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Re-post: Does anyone know how?

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

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Double Tap
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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

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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 ass backwards. Double Tap

Reply to
Double Tap

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.

Reply to
Alan Strickland

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

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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, making me wonder if the Jaguar designer/engineer behind the current setup used the same logic.

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Alan Strickland

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

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Double Tap

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