Thanks for the responses. I watched Bjorn's video but I don't remember this question being answered. I know locking the doors is part of the process, but if the fob is still in the car won't it unlock when the handles are touched?
If you were sitting inside the car and drove off, the handles lock. And/or you can press the lock in the upper left corner of the screen to unlock the car. Same reasoning you can also lock the car from inside (with the fob inside the car).
Now while we are on the subject of locking/unlocking, there's a quirk that everyone needs to be aware of. This comment has really nothing to do with a camping mode. For a moment, put camping mode out of your mind.
Walk with me through this situation. Try it if you doubt what I am saying.
1. If you walk up to your Tesla and click the fob roof twice and unlock your car, the handles will present.
2. Do not open a door or the trunk, just walk away. In about a minute the handles will close back.
3. Take your fob away from the car and place it someplace >25 feet from the car, (maybe inside the house), leave it. (Do not return to the car with the fob).
4. Return to the car, walk up and touch a handle. The handles will present and you can pull to open the door.
5. Why did this work when the fob is no where near the car? Its because you used the fob to unlock the car;
but you didn't finish the process by opening a door.
Do you now realize that if you use your fob to unlock the doors but do not open a door when/while you are out some place - away from home, such as in a shopping center parking lot, or the beach or at work, that you are leaving your car unlocked? All the stuff inside your car is vulnerable.
So, what do you do to correct this when you use the fob to unlock the car: a) open then close a door to complete the process, or b) use the fob and click the roof once to lock the car again, or c) use your Tesla app to lock the doors/car.
Now back to camping mode. If you are inside and you use the fob to unlock the door (double click) and didn't open a door or no one outside the car opened a door to get inside with you, then once the handles close, the car is still unlocked, and remains unlocked even though you are inside and the handles closed. What do you need to do: a) Use the fob to lock the doors, or b) use the screen to lock the doors, or c) use the Tesla app to lock the doors, or d) open a door and then close the door to complete the process - then when the handles close the car will lock.
Did you know your car would do this? This has been the way the locking behavior worked since the first Model S' were built. Its nothing new.
