Locking key fob in car

[Hillbilly]

I was under the impression, maybe falsely that you couldnt lock the car with the key inside. I have found that to be incorrect as I left one fob in the centre console and can lock and unlock it with my spare one. I couldnt unlock it with just the one lying in the console.

Weird or what

[Beedub]

Can't say I've tested it, but I can't see why you shouldn't be able to lock the car with the fob inside.
I mean it works on proximity so if you were outside the car then touching the handle sensor should trigger it to unlock.
Ditto for pressing the button on the fob from inside the car.

Maybe it's just weird VW logic?

[Mozzz]

I have found you can't lock the car using the gestures when the fob is inside the car... took me a good minute to work out why the car wouldn't lock

[Hillbilly]

I have found you can't lock the car using the gestures when the fob is inside the car... took me a good minute to work out why the car wouldn't lock

Sorry but thats possibly not true I left my fob in the console between the seats and didnt see it as i dropped a cloth over it on Thursday . Got out and touched the handle and its been locked ever since. It wouldnt UNLOCK and I had to get the spare fob and have it in my pocket.
Couldnt find my usual one and searched the house and as a last resort looked in the car and there it was.
So I dont know why or how but thats what happened

[phonebooth]

Sorry but thats possibly not true I left my fob in the console between the seats and didnt see it as i dropped a cloth over it on Thursday . Got out and touched the handle and its been locked ever since. It wouldnt UNLOCK and I had to get the spare fob and have it in my pocket.
Couldnt find my usual one and searched the house and as a last resort looked in the car and there it was.
So I dont know why or how but thats what happened

Mine doesn't lock if the fob is in the car. You can disable that 'safety' feature in OBD 11. Maybe you've done that?

[Hillbilly]

Mine doesn't lock if the fob is in the car. You can disable that 'safety' feature in OBD 11. Maybe you've done that?

Nope one of the few things I havent done AFAIK as I wouldnt like to be out somewhere and do that but will check but I dont actually know where to code that anyway LOL

[iDiesel]

It was one of the things the sales guy made sure I was aware of when showing me the car on pick-up.
He left the key in the boot and then proceeded to lock it...
I was a bit flabbergasted that it didn’t register the key inside the car...

[Wazza 162]

Mine is the same as Mozzz, won't lock with fob in vehicle.

[DanielH]

Same with mine, wouldn’t lock when touch the handle with key fob inside.


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[Simonr23]

Same. Also can’t auto-close the allspace boot if keys in car.

Edit- I had previously coded ‘enable lock with keys inside’ (or a similarly worded option) but changed my mind.