Phillyasian
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If you check the app after you walk away it will show you whether the car is locked or unlocked.
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Model 3 "Broken Into"
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True, but that's kind of annoying to do every single time. My Model 3 does lock every time I walk away (as far as I know). But it should work every single time for everyone. There shouldn't be a need for any of us to double check that the car is indeed locked.
your absolutely correct. However this is a pain in the ass. I don't want to have to pull my phone out of my pocket, unlock the phone, load up the app (and wait for the car to wake up in some instances), just to see if my car is locked.
Would be MUCH better to just have the car give a quick "beep", and be done with it.
Good news is that this is a very easy thing for Tesla to add in a future software update!
Every case of this issue that I've read has been the same conclusion, phone key didn't work and they unlocked with the card which means the card is required to re-lock.
Phone Key issues aside, that means it is working as intended.
That said, I agree that some enhancements could be made (like the audible beep when locked) to make the experience better. And of course there are still a ton of people struggling with phone key, which needs to be fixed. But these cars being 'mysteriously' left unlocked is not a widespread issue, it's working as it was designed when using the keycard.
Glamisduner
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What if you leave your phone in the car? I tend to do this allot, currently especially if the phone isn't in plain sight.
iwannam3
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Then any thief/joy rider noticing your mirrors aren't folded hops in and drives away. You could see where the car is on your app, but your phone is in the stolen car,,,
Phillyasian
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Agree. I myself nor my spouse have had any problems with phone as key (2 different model android phones)
This would really drive me bonkers.
On my Model S I turned off the auto locking/unlocking. I did so partly because I didn't want the car to unlock/lock constantly every time I walked by it in the garage.
I also did so because I like to KNOW it's locked.
But, when/if I get a Model 3 I won't be able to. It's not like I'm going to constantly whip out the phone to lock/unlock it.
On my Model S I turned off the auto locking/unlocking. I did so partly because I didn't want the car to unlock/lock constantly every time I walked by it in the garage.
I also did so because I like to KNOW it's locked.
But, when/if I get a Model 3 I won't be able to. It's not like I'm going to constantly whip out the phone to lock/unlock it.
Phillyasian
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That's not how the 3 works. You don't need to take your phone out of your pocket. Additionally the 3 doesn't unlock until you engage the car door handle.
Clarification - I meant that I would have to take my phone out of my pocket to manually lock/unlock. If it has the option for turning off the autolock/unlock.
That is good news that it doesn't unlock until I engage the door handle. That prevents it from having the same issue as the S when walking by it.
hmm are you sure? I just tested this. Put my phone in airplane mode and left it on my desk. Walked into the garage where I found a locked Model 3. I tap the card to unlock it. I sit down. I get back out and shut the door. I walk away. Car locked by itself.
I just did the same experiment and my Model 3 does not automatically lock if I use the key card to unlock it. It's still unlocked in my garage after unlocking it 30 minutes ago with the key card. If yours is auto-locking after using the key card, it's not working as intended. Do you have a second phone configured as a key (spouse's phone?) that got within BLE distance of the car while testing it out?
lairdb
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There's definitely something more to it than that, otherwise once it was unlocked with the card-key, it would never re-lock until it had been card-locked.
I don't have consistent access to a 3 to test, but I believe once it sees a phone-key (even if the phone key didn't have to "unlock" it) then walk-away lock is re-enabled.
Example use case: Valet brings car back, having unlocked it with card. You get in and drive home. Having unlocked with card-key, it would not now re-lock -- except (hypothesis) now that it has connected with your phone-key, walk-away is re-enabled.
ModelNforNerd
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chronopc
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I can confirm that even if you use the card to unlock, once your phone is close enough to the car I'll take over and will auto lock if you walk away.
Sure, but the reason you needed to use the key card was that your phone key didn’t autoconnect properly to do the unlock in the first place. It still hasn’t connected over the course of the drive, and it’s not connected when you walk away. Thus, no autolock.
chronopc
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N5329K
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Tesla designed an unpredictable, semi-reliable means of locking, unlocking and "starting" Model 3. Until they design a predictable, reliable means of doing all these things, the responsibility is yours to make up the difference by whatever means seems to work (for the moment). This is a flaw EM acknowledged and said he would fix, and one that must be fixed before really big numbers of cars enter the fleet.
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