Does your car have auto-locking doors?

Does your car have auto-locking doors?

  • Yes (2010+)

    Votes: 105 60.7%
  • No (2010+)

    Votes: 34 19.7%
  • Yes (pre 2010)

    Votes: 28 16.2%
  • No (pre 2010)

    Votes: 17 9.8%
  • My car doesn’t have doors

    Votes: 7 4.0%

  • Total voters
    173

Smugs

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I had a car once where the driver's door would open by itself.... While I was driving.:oops:
 

Craig_

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Its insane that you would want your car to lock when your are not locking it your self.

So the main issue is that it will lock when I close the boot. Its happened more than once that because it auto locks I need to have the keys in my hand all the time, then because I have other things in my hands the keys will get dropped and often that means they fall in the boot.

So then the converse is true that if the kids don't close the doors properly it then wont lock at all. So everything looks fine but actually the car is completely unlocked and wont lock even if you press the button on the key. Also it goes through the motions of flashing the lights but none of the doors will lock.

More annoying is the double lock.... so if you press the unlock once it will just unlock the drivers door. Then the second lock will unlock the rest of the doors. So if you unlock and then take longer than a minute to open any of the doors you will have to find the keys and then open twice...
Try doing this with kids and hands full of shopping etc.

Every single car I've had (except my first 1989 corolla) did that. It's so that if you unlock by accident then it doesn't stay open.
 

TheMightyQuinn

Not amused...
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Oct 6, 2010
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Its insane that you would want your car to lock when your are not locking it your self.

So the main issue is that it will lock when I close the boot. Its happened more than once that because it auto locks I need to have the keys in my hand all the time, then because I have other things in my hands the keys will get dropped and often that means they fall in the boot.

So then the converse is true that if the kids don't close the doors properly it then wont lock at all. So everything looks fine but actually the car is completely unlocked and wont lock even if you press the button on the key. Also it goes through the motions of flashing the lights but none of the doors will lock.

More annoying is the double lock.... so if you press the unlock once it will just unlock the drivers door. Then the second lock will unlock the rest of the doors. So if you unlock and then take longer than a minute to open any of the doors you will have to find the keys and then open twice...
Try doing this with kids and hands full of shopping etc.
Maybe just walk...
 

nazmo

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Jul 3, 2018
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Iv had auto locking in every car. Even my 1993 conquest 180i had an aftermarket alarm that locked my car.
I also have keyless now which locks car as im walking away. super convenient. though once i left my keys in the car and went to work for 8 hrs!
 
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