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Old 06-12-15, 06:30 PM
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I read a thread a few years back and I can't find it for the life of me. But does anyone have a solution to doors unlocking randomly. When ever I get to my car in the am or after work my doors are always unlocked even though I locked it previously. It would stay locked randomly and I thought I was being crazy but today I confirmed that I am not. It was raining and I came back to my car and all the doors was unlocked.

I haven't had anything stolen since I live in a good area but who knows what can happen at any point of time
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As a test, carry your keys in a shirt pocket or some other way that the key fob buttons cannot accidentally be pressed.

Perhaps you are keeping them in your pocket with a ton of other stuff, and the buttons are getting pressed accidentally when you bend over.

There is a Lexus preference setting called "auto re-lock" that automatically re-locks the car if unlocked by the fob, but no door is opened within 30, 60, or 120 seconds. The default is to auto re-lock after 60 seconds. But that feature can be disabled by the dealer (or anyone else with Techstream); my guess is that yours is.
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Originally Posted by Bichon
As a test, carry your keys in a shirt pocket or some other way that the key fob buttons cannot accidentally be pressed.

Perhaps you are keeping them in your pocket with a ton of other stuff, and the buttons are getting pressed accidentally when you bend over.

There is a Lexus preference setting called "auto re-lock" that automatically re-locks the car if unlocked by the fob, but no door is opened within 30, 60, or 120 seconds. The default is to auto re-lock after 60 seconds. But that feature can be disabled by the dealer (or anyone else with Techstream); my guess is that yours is.
The autorelock is definitely disabled. I have to make a trip to a dealer and have that done however I always keep my keys on a outside key chain so it's never in my pocket
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I haven't seen it here but in the 2gs section it was the motors for the locks going out.
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