Locked out

And11 · 08-25-2017, 12:59 AM

I did a quick search and couldn't find anything so seeing if anyone has experienced this before.

I returned home in my driveway with the car still running and wanted to hose down some loose dirt before parking it in the garage. Opened the door using just the door handle - 1 pull to unlock, second to open. When I closed the door it just automatically locked on me. Didn't notice till I'd finished hosing a minute later. Luckily my wife with the spare key was on the way home.

I've done the same thing numerous times before without the car locking on me. Very wary about getting out of the car without the key now

woosh · 08-25-2017, 01:49 AM

Have had this happen to me on a 2005 E60 530i. But never on any of my E8x's...

thezone135i · 08-25-2017, 02:34 AM

Never happened to me. I even left the key in a backpack and threw it in the boot and when i shut it the boot it popped straight open again - somehow it knew. It must be a faulty sensor of some sort.

And11 · 08-27-2017, 10:19 PM

Interesting, a friend remembers it happening in his older BMW as well. Guess it's a hidden random feature.

Griffster · 08-27-2017, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by thezone135i

Never happened to me. I even left the key in a backpack and threw it in the boot and when i shut it the boot it popped straight open again - somehow it knew. It must be a faulty sensor of some sort.

Ha! I had quite an experience when the wife locked our keys in the boot. It certainly didn't pop open. There we were, dressed in nothing but swimmers in a watering hole 30 mins outside of Warwick in Qld with no way to get back into the car. Had to get it towed to a relies house and borrow clothes before driving back to Brisbane and back the next morning with a spare key.

thezone135i · 08-28-2017, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Griffster

Ha! I had quite an experience when the wife locked our keys in the boot. It certainly didn't pop open. There we were, dressed in nothing but swimmers in a watering hole 30 mins outside of Warwick in Qld with no way to get back into the car. Had to get it towed to a relies house and borrow clothes before driving back to Brisbane and back the next morning with a spare key.

Sounds like a movie! Were you bathing in the Griswald's Swamp by any chance?

08-25-2017, 12:59 AM	#1
And11 Enlisted Member 9 Rep 34 Posts Drives: E82 135i Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Locked out I did a quick search and couldn't find anything so seeing if anyone has experienced this before. I returned home in my driveway with the car still running and wanted to hose down some loose dirt before parking it in the garage. Opened the door using just the door handle - 1 pull to unlock, second to open. When I closed the door it just automatically locked on me. Didn't notice till I'd finished hosing a minute later. Luckily my wife with the spare key was on the way home. I've done the same thing numerous times before without the car locking on me. Very wary about getting out of the car without the key now
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woosh Colonel 212 Rep 2,938 Posts Drives: rs Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: bne iTrader: (0)	Have had this happen to me on a 2005 E60 530i. But never on any of my E8x's...
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thezone135i Lieutenant 54 Rep 472 Posts Drives: Volvo S60 R-Design Polestar Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 135i [0.00] 2012 BMW 535i [0.00]	Never happened to me. I even left the key in a backpack and threw it in the boot and when i shut it the boot it popped straight open again - somehow it knew. It must be a faulty sensor of some sort.
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And11 Enlisted Member 9 Rep 34 Posts Drives: E82 135i Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Interesting, a friend remembers it happening in his older BMW as well. Guess it's a hidden random feature.
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