question - locking the car without the key?

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Big Panda

Either your way or mine, you still need the key. I think they were wanting to just walk up, without a key, and lock the car. IMPOSSIBLE?

I'd say so!

Also, unlocking/opening the back hatch without car battery power is impossible! (as me how I know and why I no longer keep my owner's manual in the back hatch. meh...)

[JPaul]

Owner's Manual page 250

Locking the vehicle
If you can no longer lock the vehicle using the
remote control and you do not have a spare
transmitter battery at hand, please proceed
as follows:
> Open the driver's door.
> Press the central locking switch
(
page 84).
The indicator lamp on central locking
switch 1 comes on, when the starter switch
is in position 1.
The indicator lamp on central locking
switch 1 flashes, when the starter switch is
in Position 0.
> Remove the key from the starter switch,
take it with you, and close all doors.
The vehicle is now locked and the anti
theft
warning system* is armed.

But it still requires the key to be in the ignition to start with... It's for when the fob's battery is dead and we don't have a spare. Without the key in the ignition (either in 1 or 0) the dash lock button doesn't work.

[sandalscout]

Originally Posted by Suze

I'd say so!

Also, unlocking/opening the back hatch without car battery power is impossible! (as me how I know and why I no longer keep my owner's manual in the back hatch. meh...)

That's not entirely true, but it takes some work, and some planning. The latch assembly where the glass seats against the hatch has a small notch in the drivers side of the "hump". That notch is meant to be cut out (which I've done) and then a special tool can be made to slide into the notch and pop the glass open. The owner's manual has a picture of the tool and basic instructions on making one from a stiff piece of wire. I've not yet made the tool, but plan to in the next week. I know that this is the case in the 2009 owner's manual and model. The notch must be cut out before you need to open the hatch.

[John_H]

Originally Posted by sandalscout

The owner's manual has a picture of the tool and basic instructions on making one from a stiff piece of wire.

The manual stored in the black hatch?

[sandalscout]

Originally Posted by John_H

The manual stored in the black hatch?

Mine came behind the passenger seat!