Lock Button

[generaltso]

/Thanks @Ford...

That's not who you think it is.

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[2021-MMEx-RT1]

That's not who you think it is.

Thanks, didn't want to put the whole thing in, didn't think anyone would have that as their user name

 

[generaltso]

Thanks, didn't want to put the whole thing in, didn't think anyone would have that as their user name

Yeah, Robert registered that username earlier this year and hasn't posted since. We can only assume he got scared off by the onslaught of alerts he got every time somebody tagged him.

 

[RickMachE]

The 2.5 minutes is the default, when it doesn't trigger on distance.

 

[2021-MMEx-RT1]

The 2.5 minutes is the default, when it doesn't trigger on distance.

I get that, but one of the things that worked with PAAK was after ~20'ish feet, it would beep, sometimes sooner. I park in an Alley and the last thing I need is walking away, heading to the house and some alley denizen noticing that the car didn't beep and me not noticing...

thru the gate, gate closes, walk a step, car beeps. Now I walk past another house, then get into my house and bring up the security cameras to see if the mirror folded, or do the lock shuffle, FOB/Inside lock button/Door icon...

yes, just like the old days, I can pull out the FOB and press a button. But PAAK is supposed to be easier (hands full and all)

 

[HuntingPudel]

That's not who you think it is.

Poor Robert. Had to quit the forum because of all of the notifications. ??

 

[jason330i]

Anybody notice that the lock button works better after the latest round of OTA updates?

 

[ChasingCoral]

Common for a car to have a lock button I use it often because walk away was inconstant.

You’re far from the only person who didn’t read the manual (p. 76).

 

[MoonRiver]

Took me six months to notice this: above the unlock button on the front doors is a lock symbol molded into the pillar plastic. Am I the only one that did not realize it is functional?! Car locks automatically on walk-away, so not sure who needs this.

I didn't until now. Thank you.

 

[portlandg]

You’re far from the only person who didn’t read the manual (p. 76).

Why should people bother to read the manual when there are the likes of us who have (in depth) to answer the stupid questions. I have no problem with helping people but when the answer is in black and white in the manual, that should be their first port of call.

 

[portlandg]

Took me six months to notice this: above the unlock button on the front doors is a lock symbol molded into the pillar plastic. Am I the only one that did not realize it is functional?! Car locks automatically on walk-away, so not sure who needs this.

Not everyone has the luxury of having a working walkaway lock function. We in the UK don't so it comes in handy and I use it a lot

 

[ChasingCoral]

Why should people bother to read the manual when there are the likes of us who have (in depth) to answer the stupid questions. I have no problem with helping people but when the answer is in black and white in the manual, that should be their first port of call.

Which is why I often answer with a more polite version of RTFM.

 

[luckie]

Is there a trick to getting the lock button to work? Mine works maybe once every 10 tries. Funny thing is the other day I had gloves on and it worked probably 50% of the time...

Treat it like it is a touch screen rather than a physical button and just very lightly drag your finger across it, even slightly above it. Someone else called it a "creepy" touch. It never worked when I pushed it like a real button, works every time now using the creepy touch.

 

[dtbaker61]

Took me six months to notice this: above the unlock button on the front doors is a lock symbol molded into the pillar plastic. Am I the only one that did not realize it is functional?! Car locks automatically on walk-away, so not sure who needs this.

I use the 'lock' button on inside of door when exiting in situations where I want to lock the doors.... occasionally using the outside door pillar 7-8, 9-0 press, but that seems more finiky than the physical button inside the door

I turned off 'auto-lock on walkaway' because I do NOT want the doors locked inside my garage when I walk away, or a jobsites when I need to be in and out constantly all day long. I usually turn off BT and/or FordPass when I am home as well since I walk by the car in and out of my garage many times a day and I don't want the MME waking up and locking/unlocking and waking up to drain the 12v multiple times a day.

 

[ctenidae]

Yes.

But, is it in the manual?

Also, what's up with the little line molded into the plastic above the actual door button? Always looks like the plastic cracked.

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