So I locked myself out of my car on Valentine's weekend....

[mkenny28]

I am guessing if you sit in your car long enough with it running and not moving that it will eventually lock. I will try it when I have time to just sit and chill in my car. The car only looks to see if a key is still in the car when you turn it off and exit the car. I am guessing by starting the car with the door open and then getting out and closing the door that the system just assumed the Op was still in the car and eventually locked the doors. Because the car was still running it fully expected a key to be in the car anyway. It is only so smart; It can't search for an actual human being (although you would think they could link the seat modules to identify if someone were sitting there) and only looks for a key. I think starting the car with the door open and never shutting it is the key in "fooling" the sensors. I will test this out this weekend too, I will just have my other Key Fob available in case I lock the other one in.

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[stangs-R-me]

I take it the keypad entry is no longer an option for the 2015?

Keypad Entry has not been a "factory" option on Mustang since at least 1994.

It WAS an available "Dealer Installed" Accessory up thru 2014 ...
http://accessories.ford.com/vehicles/mustang/2014/electronics/keyless-entry.html

It's anyone's guess whether they will ever offer it for 2015.

Doug

 

[Isurus550]

It's anyone's guess whether they will ever offer it for 2015.

I really love the way the integrated it in the Fusion. They only light up when you swipe your finger over them, and they're completely invisible otherwise.

 

[drbrian722]

From what I'm reading here my take-a-way is never be separated from the fob!

Here's a question in the spirit of this thread that maybe someone can answer. When I went to test drive a '15 the first dealer I went to had lockboxes attached to the driver's side window. Basically, a box that was clamped to the window that held the car's keys that any of the sales guys had a master key to. What I do not know is how the key in that box was not allowing me to unlock the door. Is it as simple as it's a shielded box that "hides" the key from the car or is there some other form of trickery at play?

 

[EngineerDave]

So why didn't you use your free Ford Road Side Assistance that came with the car?

 

[ahduckit]

It's a low voltage rf signal. I don't think he can go thru thick metal


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[Asharus]

havent been thru the wash yet. will the car stay on if i leave w/ my key in my pocket while it goes thru the hand wash?

 

[Guardstang]

When remotes became popular I wondered why Ford still used the keypad but when we owned a Windstar and Freestyle we realized we owned a locker on wheels--anything you could be afraid to lose at the beach like wallets and keys could be locked up and accessed without a key--maybe Ford Accessories will offer it

 

[Isurus550]

When remotes became popular I wondered why Ford still used the keypad but when we owned a Windstar and Freestyle we realized we owned a locker on wheels--anything you could be afraid to lose at the beach like wallets and keys could be locked up and accessed without a key--maybe Ford Accessories will offer it

Exactly! I do this in my Fusion now when I take my dog to the dog park. Lock the phone and wallet and keys in the car and just use the keypad when we're leaving so I'm not running around with that stuff in my pockets and potentially losing it. Wondering how I'm going to achieve the same when the Mustang gets here. :shrug:

I just hate the protruding keypad look.

 

[Greg15]

I've had maybe a half dozen times when I get in the car, fob in my pocket, pull the door shut and the horn honks twice. The car always starts though. But it makes me think the detecting the fob in the car system isn't 100% reliable.

 

[arban25]

Honestly I would hate for the door to always unlock if the key fob is inside the car while engine is running.. What if there is someone outside of your car trying to get into it and you don't want them in..? Lol

 

[foghat]

I've had maybe a half dozen times when I get in the car, fob in my pocket, pull the door shut and the horn honks twice. The car always starts though. But it makes me think the detecting the fob in the car system isn't 100% reliable.

You mean you get in the car while it is running and it does this?

 

[TheZman]

LOL.. my 2012 Charger did this to me twice!!! That car hated me!

 

[Greg15]

You mean you get in the car while it is running and it does this?

No, the car is completely off and it honks when I get in.

 

[foghat]

No, the car is completely off and it honks when I get in.

Interesting. Something isn't right there (obviously). I could maybe see if it was running and it didn't realize the fob was in the cabin when you shut the door, but if it is not even running...

I'd get it looked at, though if it is not easily reproducible, might be a challenge. 2 months driving my mustang and 2.5 years in wife's Edge and this has never happened.

Do you have the alarm? Maybe something is going on there?

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