I'm an Idiot

[rudyjuly2]

We just bought a used 2007 Ford Fusion. Got a great deal on it but that isn't my question. We've had the car for a week and had a trip to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara planned. As we are leaving today, I pull up outside our room and leave the car on. I open the trunk to load our suitcases, including our jackets. I figured I would warm the car for the ride home (about 3.5 hours). Well, shutting the trunk apparently sets off a security thing that locked the car! I'm double parked outside my room with the keys locked inside my running car! I'm an idiot! I've never done that before and it cost me $50 to get CAA to unlock it (I'm not a member).

 

We got back and called a Ford dealership and they said closing the trunk probably set off a security thing that automatically locked the doors. Has anyone ever heard of that? Sounds dumb to me but then again, I'm the idiot who locked his keys in a running car.

[bbf2530]

We just bought a used 2007 Ford Fusion. Got a great deal on it but that isn't my question. We've had the car for a week and had a trip to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara planned. As we are leaving today, I pull up outside our room and leave the car on. I open the trunk to load our suitcases, including our jackets. I figured I would warm the car for the ride home (about 3.5 hours). Well, shutting the trunk apparently sets off a security thing that locked the car! I'm double parked outside my room with the keys locked inside my running car! I'm an idiot! I've never done that before and it cost me $50 to get CAA to unlock it (I'm not a member).

 

We got back and called a Ford dealership and they said closing the trunk probably set off a security thing that automatically locked the doors. Has anyone ever heard of that? Sounds dumb to me but then again, I'm the idiot who locked his keys in a running car.

 

Hi rudyjuly2. :D Don't feel bad, we all screw up one time of another! However, whoever you spoke to at that Dealership sure likes to shovel the bull and make it up on the fly :banghead:. There is no such "security thing".

 

One of two things likely happened: Either you absentmindedly (and innocently) hit the lock button as you got out of the car, or there is a problem in your cars locking system. Let's hope it is the former.

 

Hope you enjoyed Niagara Falls.

 

Good luck. :beerchug:

[rudyjuly2]

I think you are correct about the dealer making that excuse up. We just tried to duplicate the feat at home and couldn't do it (which makes us happy). Here's the idiot part X two. My wife did have her keys but they were in her jacket. Our best guess is that when I put our coats in the trunk, maybe I hit her lock button by accident. Either way, I think our car is fine but just not idiot proof. Thanks for the advice though.

 

We do love the car and have read great things about it. The '07 only had 36,500 km on it and warranty until Oct 2010 still. It was an SE but has the 6 cylinder and sun roof. Got it for only $12,000 (before taxes) at a GM dealership. The guy who traded it must have taken a huge hit. We were originally only looking at 06 SEs to keep the price down after my Grand Am died but this deal was too good to pass up.

[Oblivion]

I think you are correct about the dealer making that excuse up. We just tried to duplicate the feat at home and couldn't do it (which makes us happy). Here's the idiot part X two. My wife did have her keys but they were in her jacket. Our best guess is that when I put our coats in the trunk, maybe I hit her lock button by accident. Either way, I think our car is fine but just not idiot proof. Thanks for the advice though.

 

We do love the car and have read great things about it. The '07 only had 36,500 km on it and warranty until Oct 2010 still. It was an SE but has the 6 cylinder and sun roof. Got it for only $12,000 (before taxes) at a GM dealership. The guy who traded it must have taken a huge hit. We were originally only looking at 06 SEs to keep the price down after my Grand Am died but this deal was too good to pass up.

 

Bff is right about the made up excuse, and from my experience i too have hit buttons on my car key fob unknowingly, in my case it was the panic button... i sure annoyed the hell out of the guy waiting at the bus stop i parked it by.

 

:)

[Bjoern0115]

Mine did something similar yesterday morning without the engine on. I walked up to my car, hit the driver unlock button, and then the trunk button. I put my bags into the trunk, and shut it. When I got to the driver door, it was locked. I know I didn't hit the key because I had hung it by the ring on my finger. Honda has a 30 second timeout where it will lock the car if no doors are opened after 30 seconds of an unlock signal, but the Fusion has no such thing. Mine is a 2007 as well, BTW.

[Ilovefords]

I had a 2007 Fusion and I never ran into the problem you mentioned. I am glad you were somewhere where it was easy to have fixed and for cheap. In CA we have AAA Roadside service that would come and take care of it.

[danager]

Mine did something similar yesterday morning without the engine on. I walked up to my car, hit the driver unlock button, and then the trunk button. I put my bags into the trunk, and shut it. When I got to the driver door, it was locked. I know I didn't hit the key because I had hung it by the ring on my finger. Honda has a 30 second timeout where it will lock the car if no doors are opened after 30 seconds of an unlock signal, but the Fusion has no such thing. Mine is a 2007 as well, BTW.

My 2007 Focus did this, are you sure this is not an option?

[LSMITH128]

Call me stupid. I used he keyfob to unlock a 1996 Camry. I opened he back door and sat the grandson in and then handed him the keys to entertain him. I buckled him in and reached for the door to close it. Just as a gave it a shove I heard the locks click. Turns out it had a feature that if the security system was disarmed and doors unlocked a FRONT door had to be opened within a specified time or all doors locked. I couldn't leave the baby in a store parking lot to get help so I had to flag down another shopper and ask her to call the locksmith. When he got there he used the Jimmy bar to unlock the car after giving me instrucitons to open the rear door and grab the baby as soon as the car unlocked because he was going to set off the alarm. I was just happy the baby stayed content in the car playing with the keys while I stood on the outside of the car waiting the locksmith.

 

I now dispatch for AAA and you would be amazed at the stories of how keys are locked in cars with key fobs due to a sequence of events. I think sometimes it would even shock the manufactuers.