Another nit

your doors should not unlock when you walk up to the car. you should have to grab the door handle. you might want to have that looked at.
hycam has the 3 blink feature, so it's probably available on different models. i never blink to use it.

i've never used the window lock switch, so i'll take your word for it.

shouldn't you have posted this in the 'what i hate about my prius' forum?

 

you don't have to push a button on the fob to lock it either. it's the reverse of unlocking it.

 

We've had ours close to 5 years, and I'd never noticed that. So you can roll the drivers window up/down, but the others windows are locked, at all doors.

 

no, he's saying you 'can't.'

 

With the window lock-out activated, sitting in the drivers seat, I can still roll down my window, but none of the others.

It's not like I knew this tho, had to out and check just now, lol.

 

Same here, must be a "feature".

Nice fuelly icon, but you've got to get some fillups.

 

idk, touch it to unlock, touch it to lock, i don't want mine locked all the time, so, if it were programmable, that would be okay.

they already have something thing that locks it automatically when you unlock it with the fob, if you don't open a door within so many seconds, so it shouldn't be too hard.

 

I lock my door on the inside, before I get out. It is cooler inside, and I get to see the red disappear.

I confess that in three years I have never been tempted to lock my windows, perhaps because my child is 30.

 

No offense, but I too think post's like this belong in a different part of the forum. Here's the link if you are interested.

What I hate about the Prius | PriusChat

 

OK, the person with the fob just left. What about the other passengers without fobs? Will it lock while they are still inside? If they manually unlock to leave, will it again auto-relock after they depart?

 

The door locks are not automatic. But if you just tap at the front of the door handle, it'll lock. IMO, much better than pushing a button on the door handle to lock or unlock the doors. For the turn signal problem, go here:

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I have it installed and I love it.

 

Think through the implications! That would gain you a trivial convenience in some circumstances, but cost much inconvenience in other circumstances, besides causing a lot of unnecessary wear and tear on the lock mechanism. I don't see how touching the handle to lock is so much more difficult than touching it to unlock. There are plenty of more significant nits to pick.

 

I'd be concerned about someone sitting in the back having a medical issue and not being able to reach the front lock. I wouldn't mind if auto-locking were an option, but I don't much care for some automatic features even though there are plenty of times I wish I had them.

Then too, the initial premise is somewhat inaccurate. The system doesn't unlock the door. It simply senses that the fob is close enough and "allows" the door to be unlocked. The door is not unlocked until you physically stick your hand in the door handle or pull the hatch door handle. The reverse action is to touch the door handle to lock it and it stays locked after the fob is far enough away. In both cases, it takes a positive action on the part of the operator.