Locked out

[flawia]

I managed to get locked out of my car last night. I unlocked the car to put some bags in it, and as I run out of space on the front seat, I have put some more bags in the boot. As it happens, my handbag with the car key, house key and the phone was in the boot. As soon as I closed the boot, the car locked itself....
Luckily I was at my friends house so could put my little one to bed and use friends phone to call for help but if it has happened anywhere else, I would be in trouble. Really annoyed with this, I understand it is my mistake (and a costly one, almost £300 spent with the locksmith) but it shouldn't really happen, right?

 

[Jamesrr]

Very annoying!

Yes, it shouldn't happen. It appears your handbag had enough in it and was sufficiently shielded in the boot to act as a Faraday cage and trick the car

Damn!

As an aside, presumably you didn't have access to your other key?

Cost more to get to it than the locksmith?

P. S. My wife's issue is that she sometimes forgets to lock the car and it doesn't do it automatically...

 

[securespark]

I am surprised. We don't actively try to lock the key in the car, but when Mrs S leaves it in the centre console and I try and lock it, it doesn't.

There is one way to try and stop this happening again. Get the app set up on your phone, then you should be able to unlock the car with your phone.

I say try and should because if the phone doesn't have a signal, this won't work, unless you can piggy back a connection off a kind passer-by's mobile.

The other thing you could do I guess is to get a copy of the key blade and carry it with you. But you'd have to think of a way to do it that you'd never forget.

 

[Tuareg]

If the car 'locked' when closing the tailgate then the key in the bag is still active, so. an easily be unlocked through the front door handle buttons. However, if the key is still active then the car won't lock if that key is inside the car. Interesting first post.

 

[Alb]

First and only time this ever happened to me (not in an MG) I was 400 miles away from home!

 

[Everest]

There is one way to try and stop this happening again. Get the app set up on your phone, then you should be able to unlock the car with your phone.

Nice idea, but....

As it happens, my handbag with the car key, house key and the phone was in the boot.

 

[siteguru]

Interesting first post.

The probability of someone's first post on any forum being a request for help regarding an "incident" is very high - that's the very nature of forums.

The probability of a new poster being a "troll" is exceedingly low, so you really should quit with that narrative.

 

[Martinonline]

The interesting thing here is that the @flawia says 'As soon as I closed the boot, the car locked itself...'. Normally that should not happen if the car had been in an unlocked state (by door button, keyfob or app). Of course, they may mean the boot became locked on closure because the presence of the key could no longer be detected; the car originally being in an unlocked state.

I thought the AA cover would handle this occurrence.

 

[Tuareg]

The probability of a new poster being a "troll" is exceedingly low, so you really should quit with that narrative.

The probability of the scenario 'reported' is even lower.

 

[flawia]

The interesting thing here is that the @flawia says 'As soon as I closed the boot, the car locked itself...'. Normally that should not happen if the car had been in an unlocked state (by door button, keyfob or app). Of course, they may mean the boot became locked on closure because the presence of the key could no longer be detected; the car originally being in an unlocked state.

I thought the AA cover would handle this occurrence.

The car is through Octopus scheme and they are with RAC... the situation was deemed a human error by RAC and therefore not covered...

 

[Jamesrr]

The car is through Octopus scheme and they are with RAC... the situation was deemed a human error by RAC and therefore not covered...

A right pita!
So who has the spare key?

 

[pjmmk]

Put the key on a lanyard. Put it around your neck so it stays with you.

 

[Everest]

the situation was deemed a human error by RAC and therefore not covered

That's not a good response from them, IMHO. Surely, the car should not have locked itself anyway?

And surely putting diesel in your petrol car is human error? Same as running out of battery is? And the breakdown services cover those situations, I thought?

 

[Everest]

Put the key on a lanyard. Put it around your neck so it stays with you.

Or put it where @Rolfe puts hers!

 

[securespark]

Nice idea, but....

As my teachers always used to say,

"Pay attention, Abbott!"

 

[flawia]

A right pita!
So who has the spare key?

Spare key was in a house... house key was in a locked car... either way had to get locksmiths involved.

 

[flawia]

That's not a good response from them, IMHO. Surely, the car should not have locked itself anyway?

And surely putting diesel in your petrol car is human error? Same as running out of battery is? And the breakdown services cover those situations, I thought?

Thank you. I thought the same and logged a complaint with RAC... still waiting to hear back.

 

[Everest]

Spare key was in a house... house key was in a locked car.

A real-life deadlock then

 

[flawia]

To everyone saying this hasn't happen. It unfortunately did. And I came here to see if anyone else has had this happening to them before I talk to MG dealership.

 

[Jamesrr]

To everyone saying this hasn't happen. It unfortunately did. And I came here to see if anyone else has had this happening to them before I talk to MG dealership.

I can see only one person who has implied it didn't happen and they were admonished for it.

But no, no-one else has reported a similar situation.

Very unlucky