Auto Locking Cars

Did she or the NRMA guy try pushing the VW emblem in at the top.

Hi Rich,

Locking keys in the boot has been the norm since cars first had boots. I have done it!
The car did not "automatically lock the boot". Your boot simply was closed and 'latched' as they always did, even before remote locking.

Your Pajero does not have a boot. It has a rear door which is part of the car door system which do not 'latch', they have to be intentionally locked.

Or have I misunderstood the whole thing?

lol... wonder why you are wandering?

There are Smart cars but unfortunately there are also silly unsuspecting humans.

The car has been trained to know the person who has the key is in charge and because they didn't lock it, then it will.
Because the car is already locked, it knows immediately the rear door is closed you also want it locked, and promptly does so.

Must train humans to place keys only in ignition barrel, never put them down anywhere in a vehicle other than ignition barrel..

No exceptions to the rule.

OK,
This problem does not happen on the Barina which is also a hatch.

The fact that GOLF has a special button just for the hatch/boot is what caused the issue in this case, I believe. I suppose this may be the same with other vehicles that have this button ?

If they had opened the main car doors with the other button the hatch door does automatically close.

I guess once you know then you are OK but this was a hire car and happened while she was packing it up to leave.

Either way not a feature I would like in any car as not even sure how I can lock my keys in the Pajero, not sure I want to either :)

Rich

hi rich
it is a safety feature of the vw system whereby if you dont open the boot with-in 20 seconds or there abouts it will relock same with the doors if you activate unlock on the car doors and dont immediately
open a door it will re-lock
when you open the car doors then boot is also unlocked with that feature
the hire company should have explained this feature to you daughter and your daughter is at fault also for putting the keys in the boot its a typical thing for women to do drop keys inside a car while doing somethig or leaving their hand bag on the roof and driving off with it there
i guess its easyier for men as we have pockets to put the keys in while attending to chores
because she activated the boot unlock on the key then opened the boot and put stuff in and then closed the boot it automatically self locks again
this is a vw feature and i have owned one for nearly 8 years and have never had a problem the mistake she made was dropping the keys in the boot and not knowing about this catch/tap for the unwary
hope you can folow what i have tried to explain
cheers

And if the car was in the sun and a baby had been strapped in..........

Graham.

I tell my wife, donot put the keys down in the boot, as mentioned above either put them in the ignition barrel or pocket, don't put them down in the boot when loading or unloading as this is bound to happen, nearly did it myself years ago. Both my wifes Toyota and prado will also relock if you don't open a door up after hitting the open button on the remote. It will not relock itself once a door has been opened only by the remote or by flicking the lock button inside (which will move all 5 (back cargo door as well) locks into the lock position) then holding the drivers side door handle up while shutting the door. If you do this then obviously you need to make sure you have the keys in your hand. You would only be doing this if your remote is flat or you can put the key in the lock and lock all 5 doors that way......My wifes Toyota sedan doesn't have a botton for the boot which she misses as our old commodore had it which was very handy when your hands are full, saves fumbling with the keys.................

Ford falcon is same,, its rediculous,, the boot unlock doesnt unlock it just simply pops it open and if you let it shut again and you have placed your keys down while packing then your stuffed,,, there is no warning sticker or any other warning from the dealer and a pissy little hole to crawl through from the cab after the NRMA gets in then try find your keys in the dark because they are too lousy to even have an emergency release strap in the boot and falcon boots can NOT be opened from a button on the dash or lever beside the seat like they used to.
New car designs are going backward

A simular thing some time back in my early commodore while assisting another vehicles breakdown I left the keys in the ignition to listen to the radio shut the doors We decided to remove my battery to place in the other vehicle as soon as we touched the battery the vehicle alarm went off all the doors locked with the keys inside Horror we now have to undrivable vehicles so be very careful
Steve

Yeah, smart cars! Today I borrowed the Daughter and SILs's 200 series, was told the fob is in the centre console, so when I got to the bottle shop, I put the fob in my pocket, got out, pushed button on the drivers side handle and got a constant beep. Ahhh, then fished out the fob and pressed the lock button, got the required "I am satisfied" response. " Whew". When returning to the car I just did the usual " hand under the handle" thing and ...no response. So pulled the fob out and pressed the unlock button, no worries. Got home and asked the question, and was told, " the other fob was probably in her handbag on the floor on the passenger side".
Bugger, gettin to old for this shit. :) prefer my 100 series tractor, one button, two responses.

I think I will stick to my fobless car.
Stick the key in to unlock.
Physically push the button down to lock, hold the handle up while shutting door.