Doors locked while keys were in car
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Originally Posted by mrfxchopper
Today I stopped to fill up with some five doller a gallon gas and when I went to get back in my G the FKN doors were locked. I know that drivers side was unlocked when i got out. so I had to wait an hour in 107 deg temp for the Wife to drive me the spare from sixty miles away, talk about not gettin lucky tonight. Has anyone had this happen?
I hate these automatic locking things. Drives me nuts.
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Originally Posted by gtbigup01
That's unheard of. If you leave the keys in the ignition and hit the lock button on the door panel while the door is open as you're getting out, the locks will lock and immeadiately unlock. It's like a 2 second ordeal, click click.
Only thing I can think of, is on your way out, part of your body grazed the door panel and manually flipped the switch to lock, in which case it will stay locked keys in or not, car running or not.
Only thing I can think of, is on your way out, part of your body grazed the door panel and manually flipped the switch to lock, in which case it will stay locked keys in or not, car running or not.
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I don't get it...
when I fill up, I put the car in park, turn the car off(take keys out of ignition) and put them in my pocket.
Not sure what the benefit is of leaving the keys in the car
when I fill up, I put the car in park, turn the car off(take keys out of ignition) and put them in my pocket.
Not sure what the benefit is of leaving the keys in the car
Originally Posted by absolutg
i almost locked my intellikey in the trunk, but when i went to close the lid, the car automatically popped it back open. saved me a lot of hassle!
Originally Posted by Texan1
I don't get it...
when I fill up, I put the car in park, turn the car off(take keys out of ignition) and put them in my pocket.
Not sure what the benefit is of leaving the keys in the car
when I fill up, I put the car in park, turn the car off(take keys out of ignition) and put them in my pocket.
Not sure what the benefit is of leaving the keys in the car
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Originally Posted by Andrei
I'm going to try that in a few hours
I leave my car running when I fill up everytime and I close the door to go to the pump. Saves the starter
I leave my car running when I fill up everytime and I close the door to go to the pump. Saves the starter
sorry, but either you are kidding or that is ridiculous
that is not good regarding emission system/possible ck engine lights turning on and rough idle, a very rare chance of igniting fuel vapors, chance of someone jumping into your G and taking off--especially since you fill up opposite to driver door, you could accidentally get locked out of your car, you could potentially go back to your driver seat and forget about filling up and drive off with hose in your tank; it is plain irresponsible imo.
+1 I hope he was joking...
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Originally Posted by 03Sg35
There was a post few months back, it seems to be common on the older g like 03, do a search I have heard of this before but I dont know if it was solved
So to solve this, you must hit the UNLOCK button on the DOOR to unlock the tank.
It sounds confusing but do you get it?
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Originally Posted by PadillaG35
sorry for the thread jack..but when i lock my car with my key fob it dont make the beeping sound?? anybody know what could be the problem
hold down the lock and unlock buttons at the same time for at least 5-10 seconds...problem solved
It happened to me twice in the past. I have an 05' sedan, so I don't think its an issue with the 03's only. Car was unlocked when I got out, locked when I tried to get back in. First time, I had my keys with me. Second time, I got out of the car to get something from the house with the car running. Came back and it was locked. I now carry the wallet key with me all the time, but also never leave the car without my keys. I now have a compustar installed too.
It sounds like your door pin switches are going out. If a switch is defective or starting to wear out, it can't tell when the door is open or not. If you go to unlock the car, open the door and close it with a bad switch, the car will never know you just opened the door.
Replace the switch and see if that does the trick.
Replace the switch and see if that does the trick.