Yes but it does warn you the key is not inside the vehicle. I would assume it is a safety issue if the car just shuts off when they key isn't present. What if the battery died on the fob while you were driving down the interstate or when you pulled up to a stop light....
Ok, so you would prefer the person robbing you to not be able to drive off. So then he gets out of the vehicle and comes after you for the key. I would rather the person drive off with my jeep then threaten my life a second time.
I have had multiple vehicles with a start button ignition. A Mazda CX-9, a Mercedes Coupe, and a Acura TL, and NONE of these cars would shut off when the key left the car. It is a fairly common occurrence in my family because I wouldn't even grab keys when my wife was with me since she always kept her keys in her purse. If she got out the car would still run. I dont think any car will shut off when the key leaves the vehicle.
x2. With the WK2 if you shut off the car with out the key in range then the car will not start up but if the car is already on, then your ****ed if you get car jacked
so now what happens when you get to your destination, turn off the engine and leave. Come back later to find out the keys are not on you but with your spouse, 25 miles away.
Personally I agree that this is a problem that doesn't need a solution beyond common sense. Their argument, however, is that since it's not possible for the passenger to accidentally leave the car with your NORMAL key, the comparison isn't apt.
Hey I've gotten this a few times recently. Never happened until they did a software update at my last oil change. Needless to say I'm going back. Key still in the cup holder and out of nowhere the "key has left the vehicle" message pops up.
I use to get this when my wife would get out of the vehical with her key, since I usually keep mine in my left pants pocket. Since they did the software update specifically for the key not found/left pants pocket issue i 've not seen it any more.
That is what happened to me one time with my mini cooper. Backed out of the garage then forgot something inside the house. Put the keys on the counter and grab the set to my LR on the way out. Drove to work and shut off the car then realized when I couldn't lock the car I didn't have the correct keys. Had to get a ride back home to get the keys.
With the jeep this shouldn't happen since it beeps at you constantly if the key is not inside the car. That is what the mini should have done, it never even said on the screen no key was found.
yeah this is very normal. i had a 2009 lexus gs450h and one time i went to eat with a friend, we got to the restaurant and he had forgotten his phone but i had already ordered the food so he took my car to go retrieve his phone not knowing i had the key fob in my pocket, car was running this whole time. when he got there he had shut the car off and then he was stuck there LOL because i was at the restaurant with the key fob in my pocket. i had to cab back there and start the car again.
my 2009 benz cls 63 amg does the same thing, it will run even if you go shopping with the key fob in your pocket.
@Danco. I was told by a X5 owner that thats how theirs works. I guess I was lied too.
Does anyone know if there is some kind of chime when you drive without a key fob in the car?
May not be a good idea - what if they inadvertently turn it off and then need to turned it back on but they can't and there are other cars coming from behind
The dealer, and some locksmiths, can reprogram the vehicle to only recognize the keys you still have in your possession, you of course have to bring them all your keys.... ....so they can disable that key the car jacker kept, but yea, not likely the car jacker has plans to come back and steal your vehicle again, he already had it once....
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