[minivan]

Has anybody worry about people nearby open the tailgate, open the slide door, or unlock the car when you are like 4 or 5 feet nearby? i cant believe my wife can do all these without the key with her and by just me standing about 5 feet.
i was wondering if there is a sensor adjusting to make it like not allow other people to access the car wothout the car or me nearby?

 

[generaltso]

Has anybody worry about people nearby open the tailgate, open the slide door, or unlock the car when you are like 4 or 5 feet nearby?

Honestly, no I haven't worried about this at all. When would this be an issue? Is somebody going to try to steal something from your car while you're a few feet away?

 

[BrettP]

Has anybody worry about people nearby open the tailgate, open the slide door, or unlock the car when you are like 4 or 5 feet nearby? i cant believe my wife can do all these without the key with her and by just me standing about 5 feet.

Minivan - What are your current settings for passive entry, etc. Some settings have "driver" or "ALL" selections. My Pacifica used to work exactly as you describe and I didn't like it either but now the settings have changed such that I can get in on the driver's side by touching the door handle but my wife's side won't unlock for her when she touches the passenger side door handle unless she ALSO has her keyFOB with her. We generally both carry our keyFOBs with us now because she finds it irritating (because increased security IS irritating until you need it) when I just walk up to the driver's door and it unlocks for me but she has to wait until I manually unlock her door...unless she also has her keyFOB and then she just touches the passenger door handle and it unlocks too. I've been meaning to play around with the settings to see how I enabled this mode but haven't had time or forget until it happens again. It sounds to me like we need to swap settings.

 

[minivan]

I'll try that and see if it helps. thanks

 

[minivan]

its for security purpose. you never know.

 

[MoPacifica]

Honestly, no I haven't worried about this at all. When would this be an issue? Is somebody going to try to steal something from your car while you're a few feet away?

I wouldn't put it past some people to look for busy moms in parking lots with vans/suvs who are busy loading their kids on one side of the vehicle, leaving the other side exposed for a quick grab of the purse or something. I thought of this when we bought the van and were shown that as long as the whole van isn't unlocked, the opposite side of the van will stay locked.

 

[BrettP]

I wouldn't put it past some people to look for busy moms in parking lots with vans/suvs who are busy loading their kids on one side of the vehicle, leaving the other side exposed for a quick grab of the purse or something. I thought of this when we bought the van and were shown that as long as the whole van isn't unlocked, the opposite side of the van will stay locked.

Exactly! That's actually "a thing" where I live. Women (sometimes men) are filling up with gas and someone sneaks up along the passenger side looking in windows then quickly opens the door and grabs a purse, laptop, wallet, smartphone, briefcase (a dog in one case) from the passenger seat and takes off to a nearby getaway car strategically sitting on the far side of your vehicle that speeds away. Even if you hear them or see them open the door they are long gone before you can possibly run all the way around your own car to stop them. It's like your own vehicle just did a basketball "pick" on you and, in our case, our keyFOB would be complicitous in the theft actually unlocking the door as they try the handle. I suppose this is what "driver only" modes are meant to combat.

 

[Rogus]

We generally both carry our keyFOBs with us now...

Assuming you have personalized your fobs, is the system sensitive enough to tell which of you is the driver? I guess it just connects to the fob that is with the person that touches the driver's side door handle?

 

[BrettP]

Assuming you have personalized your fobs, is the system sensitive enough to tell which of you is the driver? I guess it just connects to the fob that is with the person that touches the driver's side door handle?

You know, after all this time I really don't know which FOB it follows when both are present. It seems kind of random at times but perhaps it's just which one approaches the van first. I want to return the FOBs to pre-personalized behavior because it's my wife's van and her daily driver so if I'm in it she's usually there too so she gets to be "radio master". I really don't need my own radio settings (never knowing which one will select anyway) and I'm in the habit of just hitting the #2 button on the door as I get in to select my seat settings. I get to be #1 in most things but I am definitely seat setting #2 in HER van.

 

[Gohawks1224]

Has anybody worry about people nearby open the tailgate, open the slide door, or unlock the car when you are like 4 or 5 feet nearby? i cant believe my wife can do all these without the key with her and by just me standing about 5 feet.
i was wondering if there is a sensor adjusting to make it like not allow other people to access the car wothout the car or me nearby?

It works like NFC (near field communication) and not like Bluetooth in the sense of distance requirements... which means you have to be RIGHT at the door for it to work. Ever wonder how Kia Sedona's keyless liftgate doesnt work while you are sitting up front in the driver seat?

So, unless someone is right at your door...