chrisjw

I know I am going to get a shit-storm of people telling me I shouldn't do this; but in northern Canada in the winter everyone does it. Block heater at home and while at work (yes, employers provide electricity); leave it running everywhere else.

Does anyone know of a hack whereby I can lock my car with the remote while the engine is running? (2003 TL)

thoiboi

Open window and push the button to manually lock it. Or use your key and manually lock the door when you leave the car

polobunny

Most automatic starters will let you do this with a configurable time to boot. That way you can leave it running for 5, 10 or 15 minutes.

pstomps

Is this not the standard behavior? I had my '99 warming up last winter, locked with a second remote, and found myself locked out (I didn't have a spare key) because it won't unlock with a remote if the car is running. Maybe that was changed by the time the '03 came out.

chrisjw

then how do I close the window?

So I carry two keys? I guess this is a viable option

thoiboi

Reach in...


that option was partially in jest

chrisjw

Since remote starters have solved this problem; I was hoping there was a relatively simple hack I could do without actually getting a remote starter.

thoiboi

you'd need some sort of external module to facilitate what the remote starter already does.

chrisjw

I briefly considered you were just joking but then I noticed you were an engineer

thoiboi

you want to see a joke, you should see my paychecks every week...





Back to topic at hand, I think polo's remote starter suggestion might be what you need. No need to go and re-invent the wheel, ya know?

chrisjw

My '03 won't lock with the remote when the key is in the ignition. This behavior is annoying for my purposes but somewhat understandable. The behavior of your vehicle seems really bizarre.

Chojun

Try your valet key. I'd be curious to know if your main keys/remote can lock the doors when the car is running with the valet key.

chrisjw

I can't remember if I got one with this car; will have to look

01acls

Try pulling fuse #9 on the driver side under dash fuse box.

Start the car, with the engine still running try your key fob remote to lock/unlock the doors... does the power locks still work with the car running now? And report back.

chrisjw

Thank-you 01acls; may I know your real first name?; this seems awkward.
I will try it and report back; but may not get to it until the weekend.

Chojun

I can tell you his middle name is Service Manual

01acls

That's Mr Service Manual to you sir. Lol

01acls

[QUOTE=01acls;15608456]Try pulling fuse #9 on the driver side under dash fuse box.

^ Don't pull the #9 fuse. It didn't work like I hope it would. Duf!