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If travelling alone just take the key with you everywhere!! Even if it is on a lanyard round your neck.
 
The only way I have managed to lock myself out is by pressing the lock button on the sliding door before closing it.

Due to the very small number of reported incidents of this I think that the lock button on the sliding door has been pressed either accidentally or inadvertently between opening it and reclosing.


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Not happened to me. But I always keep myself active during travelling my husband as he does many misadventures like this.
 
how do you manage the risk of losing the key ?
...and when swimming ? (as key can't get wet )
 
Best to just get a blank key cut with no immobiliser chip keep that on you and lock the proper key inside the van
 
Or get one of these...

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This happened to me the other night. I got out around midnight to see what was going on outside, and I closed the sliding door on the first click so it was still ajar, thinking this would be ok, and it still locked me out, in the freezing cold in shorts and a tee shirt.

Fortunately there were other vans around so I knocked on the door of an old VW and they let me stay with them while I got a relative to drive over with the spare key.
Since then, I now have a surf key, a ghost immobiliser installed, and a spare key hidden inside the van....
 
Lightning said:
This happened to me the other night. I got out around midnight to see what was going on outside, and I closed the sliding door on the first click so it was still ajar, thinking this would be ok, and it still locked me out, in the freezing cold in shorts and a tee shirt.

Fortunately there were other vans around so I knocked on the door of an old VW and they let me stay with them while I got a relative to drive over with the spare key.
Since then, I now have a surf key, a ghost immobiliser installed, and a spare key hidden inside the van....
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yes, but how did you lock it in the first instance?
 
Loz said:
yes, but how did you lock it in the first instance?
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I thought it was unlocked. I always lock it inside the drivers door, and unlock it there before I get out, so I’m not sure why it locked me out.
 
Lightning said:
I thought it was unlocked. I always lock it inside the drivers door, and unlock it there before I get out, so I’m not sure why it locked me out.
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I have on a recent trip experienced an issue with the outside door handle, we came back from a walk, used the fob to unlock then pulled on the handle for the sliding door and it just "Clicked" without releasing the mechanism it was sort of catching but not pulling on the cable. I had to open the driver's door and lean through to pull the inside handle. after opening and closing a few times I could not replicate it again, so a possible slip of the cable needs to be investigated.
 
Loz said:
I have on a recent trip experienced an issue with the outside door handle, we came back from a walk, used the fob to unlock then pulled on the handle for the sliding door and it just "Clicked" without releasing the mechanism it was sort of catching but not pulling on the cable. I had to open the driver's door and lean through to pull the inside handle. after opening and closing a few times I could not replicate it again, so a possible slip of the cable needs to be investigated.
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I don’t think this was the problem on mine, as all the doors were locked. The only thing I can think of is that I forgot to press the door button to unlock it, although this is very unlikely as you have to pull the sliding door handle twice in that case. It is odd. My new surf key necklace provides peace of mind. It’s a bit too easy to get locked out of these vans.
 
Loz said:
I have on a recent trip experienced an issue with the outside door handle, we came back from a walk, used the fob to unlock then pulled on the handle for the sliding door and it just "Clicked" without releasing the mechanism it was sort of catching but not pulling on the cable. I had to open the driver's door and lean through to pull the inside handle. after opening and closing a few times I could not replicate it again, so a possible slip of the cable needs to be investigated.
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I don’t think this was the problem on mine, as all the doors were locked. The only thing I can think of is that I forgot to press the door button to unlock it, although this is very unlikely as you have to pull the sliding door handle twice in that case. It is odd. My new surf key necklace provides peace of mind. It’s a bit too easy to get locked out of these vans.
 
New variant! Twice now I’ve locked myself out of my Cali & house on my own drive. Opened drivers door with fob, threw keys and handbag (with house keys) on to passenger seat, closed driver door to remove wheel lock on front offside wheel; raining so hadn’t opened sliding door to store lock. Just get key into wheel lock - click - van has auto locked! All keys on front seat!
Fortunately neighbour has spare house key. Might have to invest in ‘surf key’. Or is there another solution?
 
The obvious solution is: put the keys in your pocket instead of putting them down in the van. But don't you have a spare key? We have two keys.
 
When travelling I try to only ware trousers or shirts with belts and pockets so I can attach the 2nd key to me via a land lard tough the belt loop and put the key in a pocket. Worked so far. This was after I once put a car key on a seat while having a snack and it disappeared, took me 30mins to find it.
 
While on a trip, a friend locked us out of my van by asking me for the keys to get something in the back, opened the tailgate with the specific rear hatch button on the fob, set the keys down on the multiflex, got his bag, and closed the tailgate. Click! I had given him the spare key for the duration of our trip, which he had hidden in a secure place in the van.
45 min. later, the Auto Club guy arrived to pick the lock. It took a long time.
 
Won't be going on holiday with him anymore!
 
Docsu said:
New variant! Twice now I’ve locked myself out of my Cali & house on my own drive. Opened drivers door with fob, threw keys and handbag (with house keys) on to passenger seat, closed driver door to remove wheel lock on front offside wheel; raining so hadn’t opened sliding door to store lock. Just get key into wheel lock - click - van has auto locked! All keys on front seat!
Fortunately neighbour has spare house key. Might have to invest in ‘surf key’. Or is there another solution?
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Double-check that the display shows that door open when it is. Sometimes the microswitch in the lock sticks and the van thinks you didn't open the door so re-locks it after 30 seconds (this is why I disabled the auto re-locking feature on ours)
 
clarinetbcn said:
While on a trip, a friend locked us out of my van by asking me for the keys to get something in the back, opened the tailgate with the specific rear hatch button on the fob, set the keys down on the multiflex, got his bag, and closed the tailgate. Click! I had given him the spare key for the duration of our trip, which he had hidden in a secure place in the van.
45 min. later, the Auto Club guy arrived to pick the lock. It took a long time.
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Had the same with my Skoda when I first bought it. Opened the boot, had a picnic, shut the boot, realised the keys were inside. I managed to persuade the driver of the recovery truck to drive me the 50 miles home to collect the spare key, then back to the car. I've never used the boot lock again and don't use the Cali tailgate lock either. I have decided that these "helpful aids" are a step too far.
 
ejmoore said:
The obvious solution is: put the keys in your pocket instead of putting them down in the van. But don't you have a spare key? We have two keys.
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I have four keys, three securely stored in the house - but since the van locked me out and my house keys were in the van....... Incidentally a lot of my clothes don’t have pockets to put keys in, and when it’s raining didn’t want to put them down on the ground.
 
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