If I'm reading the manual correctly (which is not a given) if you sitting, say at a red light, with the remote inside someone could open the doors from the outside. Not necessarily a good thing depending on the neighborhood.

 

I don't think so if the car is in gear...

 

That would make sense. Can anyone confirm?

 

The car autolocks after you start driving from a parked position I think once it hits like 20 km/h so it wouldn't make sense you can open it from the outside after that. That being said, if the key fob is inside the car and you are outside, the car won't lock so you can't lock yourself out.

 

Once the car is locked and moving, you cannot unlock the doors with the remote. You have choices about how, and when the car locks its doors.

 

Sitting at a red light is not the same as moving. Look it up.

 

But at the red light, presumably your car is in the D gear so it is "moving" if it were not for your foot on the brake pedal.

 

If the doors are locked then you cannot open the doors from the outside. The car knows if the remote is inside or outside. This is the exact opposite of trying to lock the door with the key inside - it won't lock.

 

 

Doors won't unlock until you turn the car off.

 

Hope the RDX isn't like the MDX in that respect. Because I've read the MDX will actively try to murder your family.

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-mdx-...ughter-935065/

A humble recommendation: don't rely on the "no locking with fob inside" feature as a positive means of prevention.

 

I would rely on any cars (not just Acura) for that "no locking with fob inside" feature and especially if kids are inside.
Since you mentioned the other thread, I think the title of that one is is too dramatic for what it is.

 

Well, there appears to be some discrepancies in this MDX story. This is the more plausible explanation: the woman left her car running, went outside then pushed the lock button on the door handle (just by habit) with the key fob inside. Since the car was not shut down and still running, she locked herself out. Thinking that the car should not lock with the key fob inside even when the car is still running, she thought it was the MDX's fault.

Using our powers of logical deduction and Occam's Razor, we arrive at the simplest and most logical series of events that transpired.

 

The issue is not what could possibly go wrong but how the system is intended to work.

On older cars you could just as easily lock your keys in the car - perhaps easier.

One certainly shouldn't rely on the car to be your nanny, but it is intended to help you keep yourself from getting locked out.

You only lock yourself out once anyway before you learn. In the early 80's I was driving a Ford Granada. I worked in a place with an alarm and the phone by the door was out of commission so the procedure was to drive by Military Police station and notify them that you were deactivating the alarm. It was dark, cold and snowing. I double parked in front of the police station and ran inside. I left the car running and the defroster on. Apparently, I also locked the door on the way out because I couldn't get back in. The slim jim the cops had didn't work and I ended up getting a ride from them to my house to get the second set of keys. Of course I had to wake my landlord up to get into the house - all the while my car is idling in front of the police station.

From that I learned a few valuable lessons.

• Never have your car and your house keys together
• Always know where your second set of keys is
• Think about what you are doing. It become so natural to pull your keys out of the ignition, get out and push down the door lock button

 

"went outside then pushed the lock button on the door handle (just by habit) with the key fob inside."


But, since the key is inside it's within range, and the door can be opened by touching the handle. I don't think it's possible to lock yourself out of a correctly functioning RDX.

 

I think the car allows you to lock the car while you're sitting inside with the engine on. Let's say you're out at midnight and get into your car and turn on the engine, you might want the car locked if you're in a bad area.

So if you walk out and leave the key fob in and lock the door, perhaps the car thinks you're inside and intended to lock.

 

Will have to test that theory. I think so long as the car is in park it makes no difference whether running or not.

 

People are going to read this thread and think RDX owners are beyond retarded.

 

What a silly mistake I made while typing on my phone (I meant I would not rely). Anyway I agree with what the general consensus is.