Hi all.

 

I have a 2023 Octavia VRS Phev and have had the usual software bugs and gremlins over the years. Something I have only started to notice recently however is that I’ll often find that the car is unlocked, sometimes having been so all night. And yet at other times, when I want it to remain unlocked (while I am washing it for example) it will keep on locking itself, despite me repeatedly unlocking it again.

 

I know all about the key not being kept too close to the car etc etc, and I know for fact that I am not forgetting to lock it when I walk away. I have been driving for more than 25 years now and locking a car is just something you do without even thinking about it.

 

Does anyone else have this issue at all, or shall I just chalk it up to being another one of my cars quirks?

I've known mine to lock/unlock as I'm washing it if I have the key on me, take the key away though and it stops.

The only other time I've experienced this was after my MOT last year, when for a day afterwards my car would unlock itself and the alarm would trigger. Went away on its own though after a day and I put it down to maybe they'd disconnected the battery or something during its MOT and not reconnected it correctly?

Not sure. But worth checking on the health of your 12v battery I'd say.

Good shout.

It has just had a service and MOT as it happens so maybe connected to that…