Another Audi feature

[Ti Kan]

LL - NY writes:
> Ditto on Mom's 2001.5 Passat. Dumb feature IMHO, and Mark, sorry about your
> Dad.
> 
> FWIW, my 95.5 UrS will lock itself if you unlock the door with the remote
> but don't actually open either any door or the trunk. I haven't timed how
> long it takes, but it can be annoying. I don't know
> why marketing/engineering think that the decisions of the owner/operators
> need to be automated,
> it's like Microsoft all over again. :-(

The reasoning is not that the car wants to disobey your command.
It's in case somehow the car unlocks after receiving a stray signal.
Rather than have the car sit unlocked, it will re-lock itself after
a delay if the owner isn't actually there to enter the car.

-Ti