[QUOTE=aruvqan]
you misunderstood, the ONL?Y way to lock the drivers side door other than with the valet key is by beeping the remote unless you are sitting inside and do it manually, or drive off and it autolocks.
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I have no idea how to lock my Jetta without using the remote/key from the outside. I don’t want to know either (if there is a way); in the past, I had a habit of locking my keys in the car.
Sat^Gal has a 98 Beetle, and, to echo aruvqan, there are only 2 ways to lock the driver’s side door as you’re getting out of the car; either with the key fob (horn chirps to indicate armed alarm), or with the key inserted into the door lock (horn also chirps to indicate armed alarm.)
If you hit the button on the inside of the door while said door is open, the car will assume there’s a possibility that the keys are inside the vehicle, and not allow the door to lock.
As an aside, if the alarm is armed, and you pop the trunk (with the key fob), when you close the trunk, the horn will chirp to indicate…
And as another aside, if you unlock the car with the key fob, and don’t open the driver’s side door, after about 30 seconds (wag), the doors will lock again and alarm will arm.
These two asides are the only instances I can think of where it’s possible to lock the keys in the car… open trunk or passenger’s side door, toss (or inadvertently drop) keys into car, close trunk or door.
S^G
Mine, Ford Fiesta, locks the doors normally on the first press, and on the second deadlocks them, making it impossible to even move the door handles on the inside. (No alarm fitted.) Only the second action is indicated, by a flash of lights. Works fine for me.
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th]
It’s stupid that it beeps the horn when you lock the car doors, but I always thought it was a cool feature for people trying to find their cars in a large parking lot.
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I’ve collected a hire care from a place which had just had a delivery of a large number of new cars, which had been parked in any available spaces around the car park. The advice of the girl at the desk was simple - walk to the middle, and hit the ‘alarm’ button on the key. It certainly found the car quicker than wandering around comparing plates, and to her credit, at least there were no residential buildings nearby!
[QUOTE=aruvqan]
you misunderstood, the ONL?Y way to lock the drivers side door other than with the valet key is by beeping the remote unless you are sitting inside and do it manually, or drive off and it autolocks.
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oh… umm… never mind…
<googles remedial reading classes>
On mine, locked with button inside = locked but security feature not armed.
Locked with remote lock button pushed once = locked but security feature not armed.
Locked with remote lock button puched twice = gives a little chirp to let you know that the door is locked and the security feature is armed.
This is one of those things that annoyed me, too, until I got a car that did it.
And now, like texting all day long, I have become what I beheld.
It reassures me that I have my keys in my hand, and it reassures me that my car is locked.
FWIW, it no longer annoys me when other people do it.
It isn’t a loud honk, either.
And if that bothers people at 4 in the morning when I get home from work, they can get me back by mowing their lawns and honking their own horns at 7 in the morning.
Oh, wait…they’ve been doing that all along…
One of the first things I did when I got my Charger was to change the settings so the horn doesn’t chirp and all doors unlock with one press. The lights still flash, so I can still be reassured, and it’s not annoying.
[QUOTE=Mitch Hedberg]
“I think we should only get 3 honks a month on the car horn. Then, someone cuts you off, you press the horn, and nothing happens. You’re like, ‘Crap! I wish I hadn’t seen Ricky on the sidewalk!’”
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[QUOTE=Tamex]
You can turn the horn sound off. I bought my car used and it was already turned off. My husband keeps wanting me to turn it back on, but I refuse because I find it annoying. I watch for the lights to flash so that I know the car is locked. My husband likes the reassuring horn sound, so his truck still does it.
I do have a button that sounds the horn repeatedly until you push the button again. I’ve only ever pushed this button by accident.
Never had a car that chirped like the movies. I thought the chirp was from the days when you had to install your own car alarm. (Just like printers in movies sound very noisy and old-fashioned.) Maybe the horn is an American car thing. I have a Chevy, and my husband has a Dodge.
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My Nissan toots the horn if you want. I have the feature turned off. I have it flash the parking lights.
It has been VERY helpfull finding the car parked with hundreds of others on a pitch black morning.
Feel keys in hand > lock door and slam it shut.
Have done this on all manner of cars I’ve owned from 1972 vintage onwards. I tend not to lock my keys in.
[QUOTE=enipla]
My Nissan toots the horn if you want. I have the feature turned off. I have it flash the parking lights.
It has been VERY helpfull finding the car parked with hundreds of others on a pitch black morning.
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Right. And who cares if it wakes up EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON trying to sleep nearby, that pitch-dark morning? :mad:
[QUOTE=Completely]
Right. And who cares if it wakes up EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON trying to sleep nearby, that pitch-dark morning? :mad:
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He’s already made an effort to be as unobtrusive as possible by turning off the horn. Not that you’d know but considering that he lives in a secluded mountain environment, I’d surmise the brief parking light flick occurs in a commercial venue. Hardly worth a chiding, really.
We were trying to enjoy a sidewalk table at a Mexican restaurant recently, but were having some difficulty when a worker there kept making trips out to her pick-up parked right in front of us and hitting her horn lock each time she departed. Four times we sat through that crap, that last time requiring I ask her to please refrain from engaging in any more repetitive, inconsiderate nonsense.
I’m afraid it’s like a lot of things in that it’s become such the norm, so ubiquitous an action, that some non-thinkers have become oblivious to the fact it’s really quite annoying.
Our car’s programmable too. 2nd press, soft chirp, so the confirmation’s there but electable on an as needed basis.
[QUOTE=Completely]
Right. And who cares if it wakes up EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON trying to sleep nearby, that pitch-dark morning? :mad:
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Like, the bums sleeping right next to the headlights?
[QUOTE=Completely]
Right. And who cares if it wakes up EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON trying to sleep nearby, that pitch-dark morning? :mad:
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Wrong on two counts.
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog]
Feel keys in hand > lock door and slam it shut.
Have done this on all manner of cars I’ve owned from 1972 vintage onwards. I tend not to lock my keys in.
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Same. No car alarm here, and I can lock my door without the key. I’ve never locked my keys in the car, and I’ve never lost my car in a large parking lot. I must be doing something wrong.
Once I get a new job I may go shopping for a new car – I hope it doesn’t limit my options if I don’t want a car alarm.
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger]
One of the first things I did when I got my Charger was to change the settings so the horn doesn’t chirp and all doors unlock with one press. The lights still flash, so I can still be reassured, and it’s not annoying.
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I did the same with my car…why wouldn’t everyone?
The locks are so silent that I often press my Mazda keyfob lock button twice just to be sure, then you get the little “honk!” Only way to be sure unfortunately. I remember the older electric locks made a big “CLICK” that you could hear 10 feet from the car.
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey]
On mine, locked with button inside = locked but security feature not armed.
Locked with remote lock button pushed once = locked but security feature not armed.
Locked with remote lock button puched twice = gives a little chirp to let you know that the door is locked and the security feature is armed.
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Same on mine. It might be possible to turn the chirp off, but I also need it when I forget where I parked, which is fairly often.
[QUOTE=Ruken]
My car won’t let you lock the doors manually (by pressing down the lock) if the door is opened.
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I thought that’s the way my car worked for a while (it didn’t have power locks), until I realized if I hold the inside or outside handle out, it allows me to push down the lock. :smack:
As far as the OP, I can understand the remote lock if you’re waiting for passengers to get out of the car and close all their doors before you remotely click the locks. The beep confirms it’s really locked.
All four of my cars have the keys in the ignition, ALL OF THE TIME. Come and get 'em!