My Motorhome Locked Me Out! (1 Viewer)

[Sneds]

We were sat in the sun enjoying a drink, motorhome doors shut but not locked with the keys hanging up inside.
Went to go to the fridge for another beer but all the doors were locked.
Keys still up there on their hook.
We managed to bend the acrylic window enough to get a thin blade up inside and push the handles up so we could open the window.
Nine year old niece climbed through the window and got the keys so we were able to click and open the doors.
Any ideas?
The van is a 2017 Bailey Autograph on a Boxer cab.

 

[David and Sally]

We were sat in the sun enjoying a drink, motorhome doors shut but not locked with the keys hanging up inside.
Went to go to the fridge for another beer but all the doors were locked.
Keys still up there on their hook.
We managed to bend the acrylic window enough to get a thin blade up inside and push the handles up so we could open the window.
Nine year old niece climbed through the window and got the keys so we were able to click and open the doors.
Any ideas?
The van is a 2017 Bailey Autograph on a Boxer cab.

Pals of ours had the same with their 67 plate Autograph. Can’t remember why but they did take to taking the keys out of the van when neither of them in it.
I’ll ask them.

 

[Guigsy]

A lot of cars have the feature that if you unlock the doors, but then don't open the driver's door, they assume the fob was pressed accidentally and lock automatically after a few minutes. Motorhome converters should be turning the feature off in the ECU, but some don't/can't.

 

[JRT]

A lot of cars have the feature that if you unlock the doors, but then don't open the driver's door, they assume the fob was pressed accidentally and lock automatically after a few minutes. Motorhome converters should be turning the feature off in the ECU, but some don't/can't.

Ours (Kuga) does this but fortunately won't do it if it detects the key fob is inside the car. To avoid this exact scenario.

 

[David and Sally]

Reply from my pal about auto lock.

IIRC mine used to do that even after physically opening the doors. I always made sure I had a key on me whenever I was outside the van as I was never sure if it was going to auto lock. Dinmore Leisure told me that it was installed in incorrectly and that feature should have been disabled when installed. I had it reprogrammed which fixed it. It’s an easy fix and was done over the phone. Crap feature and when would you ever use it?

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[Bognor Saint]

A lot of cars have the feature that if you unlock the doors, but then don't open the driver's door, they assume the fob was pressed accidentally and lock automatically after a few minutes. Motorhome converters should be turning the feature off in the ECU, but some don't/can't.

That's the case with my alarm and tracker.

 

[gus-lopez]

lock automatically after a few minutes.

30 seconds for my transit if door not opened. Open cab rear & side stays locked .open rear & side & cab can be left locked.. or open all.

 

[Sneds]

Thank you for the replies, I’m sure the van had been sat for hours and I don’t remember unlocking the drivers door.
Of course, I may have done this without realising.
I’ll investigate the ECU fix
May even go through the vehicle menu to see if i can turn the “feature” off from there.
Cheers