i cant seem to troubleshoot exactly when it happens, but sometimes when I turn off my car and close the door behind me, I hear 3 beeps instead of 1 and the car doesnt autolock when I walk away. Does anyone know when, exactly, this happens (so I can try to avoid it)? Thx.

 

The 3 beeps is an audio indicator that you walked away to fast from the door and it didn’t sense the key fob to enable the “walk away auto lock”. You likely starting walking away as the door was closing. Get in the habit of closing the door and standing there until it closes before walking away. One other thing that could cause the 3 beeps is if you had your cell phone near the key fob which would interfere with the key fob signal.

 

Thanks. I'll be more cautious.

 

This older thread may help to explain what is happening, and help to prevent it from happening in the future.

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I have had that happen a bunch of time. Sometime the RDX does not recognize the door was just shut or the hatch for the auto-lock to operate correctly. So frustrating I turned it off - lock it by the button on the door or remote, as its not reliable enough to use - especially in todays world where zero stuff is safe.

 

The "key" here is totally understanding how it works. If you walk away (get out of the zone) too quickly, it will NOT auto lock. I had it happen (not auto lock) more with the tailgate than the doors, as the tailgate must be closed, before you exit the zone. My current cars do not have this feature and I seriously miss it. It is not hard to push the lock button on the inside, or the ribs on the outside, but I really liked this function on my RDX and other Honda products.

 

Agree, important point is making sure you understand how this works, or doesn't. As always, thanks to others here, I now know. I had no idea why I was getting that multi-beeping sometimes when I walked way, not knowing that it really wasn't locking at all. That my dash cam, radar detector, and other stuff did not disappear is fortunate. Great feature, but you have to be careful.

 

Just an FYI for the group as I came from a 19 RDX Aspec. I now have the 22 MDX Type S Advance and when closing the tailgate as soon as you hit the close button you get the single beep and can walk away immediately as it closes. It then auto locks after it closes. This behaves differently than my RDX did. Again just an FYI for the group.

 

Nice improvement, You mentioned MDX, hopefully the '22+ RDX also has the upgrade. Thanks for mentioning this.

 

Sadly the ‘22 RDX still forces you to hang around a bit until the tailgate is fully closed or the car registers the given door latch shut. It’s somewhat annoying coming from the Accord Touring where one could walk away from it with near confidence- at least until the door lock actuators started going out on that car.

 

Damn thanks for reminding me how stupid I have to wait for the tailgate to fully close before I can walk away.

When your lifting heavy groceries this is a pain in the ass.

 

I just walk away and let the thing beep and use the remote lock w feedback when in the house to ensure it is locked.

I seem to notice a few times that the 22 RDX kick close may not need you to stay nearby (button close definitely does). Need to remember to specifically test that.

 

This problem is really annoying. Button close is needed.