Do you use automatic door locking?

[mackeroni]

On a Subaru forum I frequent (wife's car), the topic of automatic door locking is getting some attention. I had to stop and think about my BMW. Does it have automatic door locking? The feature is present in my 135i as a programmable choice. I have it turned off and will leave it that way because I fear being locked out when I exit my running car to place recyclables into the local collection box. Seems like lots of Subaru owners without automatic door locking capability live in fear of a stoplight intrusion by someone wanting money, or their car.

How about you? Is your 1-series programmed for automatic door locking? If yes, why? If no, why not?

Peace... Mack

[desertman123]

Yes! Locks at 5mph or so.

I don't trust some areas of Orlando..

But I have this paired with 'unlock car when key is ejected'

[Stock4Evr]

In addition when I get into my car, in most areas, I manually lock as soon as my door is closed. When in, what I consider, a safe area I let the automatic lock function as designed.

[BimmerAg]

I leave mine off. Mostly because I have comfort access so I leave the key in my pocket so there's no "unlock when key is ejected" option. Also for things like autocross I leave the car running to warm up in grid while I get out and walk around. I haven't done any research, but if "unlock when placed in Park" is an option then I'd consider enabling the automatic locking

[vinylengraver]

Never liked this "feature" and if possible, I disabled it on all of my cars that had it.

[mackeroni]

Originally Posted by vinylengraver

Never liked this "feature" and if possible, I disabled it on all of my cars that had it.

You would enjoy a Subaru Impreza. The auto locking feature is not even available... which is really strange because the car contains other highly sophisticated electronic driving safety features.

Peace... Mack

[Stubbie Blue]

Yes, I've been watching too many carjacking videos on YouTube lol.

I have Comfort Access so unfortunately can't unlock on key ejection, and also have a MT so can't unlock on Park. So I have to pull the handle twice.

[chris_flies]

Yes. It automatically locks at 12mph, as programmed through Carly. I also have it automatically locking 5 minutes after I leave the car (shut it down, door open, door closed). I never leave the car running without leaving some other way to enter the car than the exterior door handles, just paranoia about it locking me out...

[mackeroni]

Originally Posted by desertman123

Yes! Locks at 5mph or so.

I don't trust some areas of Orlando..

But I have this paired with 'unlock car when key is ejected'

I know what you mean about Orlando. My younger son graduated from Full Sail University in Winter Park. Every student was required to purchase a high end Mac laptop for use in their studies. Seems like every week near campus, a car would pull to the curb and a hood with a gun would jump out and grab the backpack off a startled student. The pawn shops were full of Mac's. I heard that a few students were able to retrieve their own laptop on the very same day it was stolen from them. Now my son lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan...both of which seem far safer than Orlando, thank God.

Keep your doors locked!

[Gangplank]

I have mine set to auto lock at 2 mph. So basically instantly when I drive off. When I park it's a double pull of the handle to unlock it and get out. It works great and I do t have to worry or remember to lock it when driving.

[JIM1inWisconsin]

I have mine turned off. Never have anything exposed in the car. Not concerned about car jackings. Seems every BMW I've had has ten pages in the manual devoted to security. Germans must be paranoid about their stuff. I'm not.

[germ]

Absolutely not. I don't like being trapped in my car.

[Lucky1]

Question is does it unlock in all cases where the car has crashed or lost power? I've always wondered. I thought I read on this forum that the answer is yes. As long as I'm not locked in the car after a crash then I like this feature. Security is important and I lock all my doors always, house and car.

[desertman123]

Originally Posted by mackeroni

I know what you mean about Orlando. My younger son graduated from Full Sail University in Winter Park. Every student was required to purchase a high end Mac laptop for use in their studies. Seems like every week near campus, a car would pull to the curb and a hood with a gun would jump out and grab the backpack off a startled student. The pawn shops were full of Mac's. I heard that a few students were able to retrieve their own laptop on the very same day it was stolen from them. Now my son lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan...both of which seem far safer than Orlando, thank God.

Keep your doors locked!

That's just about the area I'm in! It exists in a weird state (both figuratively and literally) - safe until it's not. That could be said about the whole city though: the good and bad areas are way more mixed than most places I've lived.

I've made it a habit to hide anything out of plain sight when I park. Laptop is either in a bag or in a trunk. I'm not getting like a $500 or however much window smashed for an older laptop that could barely break $100 on ebay.

[doublevanosrc]

Originally Posted by desertman123

Yes! Locks at 5mph or so.

I don't trust some areas of Orlando..

But I have this paired with 'unlock car when key is ejected'

Ditto.

[Matticus91]

I use the function that locks as I start to drive, but there's an auto timer lock as well for when the car is sitting that I definitely disabled. Really don't want to pop out of the car for a moment to get something and hear the thing lock behind me with the key in it. I usually just keep the key in my pocket (comfort access) but sometimes it's in a jacket that I'll take off when driving. The car SHOULD know the key is in the car, and prevent it from locking. But I've seen it happen before and that's enough for me haha

[Booey1979]

Originally Posted by mackeroni

On a Subaru forum I frequent (wife's car), the topic of automatic door locking is getting some attention. I had to stop and think about my BMW. Does it have automatic door locking? The feature is present in my 135i as a programmable choice. I have it turned off and will leave it that way because I fear being locked out when I exit my running car to place recyclables into the local collection box. Seems like lots of Subaru owners without automatic door locking capability live in fear of a stoplight intrusion by someone wanting money, or their car.

How about you? Is your 1-series programmed for automatic door locking? If yes, why? If no, why not?

Peace... Mack

Heck yes!

I feel like auto lock is an modern feature that when I get into cars without it, it feels cheap and old.

[tock172]

Mine are set to auto lock, just like my Civic and many previous BMW's I owned. If you wreck the car, the car automatically unlocks and turns the hazards on.

Originally Posted by desertman123

But I have this paired with 'unlock car when key is ejected'

Likewise, but I don't use this much as the key rarely leaves my pocket with comfort access.

[tracer bullet]

I'm on the no side. Never been worried about someone trying to open my door and do... whatever it is that people are concerned about... while I am driving.

[Gangplank]

Auto locking upon driving based on speed set to 2 mph. Auto locking after shutdown NOooo way. I'd be worried about it locking my keys in.