Today I was trying to figure out how to lock the doors while the key was still in the ignition. People on SL have been upset because they cant go in a store when the car is running. Also because they cant heat their cars durring the winter.

I sat in the driver seat with the key in the ignition and the driver door open. I used the door lock button, but all the doors unlocked for some reason. Then I tried it again, only this time I held my finger down on the driver lock, in lock position. The other three lockes automatically unlocked, but my finger kept the driver lock down and it did not release from lock position after I moved my finger from it. Then I manually pressed each lock down with my finger.

All of the doors stayed locked. I closed the driver side door, and the alarm didnt want to trigger, but thats ok I guess. As long as I'm not warming the car in the winter with the doors unlocked, everything should be ok.

I like my way better:

1) leave car running

2) unlock driver door manually

3) exit car

4) insert spare key and lock door

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Your way will probably wear the drivers lock out :P

Hmm, I like your way better too.

i like my way better.
simple
dont leave your keys in the car and and try to lock it. take your keys with you.

i like my way better.
simple
dont leave your keys in the car and and try to lock it. take your keys with you.

Booooooooooooo!!

i like my way better.
simple
dont leave your keys in the car and and try to lock it. take your keys with you.

Booooooooooooo!!

That is a good point. All locking the doors is going to do is cause thef to break your window. Just means if you stolen car is found it will cost more to repair. The simple fix. Move to a area where you can leave you car warming up for 10min with doors unlocked & no one giving it a second look :wink:

That is a good point. All locking the doors is going to do is cause thef to break your window. Just means if you stolen car is found it will cost more to repair. The simple fix. Move to a area where you can leave you car warming up for 10min with doors unlocked & no one giving it a second look :wink:

You can't see in my vehicle because of the dark tint so you can't tell if anyone is inside. You also can barely hear the motor running. I also only do it if I am going to be in and out of the place. And of course it has to be a safer part of the city.

The simple fix. Move to a area where you can leave you car warming up for 10min with doors unlocked & no one giving it a second look :wink:
There's really no need for warming up an xB for 10 minutes.

just install an alarm with remote start feature. so you can start car,doors will be locked & if someone gets in and step the brake the car will dieout,and you can program how long you want the car to stay on. well that's what i did on my XB.

just install an alarm with remote start feature. so you can start car,doors will be locked & if someone gets in and step the brake the car will dieout,and you can program how long you want the car to stay on. well that's what i did on my XB.

Smoke some weed and clear up your glaucoma. If you read the thread...we dont want to have to install ____ on our cars to be able to warm them in the winter and lock the doors.

mmmmm, medical mary jane :P

well sorry! there is no winter where i'm at. but my ac seems to work fine! so ****
face it was a suggestion. oh yeah the weed is great on Guam!!

if you live somewhere where you have to warm up the car in the morning, then i would get remote start.......just my opinion.......too much trouble to go with those two other options....
if you live in a place like me ....sunny san diego.......dont need to warm up the car in the morning.....just get in the car and go........ :D

If you don't want a remote start, but want to safely leave your car running, check out the Pivot Security Push Button Starter.

Car keeps running, you push in a security code (1-10 clicks) and you can't drive until you push the same number of clicks to enable driving again. Great for warming up, or running in the store, etc.

http://www.pivotusa.com/starterswitch/security.htm

All these ideas work, but i think this person doesn't have to funds, maybe they should check their dealer and see if there is a way to bypass the locking procedure and let it
do what they want it do. my $00.02

If you don't want a remote start, but want to safely leave your car running, check out the Pivot Security Push Button Starter.

Car keeps running, you push in a security code (1-10 clicks) and you can't drive until you push the same number of clicks to enable driving again. Great for warming up, or running in the store, etc.

http://www.pivotusa.com/starterswitch/security.htm

wow.......good cawinkidink/contraption........learn something new every day..... :D ...

You bastards and your warm weather 12 months a year....grrrr.

Mmmm, guam, mmmmm, warm and sunny guammmmmmm.

us in ca. don't leave are cars for nothin.if you leave your keys in the car hmmmmmmmmm.......gone :!:

I like my way better:

1) leave car running

2) unlock driver door manually

3) exit car

4) insert spare key and lock door
That's what I've always done on all my cars. But apparently people would rather install things on their car, or do crazy dances with the door lock buttons to accomplish this simple task.

holding down the lock button will burn-out the lock solinoids. why not remove the power lock feature (read: remove fuse'). then you could just lock it at any time. (doors open/closed key in the ingnition)

the engineers spent time making a system that will prevent people from accidently locking their keys inside the car.

hey guys actually i have a pretty good way had to do it at the beach the other day im in florida and had to charge my video camera. i had to leave my keys in the acc position and got out try to lock didnt do it so then i got in and locked it from the passenger side door switch and with it open shut it and it worked.

so leave key in ignition
get out of car
walk to passenger side open door
lock and shut
easiest way yet
and then you unlock key pad to get back in

peace

You bastards and your warm weather 12 months a year....grrrr.

Mmmm, guam, mmmmm, warm and sunny guammmmmmm.

I'm a firm believer in never living anywhere that you may have to shovel three feet of *partly cloudy*

and we have 2 seasons Summer and December.... :lol:

So there's fictional Joe xB Owner, living in the ice encrusted north (by his own choice). He also stubbornly resists buying a remote start kit, just on the principle of things. So, to avoid the horror of driving a few blocks in a chilly car, he goes through the following routine:

1. Pull on coat, hat and gloves
2. Make sure you have two sets of keys
3. Walk out into the cold
4. Fish keys out of pocket and unlock the car
5. Get in a cold car
6. Start it
7. Get out of the car and into the cold
8. Lock car with extra key
9. Go back in the house
10. Remove coat, hat and gloves
11. Kill time in some useful or enjoyable way
12. Put coat, hat and gloves back on
13. Walk back out into the cold
14. Unlock car
15. Get into toasty car
16. Drive away

Notice how to avoid the cold, Joe xB Owner goes out into the cold three times: (1) house to car, (2) car to house, (3) house to car again.

:wink:

That's what I like about my T-Bird. It has those buttons that Ford likes to put on your driver's side door. You can leave it running and lock and unlock it from a keypad. (Just hope no one steals your combination.)

Old Punk, that was funny as hell :)

And yes, I'm too cheap to buy a remote start...too many mods, not enough money left.

It's even worse than that - it's not about warming it up in the AM, they want to go thru all this so they can run into the store for a few minutes. ... Don't want the temp to dip and have to wait for it to start blowing hottest again...

Thanks guys, for making me appreciate Cali. I had to turn my heater on this morning too, but I had the window down by the end of the commute...:wink:

So there's fictional Joe xB Owner, living in the ice encrusted north (by his own choice). He also stubbornly resists buying a remote start kit, just on the principle of things. So, to avoid the horror of driving a few blocks in a chilly car, he goes through the following routine:

1. Pull on coat, hat and gloves
2. Make sure you have two sets of keys
3. Walk out into the cold
4. Fish keys out of pocket and unlock the car
5. Get in a cold car
6. Start it
7. Get out of the car and into the cold
8. Lock car with extra key
9. Go back in the house
10. Remove coat, hat and gloves
11. Kill time in some useful or enjoyable way
12. Put coat, hat and gloves back on
13. Walk back out into the cold
14. Unlock car
15. Get into toasty car
16. Drive away

Notice how to avoid the cold, Joe xB Owner goes out into the cold three times: (1) house to car, (2) car to house, (3) house to car again.

:wink: