Fob Locked Inside

[Jgwram]

My recently purchased 2022 Big Horn allows me to lock the key fob inside. My friends's 2021 will not allow the fob to be locked inside. That is what I want. How do I program the vehicle to NOT allow the key to be accidently locked inside?

 

[Derlant1983]

Does your truck lock by pushing the button on the door handle and unlock by grabbing the door handle. Without that key sensing system i don’t think the truck can tell where the key is.

 

[Nsleone]

My recently purchased 2022 Big Horn allows me to lock the key fob inside. My friends's 2021 will not allow the fob to be locked inside. That is what I want. How do I program the vehicle to NOT allow the key to be accidently locked inside?

I could be wrong but I think all the trucks have that functionality. If it’s not working on your truck I’d take it to the dealer to have it looked at.

Does your truck lock by pushing the button on the door handle and unlock by grabbing the door handle. Without that key sensing system i don’t think the truck can tell where the key is.

My 2020 big horn has that functionality and it does not have keyless entry so that shouldn’t matter.

 

[HSKR R/T]

My recently purchased 2022 Big Horn allows me to lock the key fob inside. My friends's 2021 will not allow the fob to be locked inside. That is what I want. How do I program the vehicle to NOT allow the key to be accidently locked inside?

If you manually push the lock down, I don't think it matters, like it a pet or child is inside the cab. It should prevent you from using the switches to lock doors though.

 

[Jimmy07]

My recently purchased 2022 Big Horn allows me to lock the key fob inside. My friends's 2021 will not allow the fob to be locked inside. That is what I want. How do I program the vehicle to NOT allow the key to be accidently locked inside?

Is yours a 5th gen 1500, or a 4th gen classic?
All 5th gen 1500’s (unless it’s a tradesman with manual door locks) will not allow the fob to be locked in the truck. If the fob is inside the truck, and you lock the doors with the door lock switch, they will lock, but as soon as you close the door the horn will honk three times and the doors will automatically unlock.

If you push down the door lock knobs manually on all the doors, then the fob will be locked in.

If you try to lock the fob in the truck by using the door lock switch three times in a row, the doors will stay locked on the third attempt.

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

Yea, my 21 won't let the door lock with the fob inside. I assume the sensor in the seat needs pressure on it so it knows you are in the truck.

 

[Jimmy07]

Yea, my 21 won't let the door lock with the fob inside. I assume the sensor in the seat needs pressure on it so it knows you are in the truck.

No, there are 4 antennas. Two that sense when the fob is inside the truck, and two that sense when it is outside the truck.

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

No, there are 4 antennas. Two that sense when the fob is inside the truck, and two that sense when it is outside the truck.

Then how does it let the door lock when you are in the truck with the fob but not when the fob is in the truck and you are not?

 

[Jimmy07]

Then how does it let the door lock when you are in the truck with the fob but not when the fob is in the truck and you are not?

Get in the truck and close the door.
Remain in the seat with the fob inside the truck.
Open the driver door.
Remain in the driver seat.
Press the lock button on the master door switch.
Remain in the driver seat.
Shut the driver door.
Report back the behavior you experience.

 

[6of36]

My recently purchased 2022 Big Horn allows me to lock the key fob inside. My friends's 2021 will not allow the fob to be locked inside. That is what I want. How do I program the vehicle to NOT allow the key to be accidently locked inside?

Are you just opening the door, tossing in the key, and locking, or are you driving, getting out , but leaving the fob inside, and locking? It makes a difference.

 

[vincentw56]

Does your truck lock by pushing the button on the door handle and unlock by grabbing the door handle. Without that key sensing system i don’t think the truck can tell where the key is.

Not true. My 2020 wouldn't let me lock it with the key in even before I installed the passive entry.

 

[fast ed]

Not true. My 2020 wouldn't let me lock it with the key in even before I installed the passive entry.

if you leave the key fob in the vehicle, you can lock doors with second key fob. My 22 longhorn works like that.

 

[Trippi]

if you leave the key fob in the vehicle, you can lock doors with second key fob. My 22 longhorn works like that.

how is that possible? I have at times unknowingly had 2 fobs in the vehicle. Get out and lock - truck will beep and not lock because there is still a fob in the truck. Jeep Cherokee does the same thing.

 

[Jimmy07]

how is that possible? I have at times unknowingly had 2 fobs in the vehicle. Get out and lock - truck will beep and not lock because there is still a fob in the truck. Jeep Cherokee does the same thing.

One fob inside the vehicle, and one outside the vehicle. As long as the antennas sense a valid fob outside the cabin, it’ll allow the doors to remain locked.

 

[FLiPMaRC]

One fob inside the vehicle, and one outside the vehicle. As long as the antennas sense a valid fob outside the cabin, it’ll allow the doors to remain locked.

Yes it has happened to me. I left my fob in my jacket in the backseat. My wife had hers on her. The truck allowed me to lock the doors via the lock button on the door handle. I didn't notice until the next morning.

 

[fast ed]

Yes it has happened to me. I left my fob in my jacket in the backseat. My wife had hers on her. The truck allowed me to lock the doors via the lock button on the door handle. I didn't notice until the next morning.

like I originally said as long as there is a key fob outside you can still lock with the first fob inside

 

[eagle2x]

I have a 2022 1500 Limited. In the last few months, we've locked a fob in the truck 6 times! Previously, I was the only that used it and it never happened to me but I also never leave the keys in the truck. Now with 3 cars for 4 drivers in our family, we're constantly shuffling keys/drivers/cars. My teenage son locked the fob in the truck a few times (he goes to the ocean and comes back quickly so he leaves the keys in the car). Then it happened to my wife. I figured they were both doing something unusual and wrong. But then it happened to me! The truck somehow lo locked itself after I left the truck for a few minutes. What is going on? It seems like it has happened to both key fobs that we have owned so I don't think it's one faulty fob (but I still need to experiment with this to confirm). In all of the other cars that I've owned in the last decade, locking the fob in the car is impossible.

 

[eagle2x]

Let me add, when this has happened, it has been within a few miles of our house. So our solution has been to have another driver bring over the other key fob. But if I wasn't near home, this would be a disaster. Obviously if we never left the keys in the truck this wouldn't be an issue (and we shouldn't) but something is definitely off.

 

[HSKR R/T]

I have a 2022 1500 Limited. In the last few months, we've locked a fob in the truck 6 times! Previously, I was the only that used it and it never happened to me but I also never leave the keys in the truck. Now with 3 cars for 4 drivers in our family, we're constantly shuffling keys/drivers/cars. My teenage son locked the fob in the truck a few times (he goes to the ocean and comes back quickly so he leaves the keys in the car). Then it happened to my wife. I figured they were both doing something unusual and wrong. But then it happened to me! The truck somehow lo locked itself after I left the truck for a few minutes. What is going on? It seems like it has happened to both key fobs that we have owned so I don't think it's one faulty fob (but I still need to experiment with this to confirm). In all of the other cars that I've owned in the last decade, locking the fob in the car is impossible.

You can absolutely lock a fob in the vehicle, but it will not automatically lock the doors without pushing a button on the fob, using proximity button on door handle manually locking doors using switch on door, or through the app. I'm guessing you, or they, are hitting the lock button when exiting the truck.

 

[2025 Ram Limited]

Let me add, when this has happened, it has been within a few miles of our house. So our solution has been to have another driver bring over the other key fob. But if I wasn't near home, this would be a disaster. Obviously if we never left the keys in the truck this wouldn't be an issue (and we shouldn't) but something is definitely off.

Another reason why I want the functionality back on my phone. that way I have a way to unlock and lock it but mostly for remote start.