Frunk and hatch open on their own randomly
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,115
From: Denver, CO
Rep Power: 79
My experience is the doors stay unlocked as long as the Frunk is open.
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,115
From: Denver, CO
Rep Power: 79
Shoot! I couldn't find the DIY you mentioned. Is it under the DIY sticky thread?
Registered User
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 5,260
From: Austin
Rep Power: 770
Opening the trunk with the key remote does NOT unlock the doors. However, if you do unlock the doors with the key remote and don't open the door, the doors do relock automatically.
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,115
From: Denver, CO
Rep Power: 79
That's wild, because last night I went out to my car and the Frunk, hatch and doors were open. I don't know how long, maybe I set it off by putting my keys in my pocket. Anybody know of a DIY fix (other than taking out the battery) or replacement key fob? I only want the door unlock and the transmitter so it knows which key (I suspect without that there could be problems).
Registered User
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 5,260
From: Austin
Rep Power: 770
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,115
From: Denver, CO
Rep Power: 79
Registered User
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,481
From: Blaine, Wa (not in Irvine anymore)
Rep Power: 194
My doors do unlock when I unlock the trunk. I don't think it is related to my SmartTop.
Registered User
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 5,260
From: Austin
Rep Power: 770
Mine's an 08 turbo, no SmartTop - tried it this morning. Locked the car with the remote then opened the trunk with the remote - no audible lock noise and the doors were locked. Strange behaviour. Maybe I should have waited longer before unlocking the trunk - I'll try later today.
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 308
From: Boulder, CO
Rep Power: 32
How strange... now it's a mystery because I just ran out to try mine. When the doors are locked and I open the trunk, the doors unlock automatically. The door re-lock after about 30 seconds.
Is this a programmable setting somehow? I definitely would like to program a longer delay if possible. But I do like the unlock feature - when I put bags in the trunk a store parking lot, I can hop into the car without then having to unlock the doors. Minor but pleasant convenience.
Is this a programmable setting somehow? I definitely would like to program a longer delay if possible. But I do like the unlock feature - when I put bags in the trunk a store parking lot, I can hop into the car without then having to unlock the doors. Minor but pleasant convenience.
Registered User
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 5,260
From: Austin
Rep Power: 770
Sounds like yours is the norm - not sure why mine is different - here's what the 997.1 owner's manual says:
If the vehicle was locked, it is unlocked simultaneously
with the luggage compartment.
In vehicles with seat memory the stored seat and
door mirror positions are automatically set.
The vehicle will be locked again approx.
15 seconds after the luggage compartment isclosed if none of the doors was opened.
If the vehicle was locked, it is unlocked simultaneously
with the luggage compartment.
In vehicles with seat memory the stored seat and
door mirror positions are automatically set.
The vehicle will be locked again approx.
15 seconds after the luggage compartment is
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,115
From: Denver, CO
Rep Power: 79
Sounds like yours is the norm - not sure why mine is different - here's what the 997.1 owner's manual says:
If the vehicle was locked, it is unlocked simultaneously
with the luggage compartment.
In vehicles with seat memory the stored seat and
door mirror positions are automatically set.
The vehicle will be locked again approx.
15 seconds after the luggage compartment is
closed if none of the doors was opened.with the luggage compartment.
In vehicles with seat memory the stored seat and
door mirror positions are automatically set.
The vehicle will be locked again approx.
15 seconds after the luggage compartment is
The vehicle will be locked again approx.
15 seconds after the luggage compartment is
closed if none of the doors was opened.15 seconds after the luggage compartment is
Mine behaves exactly like this. The doors remain unlocked as long as the luggage compartment is open. Weird it sounds like others automatically lock despite the Frunk remaining open? What I don't like about it is if the Frunk or Targa hatch is inadvertently opened, the car remains wide open. I wonder if when the car is unlocked the security system is deactivated?
Registered User
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 9
From: Connecticut
Rep Power: 0
I think they changed the frunk switches from 996 to 997 not the location however. My 996 got a little sand in the frunk switch and it would open up intermitantly. Just an alternative if key fix is not 100%. In the end the grit wiggled free. Canned air may have helped.