Proximity Locking
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No. I miss that feature. I had it on my last car. I got used to just getting out and walking away, assured that the car would lock itself. I had to get used to doing this "manually".
One thing the GLE will do is automatic "re-locking". If you unlock the car using the SmartKey but don't get in, the car will re-lock itself in 40 seconds.
One thing the GLE will do is automatic "re-locking". If you unlock the car using the SmartKey but don't get in, the car will re-lock itself in 40 seconds.
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I never tested that, but i doubt it. I remember two or three times (in 7 years) it didn't detect the key inside and locked it in. I think the key was underneath something. Luckily, each time the car was in the garage, so I had access to the second key. I was always afraid this would happen at a gas station, so I'd always lower the passenger window when I pumped gas.
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if it won't detect a passenger inside, that's probably why they won't let it lock and arm based on walking away. in my dealings with German companies, they pretty much always had a reason for doing something; not that they always made sense. 
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Like having to press and hold the rear hatch closing button for the entire duration of it closing. They don't trust you to have enough sense to check and see if someone is in the opening.
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and cadman, the hold is for the driver door remote switch. ron
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I see. I don't think that I've ever tried closing it that way. On our VW, when you closed from the cockpit, there was an audible beep that accompanied the closing.
Come to think of it, doesn't the MB do the audible thing ALL the time? That seems like a pretty acceptable "notice" to me, unless your deaf. That could be one argument for NOT allowing close from the cockpit...
Come to think of it, doesn't the MB do the audible thing ALL the time? That seems like a pretty acceptable "notice" to me, unless your deaf. That could be one argument for NOT allowing close from the cockpit...
