[gdeffer]

I may be doing something wrong, but when I close my doors and walk away, the doors do not automatically lock. Is this a setting I need to change? I noticed a few times when I forget to lock the doors and return hours later, the car is still open. Does anyone else have this issue?

 

[pavy]

They're not supposed to automatically lock in this manner. Were you told otherwise or did you read something in the manual that suggested this was an option?

 

[gdeffer]

my understanding, perhaps wrongfully, is that this is a common technology....every car i've driven(although not infiniti) in the past 5-8 years has had this feature, and if it isn't available, i guess i'll surely miss it. I've definitely had moments where I forget to lock my vehicle, and i just assumed after a certain period of time the vehicle would automatically lock.

 

[Smittylit]

Seems risky. What if you leave your keys in the car!?

 

[6t8stang]

I've never heard of this with any car - what make/model did you have before? What I am familiar with is that most cars I've had recently will automatically re-lock the doors if you unlock with the remote and never open the door.

 

[Jcbama85]

Seems risky. What if you leave your keys in the car!?

It is my understanding the car won't lock with the keys inside the car. I tried this in my garage with my second set of keys and it wouldn't lock me out, even if the other set of keys was back in the house.

 

[Sinecure]

Touch the door handle when you get out and the car will lock. Touch it when you return and it will unlock. Assuming you have your key with you.

 

[pavy]

I knew about unlocking it by touching the handle, not about locking it that way though. That's pretty cool. I'll try it out in a bit.

 

[q50aggie]

I knew about unlocking it by touching the handle, not about locking it that way though. That's pretty cool. I'll try it out in a bit.

If you touch the inside of the handle it unlocks. But to lock it, you have to touch the two little lines on the outside of the door handle.