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Toyota keys (why do they lock themselves in the car?)
These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car!
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg It takes one key to open the car, and two of those doohickies to start the car with the one key that opened the car. I don't understand why. Anyway, I borrowed a friend's Corolla for the weekend and just now I had to ask her to let me back into the car because the car locks itself after an unknown period of time without any user intervention whatsoever. What's with that? She says the car locks itself all the time on its own schedule. Is there a way for her to turn this off so it can be normal? Is there a way to make it so that just the key starts the car? |
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On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 10:31:27 PM UTC-5, June Bug wrote:
These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg It takes one key to open the car, and two of those doohickies to start the car with the one key that opened the car. I don't understand why. Anyway, I borrowed a friend's Corolla for the weekend and just now I had to ask her to let me back into the car because the car locks itself after an unknown period of time without any user intervention whatsoever. What's with that? She says the car locks itself all the time on its own schedule. Is there a way for her to turn this off so it can be normal? Is there a way to make it so that just the key starts the car? Does the car not have a key pad on the door column that you enter a series of numbers to lock or unlock it if you don't have the key fob on you? Some of the newer cars won't lock if the key fob is left inside the vehicle. |
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The date is 24/09/2017 22:35
Does the car not have a key pad on the door column that you enter a series of numbers to lock or unlock it if you don't have the key fob on you? Some of the newer cars won't lock if the key fob is left inside the vehicle. No keypad. Only a driver door lock, a trunk lock, and an ignition lock. But you need all three (apparently) items to start the car. |
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On 09/24/2017 11:31 PM, June Bug wrote:
These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg It takes one key to open the car, and two of those doohickies to start the car with the one key that opened the car. I don't understand why. Anyway, I borrowed a friend's Corolla for the weekend and just now I had to ask her to let me back into the car because the car locks itself after an unknown period of time without any user intervention whatsoever. What's with that? She says the car locks itself all the time on its own schedule. Is there a way for her to turn this off so it can be normal? Is there a way to make it so that just the key starts the car? My wife has a 2016 Camry and the only thing you need to start the car is the key.Â* The doors don't lock by themselves.Â* RTFM, google it or pester your Toyota service department. Of course, we never leave the keys in the car because there are too many thieving democrats lurking in the bushes and/or hiding under rocks. |
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On 9/25/2017 4:34 AM, Bubba wrote:
On 09/24/2017 11:31 PM, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg It takes one key to open the car, and two of those doohickies to start the car with the one key that opened the car. I don't understand why. Anyway, I borrowed a friend's Corolla for the weekend and just now I had to ask her to let me back into the car because the car locks itself after an unknown period of time without any user intervention whatsoever. What's with that? She says the car locks itself all the time on its own schedule. Is there a way for her to turn this off so it can be normal? Is there a way to make it so that just the key starts the car? My wife has a 2016 Camry and the only thing you need to start the car is the key.Â* The doors don't lock by themselves.Â* RTFM, google it or pester your Toyota service department. Of course, we never leave the keys in the car because there are too many thieving democrats lurking in the bushes and/or hiding under rocks. I have a 2016 Forester with ignition key and chauffeur key. I wanted to whittle down the fob on the chauffeur key to carry in my wallet but was told it contains a chip in it needed to start the car. With all the electronics in a car today you may be able to get into the software and reprogram some items. I did it recently with the oil change warning light coming on too soon as dealer had set it to sell twice the oil changes needed. |
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On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 3:34:51 AM UTC-5, Bubba wrote:
My wife has a 2016 Camry and the only thing you need to start the car is the key.Â* The doors don't lock by themselves.Â* RTFM, google it or pester your Toyota service department. Of course, we never leave the keys in the car because there are too many thieving democrats lurking in the bushes and/or hiding under rocks. Hahahahaaaaa!!! I don't leave keys in my vehicle either as there are too many thieves around but I don't have a clue as to their political leanings. But as to why the original poster left the keys in the car is a mystery to me and it being a borrowed car on top of that. I think the lesson learned here is to never lend your car. Especially to people who are careless with the keys. |
