diablowidow Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just bought a 2009 mk6 vw golf 2.0 Tdi. went out this morning to find both front windows fully down and the car unlocked. luckly it wasn't raining last night. defo put windows up and locked the car. anyone konw if this is likely to be an ongoing thing as i still have a day to change my mind on the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Did you fiddle with the keys at all? Pressing and holding the unlock button will unlock the car and roll down the windows, and the opposite will happen if you press and hold the lock button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Is the distance from seatee to parked car such that you may have had the key in a pocket, and sat on it compressing and holding the open button? Test if you can use the key on the locked car from inside home. If you can then error could be the cause. Do you have children who might have played with the keys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) Even if you do accidentally press unlock, if the doors are not physically opened within a certain time limit, the car automatically locks itself again as a safety precaution. I have heard of this 'windows half open an car unlocked' issue before though. Have a Google - its to do with water getting into the control module, which is not overly surprising given the weather we are having! Edited August 7, 2012 by DanG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 The doors don't re-lock themselves if you've used the remote to unlock and drop the windows, what would be the point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 what would be the point! To re-arm the immobiliser, lock the boot, re-set the alarm (or parts of it)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 The chip in the key disarms the immobiliser doesn't it? Fair enough on the boot, but that doesn't actually happen in my experience of any of our VAG cars. If you simply unlock, and don't open a door, it locks itself again after 30 odd seconds, but if you hold the button so the windows drop as well, it then doesn't lock the doors. That's how it was on my Skoda, how it is on my dads Seat, and all the Passats on our fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burble Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 If you simply unlock, and don't open a door, it locks itself again after 30 odd seconds, but if you hold the button so the windows drop as well, it then doesn't lock the doors.That's how it was on my Skoda, how it is on my dads Seat, and all the Passats on our fleet. Ditto with my Golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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