3:15 for the solution. Basically 1) start the car (from inside) 2) lock the car (from inside) 3) use your hand to manually unlock the door at the lock (not using the switch to unlock the entire car) 4) step outside of the vehicle w/ the smart key in hand 5) close the door 6) take out the physical key from your smart key 7) use the physical key to lock the door

I do it the other way... open the drivers door Window completely, get out, close the door, hit the lock button on the inside of the door, then pull the window switch so the window will close. Make sure you have the key on you though... otherwise you'll be breaking in into your own vehicle 😂

Great to know, I’ve been avoiding making stops on my way home with my dog (he comes to work with me) to get gas or run a quick errand like dropping something off at the post office because I was so afraid of leaving my car on and unlocked with him in it and also leaving him in the car without AC at all, but now I can make those quick stops!

Thank you so much. Toyota told me there was no way to do it. At dog shows, occasionally I need to leave the car running with the AC on for my dog. If I installed remote start, it would only run for 10 minutes. This is the solution I needed.

Amazing how something so simple can be the solution! I wished I would’ve known this sooner, I’ve moved twice this past summer with my cat and every time I went inside a building it was a hard to consciously have to keep the doors unlocked so he can stay inside with the air conditioning on. This is a lifesaver!

I’m driving to New Orleans tomorrow, but accidentally got my iPhone sent to Baton Rouge. I need to leave the air on for my small dogs that are coming with me so this is beyond helpful and you’re a life saver. Thanks so much!

Dang I wish I found you sooner! I could have saved my hubby a lot of cold mornings on the way to work. Thank you!!

what I have been doing is roll down window, get out of car, shut door, reach in window and lock car then roll up window. still need the manual key to open. your way seems easier. thanks.

You are a life saver. I get up for work at 5 am and need to warm my car up but can't because I don't live in the best area and don't want to leave my car unlocked while running. I did exactly what you said and it worked. Thanks again❤

Thank you ! Impressive . I learn something new today . I need to have my car running in cold weather while I do quick in-out to pick up staff. Thank you

My 2017 Altima will shut off once you put it in drive if the key is not close to it. I wish they made the other brand of cars like that!! This was definitely a helpful video. Thank you!!

I drove my mom to her appointments and sometimes need to leave her in car for a few minutes... lifesaver cause... it's hot in Texas! Lol

Having just got a Highlander coming from a 2010 vehicle these are some of the little things I'm missing from my old car. I frequently had my old car running (heat or AC) and wanting to have the door locked. Usually, it's because I'm sitting in the vehicle with my kid waiting for someone i.e. my wife running into a store for 5 or 10 mins. Locking the door was a habit for safety reasons. Perhaps I was in a semi sketchy area and didn't want someone unexpectedly just coming and opening my door. Then when my wife or whomever would return I'll unlock the door for them. Whatever, the case there are many reasons why someone might want to do it though I can understand and see the argument that well the smart key is in the car and this is a safety mechanism so you don't lock your key in the car, fair point. Then, at the very least you should be able to lock the car while running if it detects the key is outside the car.

Thank you so much! I need this for quick bathroom breaks when I have my dogs with me and it’s hot.

Thanks for the heads up. Bought a new Toyota Tundra and couldn't find info on how to do this.

So helpful! I was so confused when i left my car running and came out to find someone sitting in my driver’s side! I thought it was locked. After watching ur video I better understand my car. Thank you

Thank you! Worked perfectly on 2019 Honda Passport!!

At about 2:48 you mentioned "remote start". Do any of the Highlander models have remote start?

Thanks for the video! I should’ve realized that I could do this but I gave up trying to find out how lol. It sucks we have to do so many steps but at least we found something that work😆

What a hassle though. What can’t Toyota just let us lock it once we are out. It’s dumb

@Steven Welch Good Day, will it Automatically go back to its DEFAULT SETTING once you TURN THE ENGINE OFF?

Very helpful video! Thank you!

Thanks for the info bro.. that’s my problem too in my 4 runner specially now it’s winter time. 👍👍👋👋

there is a simple solution for this problem .Just go to your local dollar tree and but a bike lock with the vinyl cable .Costs about $4 .Keep the lock in your center console and whenever you make a stop for a few minutes .,just lock your steering wheel to your interior passenger door handle .This way you can leave the car running with the doors unlocked .A thief might be able to get in ,but he wont be able to drive off .It will take him at least 5 minutes to cut through the bike cable lock .By that time you will be back .Just dont leave any valuables in the car and you are good to go .I do it all the time .

Great tutorial. Unfortunately it didn't work for my Mercedes. Great video either way.

Many thanks for your helpful videos Steven 👍👍👍

Thanx so much for this video now I can take my grandpup with me on hot days shopping 😁

Thank you so much I didn't ever realize i had a key in my fob❤

Life saver! Thank you

Would it lock if you just got outside, closed the door and used the key fob lock button?

Can you explain how the auto relock timer works? Thanks Steven

Hi can you leave key fob in car and use the spare key fob to lock when outside

Thanks so much for this info.

