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Car Forum / Jaguar Cars / February 2007

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Double Tap - 13 Feb 2007 00:54 GMT
Car:
03 x-type

Statement of fact:

When I have the drivers door open after I leave the car and I press the
latch to lock the door before closing the door, the latch goes into the lock
position for a second and then pops back to the open position. Also if the
drivers door is closed and the rear door is open and I press the fob and
then close the rear door the car is not locked. I would like to lock the car
with the fob while the rear door open so I can remove items from the rear
and close the door so the car is locked. Once my hands are full of packages
it is a royal pain in butt to have to close the rear door and then empty my
hand to press the fob.

Question:

Is there a way to close the locks while the door(s) are open so that the car
is locked when the door(s) are then closed?

Thanks
Double Tap
Don Young - 13 Feb 2007 03:02 GMT
> Car:
> 03 x-type
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> Thanks
> Double Tap

I don't know but I suspect that the system is designed to keep one from
getting locked out and can not readily be modified.

Don Young
Double Tap - 13 Feb 2007 03:38 GMT
>> Car:
>> 03 x-type
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>
> Don Young

Don,
Thanks for the input, however on all the GM and Ford (USA) cars and trucks I
have owned and still own I can lock the vehicle with the doors open with
either the key fob or by pressing the door lock switch on the either front
door.

One CAN NOT do this if the key is in the ignition, therefore you can not
lock your keys in the ignition.

The way it is set up on the Jaguar is a.s backwards.
Double Tap
Alan Strickland - 13 Feb 2007 22:56 GMT
Don is right. The Jaguar is designed to make it impossible to lock your keys
in the car -- not just by leaving them in the ignition, but also elsewhere
in the car.

Alan Strickland

> >> Car:
> >> 03 x-type
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> The way it is set up on the Jaguar is a.s backwards.
> Double Tap
Double Tap - 14 Feb 2007 01:00 GMT
I guess the thinking that produced this wonderful feat of auto design can be
attributed to the English eating to much "toad in the hole" and "bangers
with chips". May god save us from those that think we the public are total
idiots and need to be saved from imminent disaster (locking our key in the
car)

Double Tap

> Don is right. The Jaguar is designed to make it impossible to lock your
> keys
[quoted text clipped - 58 lines]
>> The way it is set up on the Jaguar is a.s backwards.
>> Double Tap
Alan Strickland - 14 Feb 2007 18:40 GMT
How about some feminine logic? I was telling my wife about this conundrum
and she suggested using the trunk instead of the back seat for packages,
making me wonder if the Jaguar designer/engineer behind the current setup
used the same logic.

Alan
> I guess the thinking that produced this wonderful feat of auto design can be
> attributed to the English eating to much "toad in the hole" and "bangers
[quoted text clipped - 66 lines]
> >> The way it is set up on the Jaguar is a.s backwards.
> >> Double Tap
Double Tap - 14 Feb 2007 19:26 GMT
You might have a point Alan, the "toad in the hole" and "bangers with chips"
must have raised the estrogen levels of the engineers and that is what
effected their thinking.
Double Tap

> How about some feminine logic? I was telling my wife about this conundrum
> and she suggested using the trunk instead of the back seat for packages,
[quoted text clipped - 84 lines]
>> >> The way it is set up on the Jaguar is a.s backwards.
>> >> Double Tap
 
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