinda like people who modify their cars without knowing anything about cars? 😮

If it were totaly made of plastic it might not cause a problem.

Lady.... what's the point of buying something, if your not gonna read the discription?

So it's basically a security system for anyone who doesn't want to get car jacked

I've had a bling ring around my push to start button for over a year now with no issues lol

Fun practical joke to play on someone if you can find a ring the same color as the steering column 😂

I wonder if this can be used as a low-level killswitch for when you really don't want someone to drive (i.e. a very drunk friend). Just stick it on there and don't tell anyone about it.

Can’t speak for Hondas but I know Ford. They have a similar system called PATS (passive anti theft system).Same deal chip in the keys signal ring on the ignition. But on Ford cars and trucks there is a red lock light on the instrument cluster that starts flashing when it doesn’t recognize the key. The ford system only gives you a few attempts then it locks the car out and you have to get it towed to a dealer or shop that has the capabilities to get your keys reprogrammed. Oh and if you don’t have two keys for it you have to buy a second key because with Fords system you need two keys to perform the reprogramming

Pretty funny when THAT many people couldn't be bothered to notice the flashing green key icon in the cluster when it wouldn't start lol

Its good to see people punished for being tacky.

“What’s the point? Just don’t sell it” actually lady, I would ask you what’s the point? Just don’t but it. 😂

While it’s not a good thing for when you’re trying to drive it, it’s actually a brilliant anti theft device since it will prevent thieves from being able to start the car and there’s a very small chance they will know what’s causing it. Think I’m going to get one

She says, "dont sell it" but she failed to read the description of the item. She expects people to conform to her opinions because she isn't smart enough to read or smart enough to do some basic troubleshooting.

The photo of the product on Amazon shows it on a PUSH START. At no point was it ever advertised as used for a KEYLOCK IGNITION. Buy the appropriate product for your needs, not the incorrect product and then blame the seller for YOUR mistake.

This is why you read the fine print. Just like a contract. People get screwed over and over. And not the good kind.

I swear this news stations needs a audio engineer. Everything is so low volume.

ANYONE NEEDING BLING LIKE THIS TO BE HAPPY HAS SERIOUS ATTENTION PROBLEMS!!

These are the same people that put the rhinestone ornaments on their air bag in the center of the steering wheel. I see this almost daily as a mechanic. There're dumbfounded when I tell them if you have an accident those rhinestones will be in your teeth !

She added it one night, the car didn’t start the next morning. Well, DUH, what has changed…..

Why would she expose her own stupidity like this?!?😂😂😂

As a tow truck driver, i only see these on Altimas, Optimas, and other monstrosities. People are dumb.

If people would read the entire Amazon product page before ordering the item. They would have seen the warning about don't use it on cars that has anti-thief it was there on the page just had to read it. So all that money she spent on mechanics and towing the car around is on her. If you ask me you should never bejeweled the inside of your car cause if you get in a wreck and airbags goes off. Guess where those bejeweled gems will be going every where and perhaps end up embedded in your face.

And this person is allowed to drive. Let that sink in. Can't use the simplest of problem solving to save herself hundreds of dollars. Yet, she's back out there on the road with her 120mph 3,000lbs of steel death machine.

Amazon should sell it as an anti-theft device.

she didn't even center it properly 😅😂

Its pretty simple to troubleshoot, you have to think what did you do to the car before it created the problem, things like did you install something, just recently got gasoline etc...

Not every car has that security feature, not every car will be affected by this bling ring. Everyone is knocking the product when it's their specific vehicle that's really the problem.