Locked out whilst engine on

[chrisk2010]

I remember when my dog locked me out of my W202, i went to put the code in to unlock the main gate and she got in the front and manage to lock the car .

I had lost the spare key about two months before so I had to wedge a ...... well wedge in the top corner of the door and push the button with a long piece of wire took about 45 mins to gain access again.

Rosy on the other hand was really chuffed with herself thought the whole thing was a game.

I found the spare key three years later in an old coat .

 

[wongl]

I remember when my dog locked me out of my W202, i went to put the code in to unlock the main gate and she got in the front and manage to lock the car .

I had lost the spare key about two months before so I had to wedge a ...... well wedge in the top corner of the door and push the button with a long piece of wire took about 45 mins to gain access again.

Rosy on the other hand was really chuffed with herself thought the whole thing was a game.

I found the spare key three years later in an old coat .

After teaching Rosy to lock the car, you need to teach her to how to unlock the car!

 

[Londonscottish]

Oh, what a way to start your big day.

Annoying on the way out, hugely inconvenient on the way back. I had to send my wife and baby to London on the train late one Sunday whilst I spend a good three hours in Stanstead car park. To be fair, the AA guy worked miracles with all sorts of mirrors, lights and magnets on bendy rods to rescue the key from the boot via various holes in the metal panel under the parcel shelf.

He was a genius.

My cold, tired and hungry wife thought I was a **** though.

I was enclined to agree.

To this day I get really nervous when I find myself reaching for something in the boot when I've got the key in my hand. It's so easy to put it down and press the auto close button on the boot hatch.........

 

[Wolfie1]

I have gotten into the habit to just put the key straight into my pocket once i press unlock it like that

 

[Rory]

After teaching Rosy to lock the car, you need to teach her to how to unlock the car!

Well, other way around - she should have been taught to unlock the car first!


Daughter's SEAT Ateca has keyless, and amazingly that allows the fob to be locked in the boot! It's by design too - all VW related cars do it, they flash the indicators to warn you, which of course no-one knows what it means, then lock.

 

[Rory]

Hi, I have a very bad issue with my C220 W204 today. I was using a pump to pump up the tyres today through the 12v. (The engine was running to increase the pump speed of the pump) after this was done I put the pump on the passenger seat and I closed the door to go to the drivers side to drive away. But in that time the car decided to lock itself and I was locked out whilst the engine was running.

I think this is a stupid design fault unless it was some sort of bug. About 1h later my Son came with the second key and we got it unlocked with the emergency key.

Any ideas if this was supposed to happen or just a one off incident.

Presumably, you'd already got out of the drivers door and closed it without any issue - and only on opening and closing the passenger door it locked?

Apart from a weird fault, the most obvious thing is you inadvertantly caught the door lock button.

This kind of thing used to happen when door open switches failed - but as you opened both doors that seems unlikely, and I don't think it would re-lock with the engine running anyway.

 

[chrisk2010]

After teaching Rosy to lock the car, you need to teach her to how to unlock the car!

I'm just happy she held it in to be honest

 

[190]

Unless you drive in dodgy areas it seems to me that automatic door locking is an unnecessary complication with little practical effect other than to wear out the door locks. The answer is to turn off automatic locking and then lock the doors manually if you ever feel the need.

 

[MD5]

The engine was running to increase the pump speed of the pump)

Is there a noticeable difference in speed? I'm just wondering if your battery is low? I once jump started a non MB car that had been stood for some time, and left it ticking over when it decided to lock itself.

I found the spare key three years later in an old coat

Coats are bastards for that, and golf bags are even worse!

I have gotten into the habit to just put the key straight into my pocket once i press unlock it like that

I was chatting to someone once whilst I unlocked the boot to put my coat into the boot of my locked SL, which had the roof down. I checked my trouser pocket for the key, which was present, and then closed the boot. The key to the SL was in my jacket pocket and the key to my R class was in my trouser pocket. Luckily, I was covered by Mobilo life.

 

[Headhurts]

My W205 is manufactured in 2016, and the boot auto-locks after closing if it was opened using the boot unlock button.

I have a 2016 S212 and did this in France on first day of a holiday.
It was an extremely hot day but as evening drew in I decided to put a hoodie on, opened the tailgate using the option on the key put my top on and pushed the closure button only to realise my keys were inside.

My how we laughed (not).

Lesson learnt I hope.

Robin


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[wongl]

Unless you drive in dodgy areas it seems to me that automatic door locking is an unnecessary complication with little practical effect other than to wear out the door locks. The answer is to turn off automatic locking and then lock the doors manually if you ever feel the need.

I drive a lot in London where I don't consider dodgy area, but there used to be many incidents of people grabbing handbags and briefcases from cars stuck in traffic or stopped at traffic lights. I always use the auto-locking function as a precaution.