To lock the car as soon as you enter the car should be cultivated by all drivers, especially the ladies. With kidnapping, robberies and snatch thieves so rampant in Malaysian car parks and at traffic light, locking the doors is a must! I always lock the car door as soon as I enter my car, even my car has speed sensing auto lock feature. Bad guys can get into your car even before you start the car !

But HAVING auto lock will be an ADDED security to help make sure you don't forget (people do forget once in a while, especially when age is catching up). Double security is what I am after (triple if I can). Never leave anything to chances if one can plan, take measures and minimize mishap from happening.

Another possible scenario is you remember to lock the car door as soon as you enter your car as always and drive off. Then you have to stop the car to pick up some passenger(s), door unlock, passenger(s) got in and you drive off again, forgetting to lock the car this time and at a traffic light you become the victim of a snatch and run motorbike robbery.

Or another member of your family who seldom drives, one day he/she needs to do some chores and drives your car which has NO auto lock feature, and he/she will be exposed to the dangers looming on the streets/in the car parks. I think no one would want to see anything untoward happen to their love ones.

In the last two or three years, there have been a lot more car hijacks/kidnapping/traffic light snatch robberies in Malaysia, could it because the auto door lock feature has been taken out as standard feature ? And the bad guys are taking advantage of this !!

Auto lock is not an expensive fixture, much much cheaper than the useless sunroof, body kit, 17/18" rims, BUT much much more IMPORTANT to every occupant/driver of a vehicle, in my opinion.

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 12:35 PM

Then how come my son's Mazda3 year 2011 is without auto lock ?

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 12:38 PM

Could it be the law was officially implemented in Sept1012, but directive to take out auto lock was given much earlier. Car manufacturers/distributors are only too happy to oblige to take out the feature as it saves cost, which means more profit. See how they drag their feet and give all sort of excuses and apply for exemption when asked to comply with the minimum airbags/ESP requirements.

If you MANUALLY locked the door, rescuers also CANNOT open the door from outside in an accident. Usually when a car has speed sensing auto lock, it will has auto UNLOCK during an accident (either activated by impact sensor or when airbags being deployed, some says when engine stopped)

One should not leave one's child ALONE in the car in the first place. Furthermore no parent should leave a child in an UNLOCK car and go off to do his/her chores, the child may be kidnapped. The auto lock feature I am referring to is the speed sensing type, not the elapsed time like some car models which automatically lock all door if left unattended(even with the keys in the ignition!), I got caught once with my company's car at a petrol station during refueling. Real embarrassing

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 01:13 PM

From the manufacturers/distributors of cars standpoint, most of them would rather NOT take the risk of being sued by providing auto lock feature which the legislative has issued a directive not to be installed. Unless they can at the same installed auto UNLOCK during an accident. But they are still subjected to legal suits in the event the auto UNLOCK feature failed in an accident.

Sad, because it's a lose-lose situation. Consumers lost (less protection), manufacturers lost (risk of being sued)

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 01:38 PM

PERFECT SOLUTION: Lower Cost and better rescue Efficiency.

As old Chinese saying: Don't eat then you won't burp loh !

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 01:39 PM

Think I am going to skip my lunch, going to save me money and time, won't burp and lose weight. All the benefits !

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 01:49 PM

No worry for me. Nobody will be interested in hacking my cars. Not enough enemies, not enough assets to be hijacked/kidnapped or murdered by wife/children for inheritance.

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 01:48 PM

Auto lock feature DOES NOT PREVENT occupants inside the car from unlocking the door (unless malfunction like katijar's story above). It only prevent intruder from opening the door from outside the car. So if you in the event were kidnapped and left inside your own car, you still can escape by just opening the door, provided you were not tied up like a rice dumpling (ketupat).

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 03:52 PM

May be the fire or electronic short circuit made the auto UNLOCK function failed (whether the car had auto LOCK feature-unknown).

Motto of the day, leave your car door unlock at all time to prevent locking yourselves inside the car when "shit things" happened. Or lock your car at all times to prevent "shit things" from happening. May be an actuary will be able to calculate the odds.

Your own safety, your own decision. No one should decide for you.



This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 04:08 PM

Are all the new cars sold in Malaysia nowadays come with AUTO UNLOCK safety feature in an accident, including Kancil, Vva, Proton Saga etc ? Can someone please enlighten all the forumers. Thank you.

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 04:15 PM

I remember I read somewhere in the Focus forum in US while searching to find out why Ford Focus in Malaysia do not have speed sensing auto lock function(applicable to external only), the US models have the option for user to program whether to activate the auto lock feature or turn it off.

Your safety, you decide motto.

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 04:41 PM

Same here. In those days, it is called elbow-matic door lock !

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 04:52 PM

It doesn't affect you because the bad guys dare not rob you, you look BADDER than them(calf size forearm with tattoos all over resting on the door sills), I guess.

This post has been edited by E34E36E46: Jul 29 2013, 05:02 PM

Sometimes even if you keep your valuables like handbag/money bag out of sight, the experienced assailants will still be able to spot them by stalking you before the robbery. The girl friend of a friend was robbed at a traffic light, the robbers just opened the passenger door and grabbed her handbag she kept under the passenger seat and sped off.