Interetsing one - My wife got in the car the other morning and started it , had to pop back inside and only partially closed the drivers door. Came back out and found the car had locked itself !! Had to push the door closed and then use the spare key to open the car . Luckily that was close by . Should this happen ??

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Interetsing one - My wife got in the car the other morning and started it , had to pop back inside and only partially closed the drivers door. Came back out and found the car had locked itself !! Had to push the door closed and then use the spare key to open the car . Luckily that was close by . Should this happen ??

Indeed - as your wife nearly found out to her detriment, you could quite easily lock yourself out of the car that way. I too have noticed it locks itself if you unlock remotely and don't open a door... in fact one of the pics in my gallery actually shows this happening, you can see the indicator lights flashing just as I take the pic. 

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I managed to get myself into a right pickle about a month ago, in a mad rush to get to the airport, when I thought I had managed to lock BOTH sets of keys into the car and it was after I had called out LR Assist that I found that I had actually unlocked the drivers door at the same time as opening the boot and it was still unlooked. NEVER ever lock both the sets of keys inside or misplace one set because Land Rover Assist have yet to figure out how to shift the car onto a recovery truck if they cannot get a key into the ingition to release the gear selector and parking brake. Even if they break in, unless a key is inside the car, they cannot move the gear selector or release the parking brake! Hopefully somebody will design a clever master key with fancy "master" electronics built into it one day!

It was as well that I found the drivers door was not actually locked as then I was able to open a rear door and fold down the seat back and reach in to get my jacket out. The spare key was in my briefcase also in the boot! Fortunately I was able to contact the LR Assist guy and tell him that there was no need to come to my rescue! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
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