So some unknown stranger sat in my FR-S today

[Chattanooga FR-S]

Originally Posted by Synack

Ohhhhhhhhh my god that's what that mysterious locking mechanism is. All the while every time I've worked on my car I thought it was just randomly locking itself or some kid had a key that could lock Toyota's and was screwing with me lolol

My 2003 Toyota Matrix does this. If I hit the unlock button on the remote but do not open any doors, it will then lock the doors again. I believe this is to CYA in case you mistakenly hit the unlock button in your pocket/purse/whatever, so it doesn't leave your car unlocked.

[Crazy Drew]

Originally Posted by nyfries

it only auto locks if you unlock it after the car is shut off.

during normal driving and parking (park, turn off the keys than get out of the car) it won't auto lock. I think the feature is for the times when you unlock the car for someone or to get something and forget to lock it back up.

at least i have never seen it auto lock under other circumstances.

Originally Posted by tzhu07

Just tried it. Didn't work. It stays unlocked. I must have forgotten to lock my car yesterday after I was cleaning it up a bit.

Yep, my apologies. I sat around the car after getting home last night and y'all are right. I could have sworn it auto locked on me a few times though after I got out of the car. Sometimes the details get a little fuzzy up top.