I took my car to the carwash that I always took my vw to yesterday. The guy hops in, pulls the car up, and starts vacuuming with another guy vacuuming the other side. He closes the door and the car goes thru. I pay, then when the car hits the end, the 2 guys are trying to open the doors and the car is LOCKED!!!! The car died sometime between when the guy pulled the car into the car wash and the time they went to open it. The keys were in the ignition in the on position but the car was off. Luckily my mom was at home 10 minutes away and brought me my spare set. I just wonder how the hell it happened! I was watching the whole time and it didn't look like he stalled the car pulling it in. The irony in this all is I stared and read the sign that said not responsible for locked in keys due to alarms, so turn you alarm off. I never thought the car would lock itself with only the factory alarm.

 

Check your manual, there is a way to program your locks so as to not lock with the key in the ignition (unless you drive over 10 mph, of course, but they would have had to unlock it again to get out). My GTP was the same way and there were more than a few times that I left the keys in the ignition when I got out of the car, hit the lock button on the door, but it wouldn't lock. Saved my butt many times.

My favorite car wash story is when I took my Formula to one. For those not familiar, all you have to do to close the rear hatch is gently lower it till it clicks, then a motor pulls the hatch down tight. This car wash had a couple of idiots that couldn't figure that out. I looked outside and saw one guy slamming the hatch closed over and over again while the other guy kept hitting the button to pop it back open, they weren't giving the motor anytime to pull it closed and thought it just wouldn't latch. By the time I got out there and yelled at them it was already broke. The motor is encased in plastic that mounts to the car, so you basically have to buy a whole new motor when the mounts break, $210 new, $130 used (if you can find one). The car wash would only pay half.

 

Thank you both for reminding us NOT to have others do what we can do ourselves.

 

speak for yourself mate.......

see ya........



dude.....

 

I took my cobalt to the car wash, and when it came out on the other side the doors were lock. I had to wait an hour for chevy road side to come open my door....

 

2 words guys...ON STAR

 

OnStar is good but how is it going to work if no one is in the vehicle and your locked out? Unless there is a phone number you can call from a phone.

 

you call onstar direct from your cell phone or a nearby pay phone, and THEY send a signal to your car that unlocks all the doors... its pretty damn sweet

 

All it takes is for an OnStar representative to send the "signal" to an incorrect car. I sure hope there's many checks and governing that pertains to their call center employees.

 

Roger that!

 

That Could Be The Whole Reason These Cars Are Designed To Randomly Lock Your Keys In The Vehicle, Prodding Us Into Keeping Onstar Going!

 

Yeah, a friend of mine ran out of gas in her Pontiac one of the first years they had the automatic locks when the car is moving, she left the keys in the car to keep the steering wheel free, pushed it about 10 feet to the side of the road, you guessed it. Doors locked. With the car in neutral, keys dangling from the ignition slot. She could not have been pushing it more than a snails pace, but there it was.

 

how do you explain dodge vehicles doing it then...lol

 

and this is why i always carry an extra key

 

This just happened to me! Moving cars in the driveway and left the Cobalt running. Then it locked. WTF

 

Good thing I have onstar, and don't have to worry about this

 

taking your guys new ss/sc in to a car wash whats wrong with ya yall. why not wash it by hand?

 

actually i go walmart and get an all metal key made with no plastic handle then ductape it to the back of my license plate.

i know its my ghetto side showing. but ive been on more then one date when that has saved me alot of embarressment.

or i just talk nice to "kit" to open it up for me

 

They also give you a card with your number for the car and their phone number so if your phone is also locked in you can still call them.

 

yup.. also had the car lock itself without me touching anything.. Luckily I was still at home cause the car was warming up, so the spare keys weren't too far away.

 

wull what if you lock your phone in the car and you cant find a pay phone and you lost your card.....now what smarty pants' LOL

 

freeks.. thi s thread is dead.

 

THATS AMAZING. I wish I got onstar now How long does it take for that signal to go through?

 

inside the DIC configuration you can select or deselect the auto lock function.

 

1-2 minutes max