WARNING: VW Amarok is a death trap.

[tim510]

Phew, I made it to work with my life.

[chartreusehj]

Never leave kids unattended in a car... NEVER

A friend's 2.5 year old is currently fighting for his life in Westmead children's hospital.
They were camping last week and packing up, putting kids in the car etc, 4 year old daughter was already strapped into her child seat and watching a DVD, Wife in passenger seat waiting for hubby to attach trailer and off they go. - 4WD wagon was running, in Park with air con on as it was really hot. - Father had his 2.5 year old son outside as he wanted to "help" dad - wife got out of car to get something and daughter undid her seat belt and climbed through the front of the car and put the car in reverse and ran over the 2.5 year old. poor little fucker is in a really bad way... He was crushed between the tailgate and trailer

Never leave kids unattended in a car - NEVER

damn

[chartreusehj]

used to drive a kia van that would randomly lock with the keys sitting in the console or on the front seat.

My years of training for opening things that are locked was always real fucking handy onsite. "You cant keep a good tradesman outta nuthin'" was the mantra from my first boss.

[nastysven]

Or, never get out of the car without the keys when there are kids in the car?

x2

our young bloke has managed to flatten the battery even with the keys out.

I recall as a kid starting my grandpas kinga by juts grabbing the out side of the ignition barrel. Was heading towards either a truck or the crane when some one jumped in and stopped the car. coulumn shift aint that hard apparently.

[Shonky]

WARNING: VW Amarok is a death trap.

A mate's few-month-old 5-series does, on 2nd attempt. First attempt it unlocks, 2nd attempt it opens.

Looks like the same as rj_ says for the Amarok.

Depends how it was locked. My E46 will let you pull once to unlock and again to open if they are just locked from driving off (I have disabled this) or manually locked by the console button. If they are locked using the remote the internal handles won't do shit to stop you just smashing a window and then opening a door from the inside.

+1 for no story and not letting kids fuck around in cars that magically lock themselves. Not a fucking death trap but good to over dramatise. You'd also bitch and moan if the locks didn't actually lock the car that it would be unsafe to drive around in a bad area.

[260BC]

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+1 for no story and not letting kids fuck around in cars that magically lock themselves. Not a fucking death trap but good to over dramatise. You'd also bitch and moan if the locks didn't actually lock the car that it would be unsafe to drive around in a bad area.

Problem with kids is you can't watch them 24/7, the authorities don't like you locking them away 24/7 and the little fuckers don't always do/not do what you tell them.

[rj_astra]

VWs will also relock themselves if you unlock via remote and don't open a door within a certain time period.

The double pull to unlock from the inside could serve two purposes.
1. Children like pulling on the internal handle... stops them accidently opening a door whilst in motion.
2. Most new cars don't have the lock tab to use anymore. I assume the double pull is to let the person know the door is actually locked.

Found this on another forum

There's another glitch which is actually a safety feature intended to stop you unlocking your vehicle by accident. You can actually lock your keys in the vehicle. If you have a door open and you lock the doors with the fob and then unlock them again you can then leave your keys in the vehicle, shut the door and the doors automatically lock after 60 seconds!

One of my guys did it by accident and I then had a 2 hour drive to take the spare keys. Pretty narked off!

[GTREA]

My bait had your name on it.

Consider bait taken

And provided you leave it for a week before bitching about VW again, I will have forgotten and promptly take the bait again

Kthxbi

[GTREA]

Well I haven't taken any chances whatsoever and was straight on the phone to the panel beaters whom have my Amarok ATM to warn them of the imminent danger they face whilst my car is in there workshop.

I know I don't want the blood of a new apprentice on my hands if he were to be inadvertently locked inside!

[Captiva Fan]

Well I haven't taken any chances whatsoever and was straight on the phone to the panel beaters whom have my Amarok ATM to warn them of the imminent danger they face whilst my car is in their workshop.

Umm ... given that it's in the workshop because you had to cut your way out of it with a gas-axe after it locked itself ... dunno if you should be saying that?!

[Walt Kowalski]

Any parent should watch this vid...

That video is my point. If someone got locked in on a hot day they have only minutes to live and cannot open the doors even using the door handles once it is locked.

No pics said if I tried it on her she would breathe heavily on the glass to create fog and write that I murdered her.

my brothers chevy (daewoo) did this too... leave the keys in the ignition, close the doors, wait (i think) 5 minutes, doors are locked.

it's cause the car thinks you forgot the keys in the ignition, and people would steal it. that's what the dealer said.

and according to my tyre guy, it happens quite often, so nowadays they always open the window before doing alignments... cool story

Maybe that's why the doors lock but still should be able to open using inside door handles.

Still trying to work out why, if you are inside a car, it should not be possible to simply open a locked door with the usual handle. Anything else sounds like someone's bright idea that in reality is a stupid idea.

This man speaks sense. Again.

Never leave kids unattended in a car... NEVER

A friend's 2.5 year old is currently fighting for his life in Westmead children's hospital.
They were camping last week and packing up, putting kids in the car etc, 4 year old daughter was already strapped into her child seat and watching a DVD, Wife in passenger seat waiting for hubby to attach trailer and off they go. - 4WD wagon was running, in Park with air con on as it was really hot. - Father had his 2.5 year old son outside as he wanted to "help" dad - wife got out of car to get something and daughter undid her seat belt and climbed through the front of the car and put the car in reverse and ran over the 2.5 year old. poor little fucker is in a really bad way... He was crushed between the tailgate and trailer

Never leave kids unattended in a car - NEVER

Terrible. Really sorry to hear that.

In my mates case the engine was not running but I wouldn't leave keys there anyway.

Good luck with the child. Hope it works out.

I still can fathom how this is VWs fault, user issues yes..

ECU should recognise that car is stopped and when stopped the inside door handles should open doors.

Ivan Milat special.

[Uncle]

Now to buy my boss a new ute for Xmas. I won't even need any Mr Muscle.

[Shonky]

ECU should recognise that car is stopped and when stopped the inside door handles should open doors.

Which defeats the purpose of the deadlocking functionality.

[jellis]

No pics said if I tried it on her she would breathe heavily on the glass to create fog and write that I murdered her.

Luckily for you she wont be able to do that if the cars hot enough.

[darkside]

Gees I was just about to cancel my order on an Amarok....thankfully I don't have kids so only risk killing friends kids so I guess thats OK.