Check deadlock message

[edy_l]

i keep getting a message to check deadlock every time i'm turning off my car .. what is it referring to?

i ask my sales rep, and he says it refer to the steering wheel lock .. but i don't believe him .. LOL ..

(oops i meant to post this at the tiguan sub forum, admin can you please help to move?)

[epicmac]

My golf says that. I believe it's reminding you that with one push of the lock button all the doors are dead locked, ie they can't be opened from the inside. Two quick pushes of the lock button removes the dead lock so if you've left someone in the car they can get out.

[shoutj74]

Same on my Skoda and epic is correct, once to lock inside as well, twice to allow doors to be opened from inside. I wonder if this helps for security also, i.e. if window smashed door sill won't open and thief would have to crawl in through broken window?

[NZTiguan]

Same on my Skoda and epic is correct, once to lock inside as well, twice to allow doors to be opened from inside. I wonder if this helps for security also, i.e. if window smashed door sill won't open and thief would have to crawl in through broken window?

That's the whole idea !!

[wai]

I wonder if this helps for security also, i.e. if window smashed door sill won't open and thief would have to crawl in through broken window?

Somehow I can't see a thief breaking a window and then deciding there is nothing worth stealing because the door won't open. The vehicle itself is harder to steal because of the complex computer control systems, however the same protection does not come with the contents, and deadlocking a door where you can simply reach in and extract the items seems a little unnecessary.

[Tigger]

I guess it would help for carjacking areas or countries...cant exactly drag someone out of the window?