Mine has keyless entry as an option. It works a treat when I leave my Border Collie in it - the software is impeccable and extends to family members.
Usual dog/hot weather caveats apply.
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What age are the vehicles?
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On my Primera the flaming alarm goes off if you attempt to open it physically with the key rather than the button. Stupid design.
Do VW sill make Golfs without central locking/electric windows? I remember a few years back a friend of mine showing off his shiny new diesel Golf, and having to open it with a key. On a £12,000-plus car, that's scandalous.
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On my Primera the flaming alarm goes off if you attempt to open it physically with the key rather than the button. Stupid design.
Not really if a thief were to pop out the lock and open your door as the alarm wouldn't go off.
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To be fair Jase, he could have used half a tennis ball and a screwdriver instead, allegedly.
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This is the single feature that we have most fallen in love with on the Scenic.
Staggering back to the car in a supermarket car park with kids and shopping in tow, to not have to faff about with keys or buttons is just heavenly. Just lay your hand on the doorhandle and if you have the card, open she pops. It's a silly little thing really, but we really like it.
Cheers
DP
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The new Toyota Auris has keyless entry in some models.
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I liked the keyless entry on the Megane too. Only problem is, if your passenger reached the car before you did and the key wasn't in range, they would stand there pulling uselessly at the door handle...until I stepped closer and it magically opened, thus encouraging said passenger (might be SWMBO, but I wouldn't say) to yank even harder at the door handle next time, wondering why it isn't opening quick enough...
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Had a Morris 1100 with keyless entry, and keyless start.
Any 3/8ths screwdriver head would do.
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What happens if you've got one of these new fangled keyless entry jobs and the car battery is flat? You've come back from your usual 3 weeks in the Caribbean over the Christmas period, you get to the long term car park, all you want to do is get home and sleep and the car won't let you in. Then what?
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What happens if you've got one of these new fangled keyless entry jobs and the car battery is flat? Then what?
... or your keyless entry device fails, or the lithium cell in it goes flat.
The problem with these systems isn't so much the keyless entry system itself, more the lack of a physical lock as a backup.
Added to which is the unfortunate coincidence that a lot of the companies supplying keyless entry are those with less than perfect reputations for electronic reliability.....
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The problem with these systems isn't so much the keyless entry system itself more the lack of a physical lock as a backup.
The Renault system, on the Scenic at least, has a conventional lock tucked away under a plastic cover on the doorhandle which is very cleverly hidden. The cards themselves contain an emergency key which simply pulls out of one edge of the card.
>>Added to which is the unfortunate coincidence that a lot of the companies supplying keyless entry are those with less than perfect reputations for electronic reliability.....
Fair point particularly where Renault is concerned. To be honest, I don't worry about the keyless entry half as much as the electric parking brake. That too has an emergency manual release in the boot.
Cheers
DP
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There have also been reports that wireless doorbells can cause plipping and therefore maybe even keyless entry systems to not work properly.
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I have keyless entry on my Renault. Very useful - when it works. Completely gone wrong once (fortunately under warranty) and now has intermittent episodes of 'throwing the toys out of the pram'. Sometimes needs three attempts to lock the car although it always unlocks OK. Also the car has unlocked itself during the night. I ALWAYS LOCK MY CAR!!!!! Sometimes the boot unlocks all the doors when it shouldn't.
Now I just use the buttons on the card.
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