Is t possible to keep the A/C on and doors locked? We have a service dog that we like to leave for short times in the car but want to keep him cool.

Newbie here - thanks in advance

Mark

 

Id like to know if there is a better way, but I was only able to get the doors locked by taking the battery out of the FOB. Otherwise the doors will keep auto unlocking.

 

I bet, albeit not really safe though who would be dumb enough to steal a car with a large dog staring them in the face, if you took off the manual key out of the FOB and left the FOB in the car you could manually lock the door before closing then use the key to unlock. I’d go out and test, but my wife has the second fob at work, just in case my theory isn’t correct

 

Can't do it on any Lexus. this topic has been beaten to death in other sub forums.

i know the exact dilemma you're in. it's dumb because you can lock it from the inside if you have a passenger do it. but just not from the fob. The lock/unlock function of the fob is disabled if a) the ignition is on and b) the fob is out of range from the interior of the car.

 

Instead of waiting for my second fob, I rolled down all the windows. Put the car in park (doors unlocked). Pushed the lock mechanism on each door (not using the electrical switch). Left the fob in the car and removed the physical key. Walked around my garage just for ****s and giggles, came back and used the key to unlock the driver’s door. Like I said before, not really the safest as someone can drive your car away with the fob inside. Also, I bet the hatch was still unlocked.

Just thought about this though, why not just have a remote start installed. You can leave the vehicle, then remote start it as long as you aren’t gone for more than 15-20 min you’d be good (or you just have to keep restarting it)

 

I haven't tried this but I can't see why this wouldn't work:

1. Start the car
2. Roll down drivers window all the way
3. Get out with the key fob
4. Lock the doors through the window with the interior driver's side lock button
5. Through the window pull the button to roll up the window (should be possible since they are auto so you don't have to hold the button)

When you need to unlock the car my guess is that the key fob is deactivated since the car i running so you would need to use the physical key.

EDIT: So like Gudgave posted down below you can just lock your doors with the physical key in the drivers door even when the ignition is on. Just testet this and it locked all the doors and the trunk and it takes literally 3 seconds. So much easier.

 

Since the car won't respond to the key fob once it's outside the interior WITH the engine on, that could be a way of locking yourself out of the car. So maybe have a friend inside the car first before you test this out. lol

 

so earlier I did test this. Just to be safe though...I left the passenger side window rolled down. But yes, I started the car, rolled both front windows down, exited the car, locked using the electric lock mechanism, use the auto window up. walked away from the car (still running), came back to the car all doors locked & FOB unresponsive. detached the manual key and unlocked the door. OK, so really, this method had better results than mine in that it did lock all the doors including the tailgate AND you kept the FOB with you.

So I decided, what if I don't return with the FOB. So everything the same this time without the fob. Manually unlocked the car, got in, put the car in reverse and backed it out of the garage and then put it in drive and pulled back in. So technically the car was still drivable with the FOB out (which, honestly i already knew this to be true), but once the car is turned off, the FOB is needed to turn it back on. So if we approach this from, "I don't want my car stolen while it's running in a parking lot", either way it could potentially be stolen with or without the FOB inside. I think I'm still leaning to using remote start as being the safest (maybe most logical??) solution.

 

If your fob has the mechanical key, use the key to lock the driver's door. I live in Texas and do this when I only need to run to the store for less than half an hour. The time is just a personal choice.

 

Doesn't the Tesla have an animal mode where you can leave the AC running for the dog. I wish Lexus could provide live smart updates like that that allow smart stuff to go on. I'm fairly certain it's just a few keyboard strokes away in the firmware of the car that would allow a long press of the fob to activate some kind of animal mode. But nope..

 

Even if they did make that firmware update...it would prolly cost us $350 for them to reprogram the computer. There's no such thing as a free lunch with Lexus!

 

You COULD put "THE CLUB" on the steering wheel to lock the steering wheel that WAS very popular back in the 80's and 90's.

HOWEVER, THE CLUB will ONLY buy you an extra 3 seconds from a professional thieve bc he can counter it in less than 3 seconds. But if there are easier targets near by, he/she will probably move on?

Here is a picture of THE CLUB!!!

 

you just cut the steering wheel. the actual metal of the wheel is smaller than the width of a dime and is hollow made out of thin gauge steel. maybe steering wheels of the 80s were tougher. i remember when everyone had these devices

 

Yes, the bad guys can counter in 3 seconds as I had said. It's only a deterrent. Much like having a sign out in the front/back yard/windows/doors with alarm signs hoping the bad guys will move on to the next house/victim. Maybe self spraying of mace right into the face of the bad guys or self destruction of the car getting broken into? IDK? Maybe that's why we have insurance?