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kunaalsaigal · Newbie Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Posts: 6 Location: India

I got the delivery of my Fabia 1.2 TDI Ambiente last week. I am really enjoying discovering small advanced helpful features around the car. However there one thing that keeps bothering me, its central locking.

When engaged it locks all doors and the boot so that no one can open the doors from the outside of the car, however anyone can one the door from inside by pulling the door lever.

This is a little concerning.... while driving an occupant can open the door accidently disengaging the central locking.

Why is it designed this way? As per the dealer its a feature they have provided for emergency situations i.e the flood like situation where people could not open their centrally locked doors in time.

Is there no way we can alter this feature by using Autocop or something similar? Does anyone else feels the same way?

Regards,
Kunaal

admin

admin · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject:

After reading this I did some search in the manual and some experiment.

There is something called Safe Secure. Which means once the door is locked from outside it cannot be opened from inside (or outside). This is the default setting in the central locking system.

But if the lock button in the key is pressed twice within 5 sec, the Safe Secure is off - meaning the doors can be opened from inside. Also only the door which has been opened from inside can be opened from outside, others remain locked from outside.

Confusing but cool.

Also if the driver door is open, central lock cannot be enabled. But you can lock your key inside from the other doors. So be careful. Try this - open the rear door, press the lock button, close the door - all doors are locked. So if you drop the key inside in the process - god help you.
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kunaalsaigal · Newbie Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Posts: 6 Location: India

prachinsoparkar · Newbie Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 3 Location: Mumbai

HI Kunal

Were you abel to solve the issue.

even i Am looking for the solution if a child happesn to sit in the front seat.
how to lock the doors from inside.

thanks

kunaalsaigal · Newbie Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Posts: 6 Location: India

Unfortunately not Sad

.. made peace with the situation

anshu · Newbie Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 4 Location: India

hey did any1 find the solution to the lock problem? coz i have kids and my elder 1 lover 2 sit in the front with me and may someday accidentaly try n open the door!! does any1 know if something can be done abt this -- i have a 1.2 tdi ambiente!!
please help meout fast!!

hisundeep · Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2011 Posts: 37

Actually, this is a serious issue and the Vinayak Skoda Service @ Bangalore are clueless about it.

Once the car reaches 20 kmph, all the doors used to lock from inside and outside in my fabia. And i had to manually open the doors by pressing the 'Open' button in the central console.

While trying out the Safe Secure option, i de-activated this feature by turning the key anti-clockwise twice within 5 seconds. Now, these guys don't know how to activate this feature. The manual clearly says that to get it activated, one needs to visit the nearest Skoda Dealer.

I'm still in touch with Skoda to somehow get this fixed. I'll update if at all i'm successful.

k_ajay · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:22 pm Post subject:

Dileep · Newbie Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Posts: 1

viva1986 · Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2011 Posts: 13 Location: India

i picked this image from team-bhp.

once the child lock is set for a door, it can not be opened from inside. it can only be opened from outside.

if you have a little rascal.. he will figure out a way to lower the glass and open the door by himself Smile

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i think after pushing the button on the center console which locks the doors from outside then the second option will also be closed for the little buddy.
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aayushnair · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Posts: 39 Location: Mumbai

hisundeep · Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2011 Posts: 37

Thanks Ayush,

I was waiting for such reply for a ling time... Now, i'm pretty sure that it can be done and will force the technical guy to enable it in my car. It would be great if you could let me know when you got this activated. They might say that, its possible only on a previous version of VAS etc etc ... so, just wanted to make sure its possible and dont want to comeback without getting it turned ON, this time around.

-Sandeep

aayushnair · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Posts: 39 Location: Mumbai

admin · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:05 pm Post subject:

I am planning to get the VCDS and explore more the Fab once I get some free time. I am sure there are many features that are just switched offa nd can be activated via the VCDS.
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aayushnair · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Posts: 39 Location: Mumbai

aayushnair · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Posts: 39 Location: Mumbai

hisundeep · Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2011 Posts: 37

Hi Aayush, not at all..i got it right..

During my first service, last month, i again tried to make them aware of the featue and get it fixed. But still, they were not able to fix and the guy/technicain again told me that they dont have such option. I got fed up with Vinayaka Skoda, atleast, on this issue.. . Planning to get in touch with Tafe and see whether they can help me out.

I didnt have any recent updates after your comment and hence didn't comment Smile

Regards
-Sandeep.

hisundeep · Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2011 Posts: 37

Aayush,

Ya, i forgot to answer your question. Mine is Fabia Ambiente Mar2011 model - Petrol

aayushnair · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Posts: 39 Location: Mumbai