Yacht Master

More for the Lexus crowd, they lead in, death by keyless

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...0372&#41640372

Hellzno

sad story but they did forget to turn off car.

Yacht Master

That is what I understand, they could not hear (or tell) the car was running.
Those Lexus cars are pretty quiet and I guess they don't shut off when the fob is out of range.

skratch77

Do are cars shut off ? I always push the start button to shut it down everytime I park it.I never thought once to just put the car in park and walk away.

Just tap the button real quick and its off.

220S

Sorry to hear about those folks. That's sad.

But I wonder if they wouldn't possibly forget to take the key out of the ignition either (only thing different would be if they had house keys attached to the car key ring.)

When I first started using KG cars I quickly learned that pushing the on/off button was the same as removing a physical key in the ignition. We all learn to remove keys and we all learn to push the button; it's the same quick learning pattern and same reflex. You either put key in ignition and turn it on/off or you push the button and turn it on/off.

p.s., also a good reminder to install CO detectors in the home.

jpohl402

the keyless go on Mercedes will keep running until car is turned off or runs out of gas (with no key of course.)
the car could be kept alive for two weeks as long as gas is added & never turned off.
bentley continental's are the same way.
however the new Nissan's will beep after about a min or two, reminding you the key is not present then they will shut off !!

Tom_Boy

YIKES... Thought cars were running much cleaner now. Guess not the case any more!

Rust bucket

Sad story its not the cars fault the user didn't turn the car off.

Jakpro1

Heh heh, best part of the E55.....OH you know it's running.

http://www.radioandtv.cc/audio/CamLope.wmv

cal1

I wonder how many times the same exact thing has happened only the idling car was left with the keys in it.

Peter_02AMG

I loan my sister my car but I forgot to give her the key fod..she drove 17 miles before it shut down in the middle of nowhere. she was new in town and it took me 2hr to find her.
I once went to lunch and forgot to turn off the car, came back 2 hr later and found it was still running. My E63 is so quiet out side during the day that if you're distracted by talking to someone or on the phone that you will forget it still running. I don't understand why they don't make the car shut down if the key fod is out of range.

KLR CLS

I am sorry, but I feel nothing at the loss of people who can't understand the need to shut off a car when they park it. How is pushing a button when you stop and park any different than pulling the key out????

This is whats wrong with the world. People take no responsibility for their actions. Yes......this is the manufacturers fault, not the idiots who just stop their car and walk away...Only solution BAN THE KEYLESS GO!

I say BAN THE IDIOTS!

Hyperlite

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+1

Jycke

My volvo V50 (no flaming :P ) started having this nasty noise if i stepped out and shut the door with the key in my pocket and engine running. All manufacturers should do something like that.

cal1

I always wondered what would happen if I got car-jacked and watched my car drive away while I was left road side with the key fob in my pocket. I never thought they would get far.

jpohl402

as I stated earlier, car will keep running....

mikey33

+1

They can buy the car without keyless go I'm sure, and most of the people are old and I figure it would happen either way because they forget easily.

shooter

Very sad indeed. But it seems that personal responsibility is sometimes forgotten.

Funny thing I did after I first got my E63 a few months back, I parked my truck, threw it in Park, opened the door, locked the doors and hopped out, slamming the door. Then I thought to myself, why is my truck still running???? Oh yeah, forgot to turn it off. I'd been so used to not grabbing a key I just didn't. Thankfully my rear sliding window wasn't locked and my skinny buddy could crawl through.

03'55AMG

They should make a deadswitch

02S430

+1 hate to say it but these people dont know how to use the technology correctly and now there going try to make $$ off their mistake/responsibility of not turning off the car, whats next people trying to sue cause the car ran them over cause they got out and forgot to put it in park?

FASN8N

I agree. Unfortunately, common sense is not common

golfster

Hmmmmm....now wondering if I remembered to press the button when I parked my car earlier today. MY fault if I didn't.

sack5000

Pushing the button to stop the car is easy but I have frequently left the car running and only realized it when I was unable to lock the doors by pushing the button on the door handle. In the garage well it seems anyone would hear the car running.

This is not such an easy fix because the activation/deactivation of the safety feature is not that easy. Lots of people sit with the car running, if the car turns off every two minutes and has to be restarted, people will ***** about that.

mikey33

Why not make a timer that can be set at an amount of time before shut-off and the option to turn that timer off? Just one idea

02S430

should make the timer start after the car detects no one in the seat just like in some cars it naggs you to put your seat belt on when the weight is detected