Bronco auto lock

[mdepll]

Does the truck lock automatically? Sorry if I missed this. I in locked from inside house today and went out to get something. I thought doors would lock automatically after a period of time. Can someone explain how this works ?

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[Ducati1098]

There is no auto lock. Nothing will automatically lock after a period of time. You have to physically lock it with the fob or door lock switch.
The only auto lock the Bronco is capable of, is automatically locking the doors after you start driving.

 

[Moto26]

There is no auto lock. Nothing will automatically lock after a period of time. You have to physically lock it with the fob or door lock switch.
The only auto lock the Bronco is capable of, is automatically locking the doors after you start driving.

And it's incapable of unlocking itself if the engine is running, even when you put it in park. I am reminded of that every time I pick up the kids from school...

 

[Jayalamo]

And it's incapable of unlocking itself if the engine is running, even when you put it in park. I am reminded of that every time I pick up the kids from school...

I think there’s a setting to change that. It’s the inhibit locking or something similar that prevents from unlocking from inside. I guess some sort of child lock

 

[Moto26]

I think there’s a setting to change that. It’s the inhibit locking or something similar that prevents from unlocking from inside. I guess some sort of child lock

Probably in Forscan, but I haven’t been able to find anything in the standard settings to change it…?

 

[Jayalamo]

Probably in Forscan, but I haven’t been able to find anything in the standard settings to change it…?

Wasn’t in forscan I’ve seen it in the settings. I’ll try to find it and send a pic.

 

[Jayalamo]

Probably in Forscan, but I haven’t been able to find anything in the standard settings to change it…?

 

[joeb]

I can open the door when I am in drive or reverse ( from inside / after doors auto lock ) . Came that way

 

[Moto26]

So what I'm talking about is being able to open the doors from the outside.

When you come to a stop and put the vehicle in park with the engine running, the doors stay locked from the outside (even though I never locked them in the first place, the car did that). So when my kids walk up to the car and try to open the door, it's locked and I have to unlock it manually. Then, since I normally drive my truck, I have to remember where the hell the lock switches are. It gets me every time. I only drive the Bronco occasionally because it's my wife's DD, so even though both of our vehicles are Fords, and only 4 model years apart, everything is completely different from one to the other.

I would prefer a setting that if you put the thing in park, the doors will automatically unlock themselves, just as they locked themselves when I started moving...

 

[joeb]

Awww. Ok

 

[AZ_Liberty]

The car auto-locks once you are driving at about 7 miles an hour. Fortunately you can turn that off (unlike my wife's F-150).

It does not lock itself while parked. What an awful thought.

 

[jarod7736]

Mine will lock the drivers side door if the key is in the truck, and I get out. From what I can tell the passenger and rear doors don't lock. I've seen this happen on mine AND the Off Roadeo Bronco.

 

[Moto26]

Yeah, I double-checked the menu in the hopes that maybe there had been an OTA update I missed, and it's the same stuff.

There are several settings to ensure that you can get out of the Bronco from any seat, but no way to get into the passenger or rear seats if the engine is running without either opening the driver's door or unlocking with the buttons.

My wife reminded me that this happens dropping off the kids as well. She pulls up to the drive line and stops. Kid gets out of the front passenger seat and needs to get their backpack from the rear seat. They end up knocking on the rear window because the rear door is still locked, and you have to unlock it manually.

Now, this only takes a couple of seconds, so no big deal in the grand scheme of things, right? Of course not. But it's just annoying and 100% unnecessary, like so many other little quirks on the Bronco. And I'm sure it's all because of the damn lawyers...

 

[Jayalamo]

Yeah, I double-checked the menu in the hopes that maybe there had been an OTA update I missed, and it's the same stuff.

There are several settings to ensure that you can get out of the Bronco from any seat, but no way to get into the passenger or rear seats if the engine is running without either opening the driver's door or unlocking with the buttons.

My wife reminded me that this happens dropping off the kids as well. She pulls up to the drive line and stops. Kid gets out of the front passenger seat and needs to get their backpack from the rear seat. They end up knocking on the rear window because the rear door is still locked, and you have to unlock it manually.

Now, this only takes a couple of seconds, so no big deal in the grand scheme of things, right? Of course not. But it's just annoying and 100% unnecessary, like so many other little quirks on the Bronco. And I'm sure it's all because of the damn lawyers...

There may be another setting where the locks only unlock driver side and not others. Could worth a look outside of that idk. Sounds weird to be designed that way. I have a 2 door so can’t confirm about 4 door locks.

 

[Jawaburger]

So what I'm talking about is being able to open the doors from the outside.

When you come to a stop and put the vehicle in park with the engine running, the doors stay locked from the outside (even though I never locked them in the first place, the car did that). So when my kids walk up to the car and try to open the door, it's locked and I have to unlock it manually. Then, since I normally drive my truck, I have to remember where the hell the lock switches are. It gets me every time. I only drive the Bronco occasionally because it's my wife's DD, so even though both of our vehicles are Fords, and only 4 model years apart, everything is completely different from one to the other.

I would prefer a setting that if you put the thing in park, the doors will automatically unlock themselves, just as they locked themselves when I started moving...

Yikes, I am glad that is not a setting. Doesn't sound very safe to me.

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