Locked out!

[ub7rm]

With the mk5 if you open the boot only with the middle button on the fob it will auto lock as soon as you close it.

As Topher says, never leave your keys in the boot.

[AlanD]

Topher you've touched on a question i have, can you set the alarm to chirp when you lock/unlock the car in the mfd?

No, you need VAGCOM for this.

[Rolfe]

With the mk5 if you open the boot only with the middle button on the fob it will auto lock as soon as you close it.

As Topher says, never leave your keys in the boot.

That does sound a bit scary, at least I didn't do that.  (Not impossible I might have, though.)
If it's set to single-click lock/unlock, will it still do that?  I assume it might, if you just used the centre button.  However, if it's set for single-click, and you always use the door button to open everything even if it's the boot you actually want, will the doors auto-lock on you?

I suppose I should go try it, but it's chilly out there!

Rolfe.

[IANB]

I would get rid the golf and get a car you can understand how to operate

[keelaw]

I'm going to get this single-click lock/unlock activated though, I don't have any reason to want some of the doors locked when I'm actually with the car.

its in the MFD options

And by the way, I still can't turn off the rear passenger courtesy lights.  They're still on this morning.  What did I do and how do I reverse it?  Anyone know?

the manual will know.  i suspect it is a little switch near the light?  (tip: you can use the rear doors to gain access to the rear seats  )

[GolfTi]

Rolfe, you made me spill my coffee reading this. Priceless.

You should write books with your stories. 

[Rolfe]

Glad I've amused a few people!  However, sadly, cars of the 21st century are all  probably a bit on the complex side for my simple 20th century mind.  Just a learning curve! 

I'm not that daft though, I tried the obvious little switches beside the rear coutesy lights, and they didn't go off.  I wonder if there's some other condition like the doors being shut when you switch them?  I'm obviously missing something.

Rolfe.

[mac7]

Glad I've amused a few people!  However, sadly, cars of the 21st century are all  probably a bit on the complex side for my simple 20th century mind.  Just a learning curve! 

I'm not that daft though, I tried the obvious little switches beside the rear coutesy lights, and they didn't go off.  I wonder if there's some other condition like the doors being shut when you switch them?  I'm obviously missing something.

Rolfe.

Shut the doors first. Sit in the back seat. Fiddle with switches until there's no lights on. Do it before your battery goes flat!

[Snoopy]

Its designed like this so that after loading the boot and you walk away to the front of the car to get in it  someone coming upto the boot cannot just nick what you just put in it.
Iirc if you press the button on the door twice it opens all the doors and the boot or maybe im thinking of our other VW group product.

[p3asa]

Pulling the armrest forward allows access to near enough the whole boot are.
Its a bit of a drama out of a crisis