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On 9/25/2017 8:46 AM, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 3:34:51 AM UTC-5, Bubba wrote: My wife has a 2016 Camry and the only thing you need to start the car is the key.Â* The doors don't lock by themselves.Â* RTFM, google it or pester your Toyota service department. Of course, we never leave the keys in the car because there are too many thieving democrats lurking in the bushes and/or hiding under rocks. Hahahahaaaaa!!! I don't leave keys in my vehicle either as there are too many thieves around but I don't have a clue as to their political leanings. If someone is carjacking, they're not a republican. Republicans typically own businesses and congress-critters so they can bilk the taxpayers out of billions with dirty under-the-table deals. |
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replying to Bill, Ick wrote:
You are an idiot -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...r-1145319-.htm |
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On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote:
These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car. The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla. He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 9/25/17 5:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car. The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla. He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton Is it too soon to blame the locked cars on the people who can't live five minutes without their phone? Can't phones unlock cars yet? |
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On 9/25/17 5:42 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 9/25/17 5:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car.Â* The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla.Â* He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton Â*Â*Â*Â* Is it too soon to blame the locked cars on the people who can't live five minutes without their phone?Â*Â* Can'tÂ* phones unlock cars yet? I got curious so did a quick search. It looks like a couple people have had this problem. https://community.cartalk.com/t/doors-lock-automatically-while-outside-of-car/48399 or http://alturl.com/wubiq |
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On 9/25/2017 8:13 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 9/25/17 5:42 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote: On 9/25/17 5:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car.Â* The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla.Â* He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Is it too soon to blame the locked cars on the people who can't live five minutes without their phone?Â*Â* Can'tÂ* phones unlock cars yet? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* I got curious so did a quick search.Â*Â* It looks like a couple people have had this problem. https://community.cartalk.com/t/doors-lock-automatically-while-outside-of-car/48399 Â*Â* orÂ*Â* http://alturl.com/wubiq IMO, a good reason to NOT buy a Toyota unless it can be disabled. I prefer to decide when my car is locked or not. The pro thief will get into your car in seconds, locked or not. The amateur will cause damage trying to get into it. I rarely lock my car. It was broken into twice and one time I lost a quart of oil laying in the back seat. The locked cars around me had broken windows, pry marks and scratches. Friend of mine had her car locked and alarmed. It was parked right outside her office window when it was stolen in broad daylight. |
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On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 10:34:36 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/25/2017 8:13 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote: On 9/25/17 5:42 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote: On 9/25/17 5:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car.Â* The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla.Â* He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Is it too soon to blame the locked cars on the people who can't live five minutes without their phone?Â*Â* Can'tÂ* phones unlock cars yet? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* I got curious so did a quick search.Â*Â* It looks like a couple people have had this problem. https://community.cartalk.com/t/doors-lock-automatically-while-outside-of-car/48399 Â*Â* orÂ*Â* http://alturl.com/wubiq IMO, a good reason to NOT buy a Toyota unless it can be disabled. I prefer to decide when my car is locked or not. The pro thief will get into your car in seconds, locked or not. The amateur will cause damage trying to get into it. I rarely lock my car. It was broken into twice and one time I lost a quart of oil laying in the back seat. The locked cars around me had broken windows, pry marks and scratches. That was my theory too when I had a Fiat Spyder convertible and was living in Boston and LA. I figured they would just slice the top. So I put an alarm in and left it unlocked. Twice the alarm went off because someone had opened the door, nothing taken because there was nothing to take and no damage. Friend of mine had her car locked and alarmed. It was parked right outside her office window when it was stolen in broad daylight. |
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On 9/25/2017 10:34 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/25/2017 8:13 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote: On 9/25/17 5:42 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote: On 9/25/17 5:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car.Â* The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla.Â* He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Is it too soon to blame the locked cars on the people who can't live five minutes without their phone?Â*Â* Can'tÂ* phones unlock cars yet? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* I got curious so did a quick search.Â*Â* It looks like a couple people have had this problem. https://community.cartalk.com/t/doors-lock-automatically-while-outside-of-car/48399 Â*Â*Â* orÂ*Â* http://alturl.com/wubiq IMO, a good reason to NOT buy a Toyota unless it can be disabled.