*SOLVED* - locking your doors WIHTOUT keyfob - using your hand...

[XLR82XS]

I wish it locked the exact same way as it unlocks. It knows when you walk towards the car, why not do the same when you walk away. Why should you have to touch it at all? Another brand does this.

Maybe offer the option to lock on walk away. I don't keep my cars locked in my garages.

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[sun]

Maybe offer the option to lock on walk away. I don't keep my cars locked in my garages.

Yes, the other brand takes the GPS location into account and you can opt to not lock in the garage.

 

[fgwinn]

Why 2 taps?

My understanding is that pressing the lock button on the key fob twice disables the interior alarm sensor. I also like the way that pressing the lock button and unlock button at the same time disables the key so that the frunk does not pop open while washing the car with the key in your pocket.

 

[Jrkennedy37]

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[snstevens]

If you have your phone or a RFID blocking wallet in the same pocket as your key, it often will negatively impact the signal. When I have my key in a separate pocket, works 99% with tap and hold for 1 sec.

Good point about the RFID wallet. I'll check that next time.

 

[faroutinNM]

Exactly!!

Just rest your finger on the groove ...... works every time

Yes. I like your description with "rest".

I've found that a prolonged gentle touch with minimal pressure is most effective.

 

[Jhenson29]

I just went out to the garage and locked/unlocked my car like 20 times in a row and couldn’t get it to fail.

I feel left out.

 

[TYKHAAAN]

According to the internets and this forum - seems like everyone is having issues with something these Taycans are SUPPOSED to do easily - lock the doors after you get out without the keyfob...

Story (from Porsche) goes - if you get out of your car - and touch the handle (with the keyfob on your personage) the doors are supposed to lock.

and - if you're lucky - it happens 1/4 of the time. I've read posts about : "hold it in your left pocket and use your right hand to touch the door handle..." or "DO the Karate Kid Crane Stance and then use your middle finger to.."

ANyway - i accidentally stumbled on something that works on my car - on all 4 doors, 100% of the time, AND on two cars at the dealer that i got to mess around with

it's NOT my job to say why this works - but i have my guesses. Just try it and let everyone know?

do what you've done before - just use the backside of your hand - specifically the back side of your fingers. I know it's dumb. Maybe my big manly calloused hands aren't as conductive on the normal side you touch things with. Again, no idea - but it works

i do my finger like this: (see image)

and use the back of my finger - the second section. And then hit the little indention on any of the doors and it locks like it's supposed to when you do a normal human touch to that area

Yes, it's silly and int he grand scheme of things - no big deal. But yet, for some reason it is. I NEVER would have thought of posting this - except i've literally seen over a dozen people complain about how they can't get it all the time.

PS - if it doesn't work for you - you're probably a descendant of bastardized alien race who comingled and bred with humans. And it'll never work for you

Here's a vid of it

This has worked 100% of the times I’ve tried it since reading this yesterday! Thanks!!!

 

[Jrkennedy37]

I just went out to the garage and locked/unlocked my car like 20 times in a row and couldn’t get it to fail.

I feel left out.

What technique do you use?

I can get it to eventually lock every time but I’m trying five different finger positions. Sometimes the first try works (gently resting finger tip on groove) and sometimes I’m spending 5+ seconds to get it to lock. The consistency is way off compared to my Panamera, the loaner Macan I currently have, the half dozen BMWs we’ve owned, as well as my extended family’s Lexus, Infiniti, Nissan, Toyotas, etc. which take half a second with a finger resting on the right spot to lock the car.

 

[devs1791]

It sometimes works for me, sometimes it doesn't. Kind of finicky. And more so than ever, I have to use the fob to lock my Taycan.

What about the front trunk ? Does the hand gesture ever work for unlocking it for anyone ?

 

[XLR82XS]

What about the front trunk ? Does the hand gesture ever work for unlocking it for anyone ?

Yes. Waving motion at the top of the bumper - below the crest.

 

[DerekS]

 

[TYKHAAAN]

These cars are not made equal. I tried that for a while too and that gave me about the same level of success. So far, the OP method after about 3 days has worked every single time. Hopefully it will continue to do so. Glad yours works as it should!

 

[Jhenson29]

What about the front trunk ? Does the hand gesture ever work for unlocking it for anyone ?

See video here:

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/comfort-access-hood-opening…nailed-it.5900/

 

[DerekS]

These cars are not made equal. I tried that for a while too and that gave me about the same level of success. So far, the OP method after about 3 days has worked every single time. Hopefully it will continue to do so. Glad yours works as it should!

I would argue something is broken then. I'd take it to the dealership, show them this video, and demand they fix it.

This design has been in use for a while on other Porsches. You could try locking other cars at the dealership to see if it's just your car or something magic about your finger.

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