I’ve poked about a bit and I don’t see a post that directly addresses this, though perhaps long time denizens of this forum might point out if this is discussed elsewhere.
So there we are. The wife and I taking a relaxing trip high in the mountains, far from cell towers and the such (this fun facts plays a role shortly).
We both have the Tesla app loaded on our phones (different accounts). Bluetooth is on with both phones and Bluetoothin’ away.
I get out of the car to take the dogs to start our walk, the wife remained in the car with the door closed organizing a few things before she exits. As I walked away, most likely the car “tooted” the horn, signaling that the car door was locked (though I don’t remember for sure).
Just as I got nice and inconveniently far away from the car, my wife presses the door unlock. Car alert immediately goes off.
I tell ya folks, nothing more relaxing in the wilderness than the car horn blazing away, echoing through the hill, traumatizing wildlife not to mention the spouse.
Wife doesn’t know what to do, so I start jogging back to the car to assist (no cellphone access, so “unlock” on the app wasn’t an option from far away).
Needless to say, my wife wasn’t particularly pleased with my choice in automotives at that point, nor was I.
I think my faulty assumption here was that, since my wife was still in the car, her phone would prevent it from going into lock. Of course, since I didn’t pay attention if the car “tooted” that it was in lock, that might have been a clue right there. I think I have read in the past that the car would alarm if someone tried to open it from the inside after it’s locked. But I assume that was folks without a phone key on them.
So what was my error here? What should I, or my wife have done different. Thoughts?
So there we are. The wife and I taking a relaxing trip high in the mountains, far from cell towers and the such (this fun facts plays a role shortly).
We both have the Tesla app loaded on our phones (different accounts). Bluetooth is on with both phones and Bluetoothin’ away.
I get out of the car to take the dogs to start our walk, the wife remained in the car with the door closed organizing a few things before she exits. As I walked away, most likely the car “tooted” the horn, signaling that the car door was locked (though I don’t remember for sure).
Just as I got nice and inconveniently far away from the car, my wife presses the door unlock. Car alert immediately goes off.
I tell ya folks, nothing more relaxing in the wilderness than the car horn blazing away, echoing through the hill, traumatizing wildlife not to mention the spouse.
Wife doesn’t know what to do, so I start jogging back to the car to assist (no cellphone access, so “unlock” on the app wasn’t an option from far away).
Needless to say, my wife wasn’t particularly pleased with my choice in automotives at that point, nor was I.
I think my faulty assumption here was that, since my wife was still in the car, her phone would prevent it from going into lock. Of course, since I didn’t pay attention if the car “tooted” that it was in lock, that might have been a clue right there. I think I have read in the past that the car would alarm if someone tried to open it from the inside after it’s locked. But I assume that was folks without a phone key on them.
So what was my error here? What should I, or my wife have done different. Thoughts?