Â* I prefer to decide when my car is locked or not. The pro thief will get into your car in seconds, locked or not.Â* The amateur will cause damage trying to get into it.Â* I rarely lock my car. It was broken into twice and one time I lost a quart of oil laying in the back seat.Â* The locked cars around me had broken windows, pry marks and scratches. Friend of mine had her car locked and alarmed.Â* It was parked right outside her office window when it was stolen in broad daylight. I always lock mine but make sure not to leave anything exposed to make it attractive to a thief. Some women will get out of the car, put their purse in the trunk and leave. Thieves were lurking, saw this and smashed window, opened trunk and stole purse. I walk in a park and one new years morning got back to the car, guy I knew walked up to his car right next to mine and saw door lock smashed in and case with his cell phone stolen. Locked older cars are easy to steal. Wife lost her 10 year old Mazda 20 years ago while attending a ballet lesson in a mall parking lot with car locked and directly under a street lamp. It was found 3 days later on cinder blocks in a bad part of town. The only part not taken was the old radio. Tires and spare were gone as was everything under the hood. I think most newer cars will not work without the key as the keys have chips and while thief may start car, it will not keep running so if there is nothing to steal then not locking may be OK. |
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The date is 25/09/2017 05:13
I got curious so did a quick search. It looks like a couple people have had this problem. https://community.cartalk.com/t/doors-lock-automatically-while-outside-of-car/48399 or http://alturl.com/wubiq Thanks for finding that. It's the same model and year. I thought the borrowed car was a Corolla but it's a 2005 Camry LE (not a Corolla). I still have the borrowed car, and I found the owners manual in the glovebox which talks about the transponder in the key causing the car to immobilize and that the doors automatically lock under most conditions (it was confusing what conditions they were). Even though it's very confusing what causes the car to automatically lock, it's clear that it does that. In this case, there are three "things" that are on the keyring. http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg 1. The key (which is a non-chip all metal duplicate key) & is mandatory 2. The immobilizer (which is mandatory & must be "near" to start the car) 3. The automatic unlock/lock doohickey (this is optional) When I leave the car, the doors automatically lock. Apparently that's how Toyota has it set up. I don't know if that setting can be changed to NOT lock the car, but what it means, in the end, is that you can never just leave the keys in the car when you park it overnight - which is what I normally do with all my own cars and everyone in my family does the same. Out here, we don't lock our cars and we leave the keys in the tray overnight, but we also live in a very safe area and we don't do that when we go shopping and park at the malls. |
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On 9/25/2017 6:42 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 9/25/17 5:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car.Â* The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla.Â* He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton Â*Â*Â*Â* Is it too soon to blame the locked cars on the people who can't live five minutes without their phone?Â*Â* Can'tÂ* phones unlock cars yet? Yes, I can lock/unlock, start it, turn the defroster on, set the temperature. |
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The date is 25/09/2017 03:33
They don't lock themselves in the car. The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. There is absolutely no doubt the car locks itself for a few reasons. One is that my friend says it does it all the time but that's when her three doohickies are in her purse or in her husband's pant's pocket. The second is that I leave my keys in the car when the car is parked in my driveway, and even though this is a borrowed car, I habitually leave my keys and glasses in the car - which is what I did. So there is no way that the keys were "jumbled" or "pushed" or anything since we got out of the car and just left it there without locking it. Given that this has happened to the three people who used this car separately and at various times and very consistently, you can rest assured that the car is locking itself. The question is why and how. |
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On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:41:15 AM UTC-4, June Bug wrote:
The date is 25/09/2017 03:33 They don't lock themselves in the car. The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. There is absolutely no doubt the car locks itself for a few reasons. One is that my friend says it does it all the time but that's when her three doohickies are in her purse or in her husband's pant's pocket. The second is that I leave my keys in the car when the car is parked in my driveway, and even though this is a borrowed car, I habitually leave my keys and glasses in the car - which is what I did. So there is no way that the keys were "jumbled" or "pushed" or anything since we got out of the car and just left it there without locking it. Given that this has happened to the three people who used this car separately and at various times and very consistently, you can rest assured that the car is locking itself. The question is why and how. The car locks itself as a security feature. The driver who leaves the keys in the car is inconvenience him/herself. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 25-Sep-17 9:39 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
