car locked me out

[grodenglaive]

It was -20 C this morning, so I started the car to let it warm up a bit. When I came back out of the house, the car was locked, but still running! Fortunately I had the spare key in the house. Cold weather gremlins maybe? Has that happened to anyone else?
Good thing it didn't happen at work - that would have sucked.

[Wes]

Nope, but out of paranoia that might happen, I roll down the windows whenever I start her up and im outside my car

[Cheddar]

Iv never had my FRS auto lock..... How do you set it up because I read the owners manual and didt see anyhting about that.

[grodenglaive]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't have autolock.

[Tylub]

that's pretty strange, never had auto lock on me either and i start up and close the door and go back into the house and I can always open up my door

[boredom.is.me]

Originally Posted by Wes

Nope, but out of paranoia that might happen, I roll down the windows whenever I start her up and im outside my car

I do the same, plus I always have my valet key on me.

[edj]

i have had my car lock the doors on me.
i would curious to know what causes it.

[J-Money]

ive had it once..

[Frostyman]

That's odd, because you can't actually lock the doors with the door open unless you push the lock itself. The switch will unlock both doors if the engine is on and a door is open. Maybe malfunction?

[Nevermore]

I haven't had it happen that way, but the car does have an auto lock. I was showing it to a relative once and I thought he'd want to look inside so I unlocked it, but then we just kept talking while standing next to it. After a couple of minutes I heard it lock back without me hitting the button.

[b.e]

The FRS does have an autolock. Unlock it with the key fob, and if you fail to open the door, the locks will re-engage. This prevents accidental unlocks when putting your keys in your pocket accidentally triggers the unlock button.

I tested some things this morning after reading the original post here.

When the engine is running, the key fob buttons are ignored.

When the engine is running, the lock button on the driver arm rest will work, but will automatically unlock if the door is ajar. If you start the engine, then step out, this auto unlock function should guarantee the doors will remain unlocked. As far as I could discover, the only way to lock the door with the engine running to to be in the car and operate the lock manually, or press the door-lock button on the arm rest.

My guess is the low temp stressed some lock actuator. Somehow. In a mysterious and probably non-repeatable way.

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

I haven't had it happen that way, but the car does have an auto lock. I was showing it to a relative once and I thought he'd want to look inside so I unlocked it, but then we just kept talking while standing next to it. After a couple of minutes I heard it lock back without me hitting the button.

Yeah it locks within a minute or two after you unlock if you dont open the door, but it should disengage after the door opens

[Cheddar]

OP is saying it autolocked with the car on....

[zc06_kisstherain]

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