WARNING: VW Amarok is a death trap.

[Walt Kowalski]

Which defeats the purpose of the deadlocking functionality.

Yes. That's the idea good locks on outside but humans inside the car can escape.

[Its me]

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.

Seems odd. There's no possible way of locking myself in the E39. It does just as Forg says.

[rj_astra]

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

It does know... you take the key out of the ignition and the doors unlock. That's why cars for the US market go beep beep beep when you open the drivers door with the keys in the ignition.

[No_idea]

We've had the Audi lock the doors on us a couple of times and i'm paranoid about it. I put my windows down anytime i will go back and forth to the car just in case i mindlessly drop my keys into the car.

When we picked the Q7 up from Valet parking at the shops, the driver closed the door with the keys in the ignition. I piss bolted for the car door to quickly open it again.

I was really surprised given it was filled with expensive euro cars and thought the bloke would know about it.

[XSS51V]

There is a setting to turn off Auto Lock in my 2010 Audi A5 in the Car Settings Menu ...

[Walt Kowalski]

We've had the Audi lock the doors on us a couple of times and i'm paranoid about it. I put my windows down anytime i will go back and forth to the car just in case i mindlessly drop my keys into the car.

Thanks for that. Will check no pic daughters Q3 this week.

[XSS51V]

Don't all modern Audi's have Bluetooth key with start button? There is no need for keys to be in the ignition, always in your pocket.

[Shonky]

Seems odd. There's no possible way of locking myself in the E39. It does just as Forg says.

Just checked it now on my E46 M3.

Sit in car and press lock button on console -> one pull on internal handle and door unlocks (just that door) -> second pull door opens.

Sit in car and press lock button on remote (arming alarm too) -> pulling on the handle does nothing, pressing the console lock button does nothing. Yes I could be locked in my car in that situation BUT I did have the key. You could lock someone if you wanted to though.

I'm sure my E36 M3 was the same.

[CussCuss]

In the supra, the drivers handle will open the door even if it is locked, 2jz wins once again!

[exwrxex]

Seems odd. There's no possible way of locking myself in the E39. It does just as Forg says.

Friend's missus managed to lock herself out of her e39 last year with the key in the ignition. He had to leave work to unlock the car with his key.

My missus did the same in a merc by putting her handbag in the boot (with the keys in it) then shutting the boot lid. Having to pay $50 to courier my keys to her leads me to the eminently reasonable conclusion that women should not be permitted to be in control of a motor vehicle without a male being present.

[Walt Kowalski]

Man, Starting to sound like a lot of death traps out there.

LOL

[Its me]

Just checked it now on my E46 M3.

Sit in car and press lock button on console -> one pull on internal handle and door unlocks (just that door) -> second pull door opens.

Sit in car and press lock button on remote (arming alarm too) -> pulling on the handle does nothing, pressing the console lock button does nothing. Yes I could be locked in my car in that situation BUT I did have the key. You could lock someone if you wanted to though.

I'm sure my E36 M3 was the same.

Wonder if it's a programmed setting?
For me, the first pull of the handle always unlocks the door from inside regardless of how the car's locked. Haven't tried that double locking thing with key in door though.

And yeah, with the boot open and car locked, shutting the boot sets the lock and alarm from outside.

[ZammoTheCockroach]

In modern cars I have found that most manufacturers have an inbuilt ability to enable and disable
many electronic functions by twisting knobs and flicking or holding switches in a specific way.

cant remember what car it was but one was as simple as....

With the handbrake engaged and the car in N turn keys to ACC and depress the brake pedal 3
times then press hold door unlock button for 5 seconds turn ign to off and release door unlock
button this disabled the anti carjack feature where only the drivers door would unlock on the
first push of any unlock doors button requiring a second press to unlock all the remaining doors

Its usually very simple to do but getting the information on how to do it isn't always easy and
if you drive a late model euro car special software maybe needed to dis/enable functions and
only they will have it so might need to see them.

[Captiva Fan]

As a tacker I must've died of being locked in the car at least 4 dozen times, what with all those pre 90's cars being such terrible deathtraps!

[irsa76]

Just checked it now on my E46 M3.

Sit in car and press lock button on console -> one pull on internal handle and door unlocks (just that door) -> second pull door opens.

Sit in car and press lock button on remote (arming alarm too) -> pulling on the handle does nothing, pressing the console lock button does nothing. Yes I could be locked in my car in that situation BUT I did have the key. You could lock someone if you wanted to though.

I'm sure my E36 M3 was the same.

Just checked my Picasso, lock it normally with dash button or remote and you can unlock all doors by pulling the internal door handles, I've had the single door unlock disabled. Press the remote twice and you're trapped, unless you unlock with the remote. The kicker is, can't break the glass easily as I've got laminated side windows and aftermarket tint.