.... The car locks itself as a security feature. The driver who leaves the keys in the car is inconvenience him/herself. And a "feature" can be too clever by half, oftentimes...there are many valid reasons for not wanting to have to remove the stinkin' keys from the car immediately that it's more of a nuisance than a help. As Ed says, if a real thief is after it, it'll be gone in an eyeblink, lock or no lock; about the only effective technique is one that actually disables the car totally. Looking for instances, it appears there is a design that if unlock with the key fob but don't open door within 30/60 sec, the vehicle will automagically relock. I couldn't find a factory instance that conclusively indicated to me it _should_ lock itself with the key in the ignition when just exiting the vehicle, but there were many complaints on user forums of such behavior. Many of those seemed to end up as being various electrical faults in the locking electrical systems... -- |
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On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 10:39:57 AM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:41:15 AM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: The date is 25/09/2017 03:33 They don't lock themselves in the car. The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. There is absolutely no doubt the car locks itself for a few reasons. One is that my friend says it does it all the time but that's when her three doohickies are in her purse or in her husband's pant's pocket. The second is that I leave my keys in the car when the car is parked in my driveway, and even though this is a borrowed car, I habitually leave my keys and glasses in the car - which is what I did. So there is no way that the keys were "jumbled" or "pushed" or anything since we got out of the car and just left it there without locking it. Given that this has happened to the three people who used this car separately and at various times and very consistently, you can rest assured that the car is locking itself. The question is why and how. The car locks itself as a security feature. The driver who leaves the keys in the car is inconvenience him/herself. Cindy Hamilton And leaving the car open to be stolen very easily. There have been civil cases where someone got killed or seriously hurt by a car that was stolen while the owner carelessly left it running while at the convenience store. PRobably have been some where the keys were left in it while it's in the driveway too. How liable that makes you for potential damages, IDK. But leaving keys in the car, when it's in the driveway isn't a good idea. |
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On 9/25/2017 11:17 AM, trader_4 wrote:
The car locks itself as a security feature. The driver who leaves the keys in the car is inconvenience him/herself. Cindy Hamilton And leaving the car open to be stolen very easily. There have been civil cases where someone got killed or seriously hurt by a car that was stolen while the owner carelessly left it running while at the convenience store. PRobably have been some where the keys were left in it while it's in the driveway too. How liable that makes you for potential damages, IDK. But leaving keys in the car, when it's in the driveway isn't a good idea. Most remote starters will allow you to exit the car and lock it. If you were to open it and try to drive away, engine dies. They will not allow you to start unless the doors are locked too. Every winter cars are stolen by people that run out and start the car to warm up while finishing their coffee. In one town in one morning four cars were stolen like that. I know a guy that never took his keys out of the car too. Poor practice to say the least. |
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On 25-Sep-17 8:41 AM, June Bug wrote:
.... that the car is locking itself. The question is why and how. See what wrote to smug Cindy as well, but I'd suggest reading the operators manual carefully; it _should_ describe the system functionality, _presuming_ there isn't an aftermarket security system installed--I saw several comments that some of those apparently do have such a "feature" that isn't factory. If can't get satisfaction on whether this is expected behavior from that venue, I'd just go ask a dealer if this is supposed to be the way it behaves and how to reprogram it to a more user-friendly setting. I found doc on the self-locking feature that is tied to the gearshift and moving or not and that has some four options one of which is "off" but that has no bearing on locking when ignition is off unless there is a failure in the system causing a spurious locking action. What there may be in newer "smart" systems I couldn't really find full details on; hence the suggestion to read manual first, then go ask. I also agree w/ Ed P, though; if it does that and I can't reprogram it to not, I ain't buying the vehicle. -- |
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On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 10:00:01 AM UTC-5, dpb wrote:
On 25-Sep-17 8:41 AM, June Bug wrote: ... that the car is locking itself. The question is why and how. See what wrote to smug Cindy as well, but I'd suggest reading the operators manual carefully; it _should_ describe the system functionality, _presuming_ there isn't an aftermarket security system installed--I saw several comments that some of those apparently do have such a "feature" that isn't factory. This is a borrowed car the o.p. is asking about. I seriously doubt she is going to be heading to the dealership or reading the manual to over- ride this problem. Evidently she is careless with other people's property and leaves the key in the car and then whines she can't unlock the doors. |
