Locking yourself out ?

[Viktorgeorge]

I use my key blade often to get into the car for something. Living in a saline environment, I additionally like to know the manual lock gets exercised occasionally.

 

[Homesteader]

Last year the following occured:

By pressing the key while I was inside the van, all doors were locked.
I didn't really pay attention to this, and a bit later, I left the van through the sliding door and shut the door behind me (with the keys still inside).
When I returned, everthing was locked, also the sliding door ....

Luckily, the roof top was up, and I could open the zipper from the big opening from the outside and thus enter the van and get to my keys.
But what if the roof top would have been down ?

So: is there a way to prevent the doors from locking with the key when the key is inside the van (my "normal" car can do that ..) ?

Thx,
Stefan.

It pay to have the VW app. Then you can lock / unlock from your phone

 

[couplands]

It pay to have the VW app. Then you can lock / unlock from your phone

I have the app but haven't re-subscribed since it lapsed last year. If I needed to use the app to unlock the van is it as simple as resubscribing to the app or would I need to be in the van to activate something..?

 

[Gliderbee California 6.1]

It pay to have the VW app. Then you can lock / unlock from your phone

I have the app (mostly to be able to open the van when my childeren use it and would have lost the key), but in this situation (where I was using the van), my phone was locked in also .
An externally hidden keyblade is the solution.

 

[Georgeo]

It pay to have the VW app. Then you can lock / unlock from your phone

Is that on a T6? I notice you have a T6 Ocean

 

[Souter]

The Boss keeps the spare key in her handbag in a faraday pouch

 

[Tall Andrew]

You were so Lucky to get in I wasn’t.

Called breakdown Service they couldn’t get in and we had to smash a window.

I now have hidden key. If I were locked out again I would call a car
Lock smith. I didn’t realise that was an optional until later.