More than a dozen motorists were left stuck in a car park when a car's central locking system malfunctioned and blocked drivers' key fobs.
Some cars failed to start on Tuesday in Parrock Street car park, in Gravesend, Kent, while others would not unlock. Stranded drivers were left to call motoring organisations for help.
A spokesman for Gravesend Borough Council said "weeks of sleuthing" by council officers had them looking for a rogue transmitter or wireless broadband unit in nearby offices.
Ofcom was finally called and a survey found a small family car was intermittently sending out signals blocking other fobs in a 164ft (50 m) radius.
A notice was placed on the car informing the owner - a commuter who left his vehicle there all day.
The spokesman said: "The driver was unaware of the problems his car had been causing and has now made contact with us and the problem will be fixed once and for all."
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