My wife asked the question today as we pulled away from somewhere as to why we have door locks that come on when we are driving, it seems to be a common feature these days but what is the logic behind it? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Security - anti hijack apparently

Prevent scumbags grabbing your handbag off seat at traffic lights or in queues

I've read reports it's been banned by eu for safety but not sure - my Mitsubishi doesn't have it and I miss it  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

to really annoy you when its raining and the boot is locked.


Mrs G worked as a health visitor , the local druggies would wait at the first traffic lights outside the health center and try and open doors of cars stopped there on leaving , looking for prescription pads.

her colleague got dragged out of her car by one scrote, so auto locking all the way in that case.
I turned it off on RRS as door was always locked when you wanted to get the kids out. At work
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Last edited by chicken george on 2nd Mar 2017 10:17 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Should of gone for keyless CG - not a problem with that  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Yes it all about stopping scroats.

CG funny you mention prescription pads. A GP once qualified applies via the employer (was a PCT) for a prescribing number, that number stays with them wherever they go in UK then. One of my claims to fame is I used to give out those numbers on behalf of this nation, never got hold of the smack though or I would be in a Aston not a LR. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

I think its when the passenger gets out its more annoying as opening passenger door doesnt unlock everything like drivers does? I think.
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Mrs G as the patience of a grump saint, if she pulls the door handle and its locked she says oh darling please unlock the door' '
She says this by braying hard on the window until you remember where the unlock button is or rattling the handle in and out rapidly this of course stops the button from unlocking the door

I need a medal


so easier to turn the feature off really At work
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Yorky Bob wrote:

Yes it all about stopping scroats.

100 per cent correct, i've just been out in Bradford tonight , which is a case in point, " anti hi-Jack " door locking or . 357 magnum take your choice  2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

As its getting more and more difficult to hotwire a car car thieves have had to adapt by either fishing for keys through your letter box or simply waiting until you are in the car driving before turfing you out. Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
Gone - 2014 BMW X3 M Sport Space Grey, faultless!
Gone - 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Bali Blue with xenons
Gone - 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Rimini Red with bodykit

Sorry my original post shows a level of naivety that comes from living in rural Dorset where we don't often bother to lock the cars overnight. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

This lady knows how to deal with car-jacking scrotes.




J

Unfortunately rural areas no longer give any guarantee of safety as thieves travel these days and have come to see rural areas as a soft touch. We don't have much crime around here, but what there is is almost always carried out by people from outside the area. They come in at night, often targetting farms, and make off with quad bikes, sheep, tools, oil, you name it. Then just before Xmas the local post office was robbed by two thugs weilding axes - unthinkable in this area, but it happened. Nowhere is safe any more unfortunately. I don't leave my car unlocked any more, nor the house at night.

some @@@@ drove into my garden on boxing day night.. round the apple trees 30 yards from house the away over a field of wheat. you can see the shunt they had to do due to a low apple branch.

police came and said 'buy cameras' but where to point them and how many its all open fields for miles At work
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Teachers at a local school have had handbags and laptops nicked off of the back seat to their cars while waiting at the first junction from school. My mum had some scroat try to take her handbag when she used central locking to unlock her car and she'd flung the bag onto the passenger seat. So I use the unlock drivers door only and am happy for the doors to lock automatically.

A few years ago, I spent time driving between Johannesburg and Pretoria, the motorway would quickly fill with miscreants on foot at the slightest hint of a traffic jam, they would walk along the lines of cars trying door handles, in the suburbs many traffic lights had make shift signs saying 'don't stop, carjacking area'.

I worked near Johannesburg 20 years ago, I believe you was allowed to drive through red lights at night providing the road was clear to avoid car jackings. I also remember at the time somebody fitted a flame thrower type device to their car. A pedal next to the clutch was pressed and flames would engulf the car jacker!! Police said it was totally legal! Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.