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On 9/25/2017 11:53 AM, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 10:00:01 AM UTC-5, dpb wrote: On 25-Sep-17 8:41 AM, June Bug wrote: ... that the car is locking itself. The question is why and how. See what wrote to smug Cindy as well, but I'd suggest reading the operators manual carefully; it _should_ describe the system functionality, _presuming_ there isn't an aftermarket security system installed--I saw several comments that some of those apparently do have such a "feature" that isn't factory. This is a borrowed car the o.p. is asking about. I seriously doubt she is going to be heading to the dealership or reading the manual to over- ride this problem. Evidently she is careless with other people's property and leaves the key in the car and then whines she can't unlock the doors. I'm not going to condemn her just yet. How long before the doors lock? She may have been in view of the car and just got out for a short time to get the mail, lock the house, get the shopping bag or some other simple thing we've all done. Leaving the key under those circumstances is not careless at all. Self locking would be a surprise for most of us that don't have that "feature" I don't want my car to be my nanny. |
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On 25-Sep-17 10:53 AM, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
.... This is a borrowed car the o.p. is asking about. I seriously doubt she is going to be heading to the dealership or reading the manual to over- ride this problem. ... Can't read the manual, even? Give me a break... It didn't say for how long of a loan; I inferred more than for just an afternoon or it wouldn't have been an issue worth raising; would've already returned it. If asked, it's a problem; why not do what can to solve it? And again, there can be very good reasons to have left the keys in...while not the usual instance, on the farm I rarely take the keys out of anything, ever. OTOH, if I go to the store in town I do take them. I'd be exceedingly upset if I went out to the tractor the next morning and it had locked itself up on me, or one of the trucks... Like real estate, "context!, context!" matters. -- |
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Toyota keys (why do they lock themselves in the car?)
The date is 25/09/2017 07:59
I found doc on the self-locking feature that is tied to the gearshift and moving or not and that has some four options one of which is "off" but that has no bearing on locking when ignition is off unless there is a failure in the system causing a spurious locking action. It appears to be a stock 2005 Camry LE automatic with none of the fancy options. I saw in the owners manual on page 31 the "theft deterrent system" but that simply describes the alarm if a door is opened when it's already locked. On page 25 it talks about what you said, which is that it can lock all the doors when the car is in motion, where this car, I think, does to that because the doors are always locked, annoyingly. I never understood this car-in-motion locks because we don't live in a place where someone is going to carjack us while we're moving for heaven's sake. It seems like a lot of scared people are out there who are afraid of everything. On page 23 of the owners manual there is something about the power door switch and "resetting" something, but I couldn't make sense of it. If someone has a 2005 Camry, maybe they have the secret decoder ring? |
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Toyota keys (why do they lock themselves in the car?)
On 9/25/2017 10:59 AM, dpb wrote:
On 25-Sep-17 8:41 AM, June Bug wrote: ... that the car is locking itself. The question is why and how. See what wrote to smug Cindy as well, but I'd suggest reading the operators manual carefully; it _should_ describe the system functionality, _presuming_ there isn't an aftermarket security system installed--I saw several comments that some of those apparently do have such a "feature" that isn't factory. If can't get satisfaction on whether this is expected behavior from that venue, I'd just go ask a dealer if this is supposed to be the way it behaves and how to reprogram it to a more user-friendly setting. I found doc on the self-locking feature that is tied to the gearshift and moving or not and that has some four options one of which is "off" but that has no bearing on locking when ignition is off unless there is a failure in the system causing a spurious locking action. What there may be in newer "smart" systems I couldn't really find full details on; hence the suggestion to read manual first, then go ask. I also agree w/ Ed P, though; if it does that and I can't reprogram it to not, I ain't buying the vehicle. -- Manuals can be a bitch to read and follow and indexing is often poor. Internet is better source and best thing you can find is specific directions. Kid gave me a watch for my birthday and I could not set it. Did not help that the manual was maybe over 5o pages of small print on a two by two page. When I called him he advised looking for a video and even though it was poorly narrated it was easy to follow. |
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Toyota keys (why do they lock themselves in the car?)
On 9/25/2017 6:33 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 11:31:27 PM UTC-4, June Bug wrote: These are the key fobs that lock themselves in the car! http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4828475keyfob.jpg They don't lock themselves in the car. The driver who is too dumb to remove the key from the ignition locks the keys in the car. My husband's Toyota works just like your friend's Corolla. He has never locked the keys in the car. Cindy Hamilton There are times you may want to leave the key in the car while working on it. Or even to run back into the house for something you forgot. That is not a feature I'd want on my car even though I can unlock it from my phone or computer. . |
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