I don't know if this has been discussed previously.
During these past -20+ weather weeks, I always start the car and let it warm up in the garage while i go back into the house to drink some HOT coco! But every time when I get back to the car the doors are locked and I've locked my keys in the car! I always wonder if i had brushed against the door lock while i was getting outta the car? But it's highly impossible... Anyhow, while i was in my local shop doing the recall services today. I talked to the shop manager about the door locking problem. He told me this only happens to the G in extreme cold weather. And he too got locked out with their loaner cars couple of times too. Then he went on and told me it's because the moisture accumulated in the door locks and they have no fix for it yet. !!!???!?!?! Does it occurred to any of your guys ???

Anyhow, the funny part was there was also a G owner there waiting for his car. I asked him about the locking problems and he said it never happened to him yet. Right after our discussion the shop manager comes in and told him they have locked his keys in the car.... Poor guy!

sorry about the bad grammers and typos...i'm in a rush..

YNVMYG35<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by sljer on 01/24/03 02:15 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

I swear my Driver door only locks 1 in every 10 times or so....regardless of the temp. I am in Atlanta so I have had a variety of temps thus far. Drives me crazy!

Twilight Blue/Willow/Premium/Nav/Wood/Winter/Xenon/ 3M Clear Bra

 

It's around -25C (daytime highs) up here in Edmonton and I've never had that happen to me.

Red/Canadian

 

Sounds like your "G" wants some of that HOT Coco too and doesn't want to leave the garage.[img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img]

But seriously, do you use the door unlock switch to open the locks before getting out? Give us the entire sequence to try. The Service Manager sounds like he's doesn't know what he's talking about.

Merlin.

 

Mine is pretty simple, I get out and when I try to get back in my door is locked, driver's only. It has happened many times with my car still running, I can't remember if it happens when my car has stopped.

Twilight Blue/Willow/Premium/Nav/Wood/Winter/Xenon/ 3M Clear Bra

 

NO I didn't press anything...

VQseries
Same here. It only happens to my driver side and the car running.

Thank god for wallet key to the rescue!


YNVMYG35<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by sljer on 01/24/03 02:44 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

Hmm..I never had tat happen...the only time mine locks is when the keys are out of the ignition..
But it never autolocks that I have notice when the engine is on..
Is it suppose to autolock when the engine is running??

 

I know some cars do that. Once it reaches to a certain speed it automatically locks the doors...

But i don't think G has that feature in their car. When I'm driving, it doesn't lock automatically.

This is getting really annoying. Especially they said they dont' have a fix for it yet!


YNVMYG35

 

Oh btw, my car is the 2003.5 model...

but i don't think it makes a difference because that guy who got locked in the dealership, his car is a 2003 model.

YNVMYG35

 

My G is a 2003 and I have never experienced that problem, however I have rarely left the car running with the keys in it. Just wondering however, how long was it before the doors auto locked on you ?

 

It's supposed to lock the doors 5 minutes after you get out.. but I'd think not with the engine running. I haven't tried it myself. I wish it did auto-lock once you start driving away, and unlock when you turn the engine off, though.

2003.5 G35 Sedan Desert Platinum/Graphite Premium/Sport/Aero/Nav/Winter

 

This thread at freshalloy might help.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by tmo on 01/25/03 12:32 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

As previously mentioned I've never had the doors lock on me with the keys in the car, but this is maybe due to the fact that I've never had the misfortune of forgetting the keys in the car. However I recently noticed that the car doors will locked automatically after 5 minutes, but that this does not happen when I bring the car in the garage at night. The only thing I can attribute this to is the fact that I drive at night with the lights in the auto mode, and that when the car is brought in I shut the lights off completely by putting it in the off mode. Anyone know of any other possibilities? I'm going to the dealer this week and will ask.