Ok, just purchased a new 2015 Summit and have a question about the key fob. I understand the remote start and unlock...but... I have to manually lock the doors upon exiting by using the key fob or by touching the button on the handle, right? Wondering why it doesn't automatically lock the doors when i walk away from the vehicle like my wife's Cadillac SRX does.
yeah...i know its not a Cadillac. Don't understand why keyless entry/start doesn't have the option to automatically lock the doors when i turn off the car and walk away from it.
I did not know about any car with this feature, but I had the same question. Seems to make sense. Cadillac or no Cadillac, it already has the technology. Why not to add this feature? Another thing that I thought it was missing is auto-closing the roof and all the windows with the remote. Not sure if it will do that automatically when it senses rain.
I did not know about any car with this feature, but I had the same question. Seems to make sense. Cadillac or no Cadillac, it already has the technology. Why not to add this feature?
It just seems to make sense to me since the idea behind the key fob is to put it in your pocket/purse and not have to get it out to lock or unlock, etc... When my wife drives the Jeep she will probably leave it unlocked since she is able to walk away from the Caddy and it locks itself.
It just seems to make sense to me since the idea behind the key fob is to put it in your pocket/purse and not have to get it out to lock or unlock, etc... When my wife drives the Jeep she will probably leave it unlocked since she is able to walk away from the Caddy and it locks itself.
I had a previous vehicle that would lock the doors 60 seconds after the engine stopped and the key had been removed.
The ONLY reason I thought it was a useful feature was because it ensured the vehicle would re-lock itself IF I accidentally unlocked it from a distance. I never relied on that feature to actually secure the vehicle upon exiting. That is what the LOCK BUTTON was for.
I had a previous vehicle that would lock the doors 60 seconds after the engine stopped and the key had been removed.
The ONLY reason I thought it was a useful feature was because it ensured the vehicle would re-lock itself IF I accidentally unlocked it from a distance. I never relied on that feature to actually secure the vehicle upon exiting. That is what the LOCK BUTTON was for.
The only thing that bothers me a bit is that I can't lock (or at least unlock) all doors (or at least the particular door) when grabbing a rear door handle.
That's something I got used to on my Lincoln and it's a bit frustrating at times to pull on the rear door handle before realizing it ain't gonna open..
I haven't done much research on how the touch handles work but you could probably get replacement handles for the front doors, install them in the rear and connect the touch sensors in parallel to the front ones....
Would have to set the system to open all doors on the first touch though otherwise grabbing the rear driver side handle would actually only unlock the front driver door. :lol:
Can't tell you how many times I left my sunroof open only to find out the next morning. Automatically closing the sunroof would certainly be a nice option and also adding to the key fob.
That is something I will never understand about the UConnect App. The key fob has a limited number of functions due to it's nature, but a phone app should be able to make my Jeep dance if I want it to. A "Close all windows" or full control of the climate system seems like it would make more people pay the monthly cost of UConnect instead of just having my phone be a big key fob.