I guess there's no way to do this if you have no physical key? I have a 2022 Corolla Cross. It came with two key fobs but no actual key

roll your window down- get out and close the door-- Reach the lock button on the inside while the car is running and pull the power window button all the way up to auto roll the window up from the outside, DONT FORGET YOUR KEY

Im a little confused. I understand this can be used to lock the door with the vehicle running. But can it actually be used to pen the door without killing the engine after you did a remote start? You mention that a couple of times but don’t explain it. Do I need to lock the door with the key too? Or just unlock it?

That is so lit it worked !!! Thank you !

🙏🏻OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!🙏🏻

Thank you!!! Life saver

I will give it a try, I have an older toyota that I am using to delivery foods. I need to keep it running when I grab food from restaurants.

This is useful. Thanks.

Thank you for this video :)

I tried this with a 4runner I just purchased when I walk away from vehicle it start beeping and the info screen tell me to shut off vehicle Is there away to keep it from beeping while I run back inside to fix my coffee for my commute

I don't understand why carmakers don't design it so the vehicle will not go into gear unless the key fob is inside the vehicle. I have an F150 and reprogrammed to do just that. Prior to me reprogramming it, anyone could take it without the fob in their possession. A simple example, I get out at a community mailbox to get my mail. If I leave the car running, anyone can take put it in gear and take it. It doesn't make sense to me that it is this way.

Nicely done!

Is there a way where I can lock the car using the smart lock (swiping my hand on the handle) while the car is running?

This could easly be fixed if the car just shut the engine of if it didnt have the signal from the remote control beeing in the car while you switches from parked mode.

Thank you. This is very helpful. But if you make it shorter.

Show us how to do this on a 2022 Volkswagen Taos SEL

is this for all vehicles? I have a 2016 honda crv

If I get a key cut to do this, would it require the chip?

I just purchased a 2016 Highlander and have never had push start/smart key before. When I stop to get gas, I always used to remove the key and lock my car doors while pumping so no one could open the passenger's side and grab my purse. With this Highlander, I can't figure out how to keep someone from using the smart key unlocking on the passenger side when I'm standing on the driver's side pumping gas. This trick didn't work for me with the car shut off. Is there anyway to disable the passenger side smart key unlock?

Had a 2007 Nissan altima that I uses to let run while the doors were locked... this is the dumbest thing ever, why can't I use my fob to lock my doors while the car is running... toyota needs to have an option to enable this feature

Ohh I did not know that. Good to know !

LOL speaking of remote start, DONT even try to promote that, when you could have locked the door in 1 second but used the remote or toyota app to lock the door that would take you up to 1-5 minutes depending on if you are under wifi or not. Even if you are under a very fast wifi(which in most cases you wont be under wifi because thats the point of remote) the app takes SUPER long to update status and make changes like lock/unlock doors, remote engine start, refresh vehicle status like the door. Only thing I find useful without waiting is the notification because I sometimes forget to lock my car door also when I need to go somewhere or have class in the winter/spring morning where my car is literally frozen up with layer of ice I could remotely start the vehicle and defrost it.

I tried this today on my 2021 Tacoma off road and I couldn't make it work....? Is there a setting I need to change? Thanks

Thank you!!!❤

WOW THANK YOU!!

In my 2013 Sentra I could just hop out with it running and lock it up with the fob... Whyyyyy did they get rid of this feature SMH

If you use the key to lock the car, will it run indefinitely or will it automatically shut off after a certain length of time?

I deliver for Door Dash. So often I only need 10-20 seconds to run up and drop an order off and I don't want the wear and tear on my starter from turning it off for such a short period of time. 2014 Honda Accord, and unable to lock it while running up to the door. But I don't want that hassle of having to pull the physical key out each time. That'll turn a 10-20 second thing into a 30-40 second event at every drop off, which adds up. They should just let us lock the door normally, I guarantee this has inconvenienced many times more people than it's "helped".

Will this work with push button start vehicles or just remote start?

@3:15 is when he shows you how to do it

Great 👍

I never got why smart key systems never let you lock the car when it’s running and when you step outside with the fob in hand, the car beeps, meaning the car KNOWS the key is outside the vehicle

Doesn't most new Toyotas have remote start using the key fob?

Thank you!

Thank you so much

I love that most of you guys also looked this up to keep your dogs air-conditioned when taking them on trips to the store lol

This would have worked perfect but my Kia doesn’t have the manual lock on the front doors. Just the push button. Darn!

Toyota needs to add doggie mood like Tesla

I did this with my Subaru and it activated anti-theft mode where even the manual key wouldn’t work to open the car. Has anyone else had this problem and come up with a solution to prevent the car from doing this?

Fyi, Toyota has an app you can use to start the car from practically anywhere. My girlfriend has it for hers and she was able to start the car from approximately 8.6 miles away.

Thanks for the video but enough with the cautioning dad just tell us how to use our cars please. