mj
Well-Known Member
Steve - this happened to me too! It was early in the morning, and I wanted to warm the car up. I went outside, started the car, left the key inside the car ( so that the horn wouldn't beep twice when closing the door and wake up the neighbors ), closed the door, and the car locked immediately.
This wouldn't have been so bad, but I unfortunately locked the house door by accident, and the house key was on the ring with the locked-in-the-car fob, and had to break into a side window to get back in the house and get the other fob.
At least the car was warm after this adventure......
I now leave the door cracked and take the fob with me when warming up the car -- no early morning horn beeps, and no lockouts!
This wouldn't have been so bad, but I unfortunately locked the house door by accident, and the house key was on the ring with the locked-in-the-car fob, and had to break into a side window to get back in the house and get the other fob.
At least the car was warm after this adventure......
Did you open the door and close it again after you shut it off? It may be normal behavior for the car to lock itself after a few minutes if the fob is in the car with no door activity. I think the real test would be to shut off the car, open then close the door ( as if you're getting out of the car ), then sit there and see if the car locks itself then.I experimented yesterday. I sat in my car after I had shut it off. After several minutes the car locked itself even with the FOB sitting in the cup holder.
I now leave the door cracked and take the fob with me when warming up the car -- no early morning horn beeps, and no lockouts!
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