Doors locking on its own

[gtwitch]

We returned from a 40 mile snowmobile ride and my friend who has a new 2014 3500 srw 4x4 opened his truck, got in and started it to let warm up and closed the doors while we loaded up the snowmachines, the doors locked themselves with the key in the ignition. He had no spare key so with the marginal cell connection and 5 trys he was able to get his wife to bring a spare key 40 miles from town. Do these new trucks have a mind of their own or what????? Is this issue addressed in the owners manual?? I didn't get a chance to look. Has anyone else seen this? My older Truck will not ;let you blodk the keys in it unless you manually push the lock down as you get out and then it only locks the door that you push the lock down on.

gtwitch in wyoming

 

[sag2]

If it was running it will let you lock it. The only time it will ignore the lock button is if the key is in the off position. He probably hit the lock button after he started it.

 

[Bill Stockard]

My wife's Honda did that once. Fortunately, the driver side window was down enough to reach inside and pull up the manual lock button which set off the factory alarm system. Now whenever we leave the engine running and momentarily exit the vehicle, we either roll the driver side window down enough to reach inside or leave the driver's door open.

Bill

 

[gtwitch]

That is what I thought but he said that he did not think that he had hit the lock button but he must have done just that with the truck running.

Thanks, gtwitch in wyoming

 

[Hoefler]

I have had it happen to me. And I have had passengers bump the button as well, locking my key in the truck. I have a magnetic hide a key stuck to the inside front fender with a door key in it, just behind the access panel for the head light.

 

[DonFitzwater]

Passengers have locked my truck, accidentally, more than once. Short people are the most likely as they usually put their hands on the area of the lock controls when getting out of the truck. I've had it happen so often that I make sure that I'm the last one out.

 

[photowrite]

I too bet your friend unknowingly/unintentionally hit the lock button, or even the lock post, on his way out of the truck.

This is a good example (could have been much more remote and worse) why I'm a fan of having several keys for every vehicle, and at least two with me at all times. Because the 'keys' to these new truck are so large, on a daily basis the second key I carry in my pocket is the 'valet' key, that easily allows me to lock or unlock the driver's door handle on my '14 Tradesman.

 

[Beast2B]

...and why I really like the remote start!

 

[DonFitzwater]

I did a little testing with my truck last night. I started the truck up and when the truck is running and any door is open, the door locks are disabled. I can only lock the truck when all the doors are closed. Is your friends truck different than this? My truck is a Laramie so not sure if that makes a difference.

 

[gtwitch]

I still that the software flash loaded into these trucks is hit and miss at best and this could be part of the issue>> But that said, he could have hit the manual lock and the other doors were still locked, we will never know, but I suggested to experiment as you have to discover how this happened!!

gtwitch in wyoming

 

[photowrite]

After reading and replying to this thread, two nights ago I was working on my truck in my garage. The truck had been unlocked with the key sitting inside the cab on the seat for hours. All the doors locked, the unmistakable cluck, particularly the tailgate lock, caught my attention. I didn't have a key in my pocket.

I stopped what I was doing and walked inside, asking my wife if she was handling her key. She said no, but she was just handling her purse with the key inside. She showed me where her key was, toward the center/interior of a thick and stiff leather purse. Because the clicker takes a pretty firm press to activate I'm skeptical that she pressed on the outside of her purse hard enough to lock the truck. Surely that is an easier explanation than a mysterious locking incident. If she didn't lock the truck, I experienced a phantom locking episode. I better get that hidden key mounted ASAP.

 

[Brocky]

Got my key made and picked up a magnetic holder this week at Lowes.. $5.00 total cost!! A whole lot cheaper than a lock smith coming to the house or a parking lot..

 

[MillerR]

Something similar happened to my wife at least twice. She had a 2003 1500. On at least two separate occasions, she drove somewhere got out leaving the engine running and got something out of the bed of the truck. When she closed the tailgate, the doors locked. Her remote was on her key-ring, in the ignition (remember, truck still running). Not sure how or why, but it did happened.

 

[Newsa]

I had it happen when the cold weather affected the fob.

 

[rashwor]

My 3rd gen is not as fancy or smart as these new 4th gens. I run my truck with a standard key and keep the key fob in my other pocket. This way I can lock the truck running and unlock it to get back in. Keeps me from accidently locking the keys in the truck.

 

[dpetre]

My 2018 locks me out all the time. I have a hide a key but it really makes me made. I wish the truck had a key pad on the door. I tried the I change the delock to not lock but it still does it.

 

[BarryG]

On my 17 I used the remote start to start the truck. It locked the doors (as I heard it) then failed to start. I had been loading the truck and had left the drivers door half open. Which is why it didn't start. As I got back out to the truck and realized I left the door partially open I put my stuff in the truck and went into get another armload of stuff. I reached in put the key in and started the truck up manually and as I walked away I shoved the door shut lightly (thank goodness). When I came back out with my last armload of stuff I went to open the door and it was locked with the truck running. SOB! Fortunately for me the door had not latched tight all the way shut. I was able after some cussing and 15 minutes able to get my coat hanger into the proper position to hit the unlock button (cant grab the actual knob like the old days due to it s design) the problem with hitting the unlock button is it takes a decent amount of pressure to trip it and the hanger just kept bending under the pressure but finally got it. Perhaps more important was the fact that if my door had actually closed and latched tightly I am not to sure I would have been able to get a coat hanger in there, even just lightly closed I had one heck of a time getting one in through the door jamb. I was at a fairly remote cabin at the time would have been a good 5 mile walk just for phone reception. Totally my fault for sure.