Motor home doors locking by themselves.

Alancook replied on 15/11/2018 15:36

Posted on 15/11/2018 15:36

We have a 2018 Lunar Roadstar Ti. Lovely van but..

The doors (cab and habitation) lock themselves a couple of minutes after leaving the van. If you don’t have the key with you then you are in real problems. 

I see on other forums that this is not the first instance of this.

Does anyone have a solution to this please?

Many thanks

Tinwheeler replied on 15/11/2018 15:52

Posted on 15/11/2018 15:52

I’m not sure what your base vehicle is but this is usually a safeguard measure built in for delivery driver use.

You could secrete a spare key somewhere on the outside of the vehicle. This is what we've done but I'm not telling you where! It only needs to be the basic key to unlock the driver's door rather than the expensive chipped key.

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replied on 15/11/2018 16:14

Posted on 15/11/2018 16:14

Base is a Renault Master.

Does this help?

compass362 replied on 15/11/2018 16:20

Posted on 15/11/2018 16:20

Many years ago we had a 2004 Renault Scenic that used to lock all doors after several minutes if left without the ignition key in .

Depending on the manufacturer of the base unit it should be able to turn it off . πŸ‘

 

Randomcamper replied on 15/11/2018 16:26

Posted on 15/11/2018 16:26

I think the Lunar is on a Renault base....?

My FIL's Renault Captur does this  ( locks as you walk away with the key in your pocket)....

Does it lock if the key is still inside the vehicle as you walk away....?

A Nissan van we have in work ( I think Nissan & Renault are part of the same group now?) has keyless entry & go, but won't lock if the key is still in the vehicle.....

Alancook replied on 15/11/2018 18:51

Posted on 15/11/2018 18:51

Hi all and thanks for your posts.

Yes, it is a Renault base. Unfortunately it does not have the master lock button.

It locks even when a key is left in the van.

Looks like hiding a key is the only option. Maybe just buy a cheap non chip version as suggested as both ours are chipped versions.

Have emailed Lunar but no response yet (strange they don’t offer a phone numberπŸ€”)

 

 

 

mickysf replied on 15/11/2018 19:07

Posted on 15/11/2018 15:52 by Tinwheeler

I’m not sure what your base vehicle is but this is usually a safeguard measure built in for delivery driver use.

You could secrete a spare key somewhere on the outside of the vehicle. This is what we've done but I'm not telling you where! It only needs to be the basic key to unlock the driver's door rather than the expensive chipped key.

Posted on 15/11/2018 19:07

We too, better still cheap as chips to get a hab door key cut. These are readily available from Timpsons and similar. Again, I'm not telling where it's secreted mind! I have taken a photo with my iPhone mind 'cos I doubt if I could even remember where it is! Belt and braces as they say!πŸ”‘

Tinwheeler replied on 15/11/2018 19:14

Posted on 15/11/2018 19:07 by mickysf

We too, better still cheap as chips to get a hab door key cut. These are readily available from Timpsons and similar. Again, I'm not telling where it's secreted mind! I have taken a photo with my iPhone mind 'cos I doubt if I could even remember where it is! Belt and braces as they say!πŸ”‘

Posted on 15/11/2018 19:14

Our unchipped cab door key came from Timpsons. Easily done in Tesco's car park.

We also got a spare fully chipped key at around 20% of the cost of a Peugeot one. πŸ‘πŸ»

mickysf replied on 15/11/2018 20:10

Posted on 15/11/2018 19:14 by Tinwheeler

Our unchipped cab door key came from Timpsons. Easily done in Tesco's car park.

We also got a spare fully chipped key at around 20% of the cost of a Peugeot one. πŸ‘πŸ»

Posted on 15/11/2018 20:10

Yes, you can even keep that other cheap chipped key somewhere hidden about the interior of the van. Just make sure it's kept out of range of the system. Keeping it in a small metal box I'm told can help security too but can't swear to this. Still need the hab key secreted on the outside mind.

Tinwheeler replied on 15/11/2018 20:16

Posted on 15/11/2018 20:10 by mickysf

Yes, you can even keep that other cheap chipped key somewhere hidden about the interior of the van. Just make sure it's kept out of range of the system. Keeping it in a small metal box can help security too. Still need the hab key secreted on the outside mind.

Posted on 15/11/2018 20:16

We find the foldable original key fouls on the driver's knee so use the replacement chipped key all the time for driving while the fob sits in the centre console. Both are then clipped together for dropping in a pocket after parking. Works for us.πŸ‘πŸ»

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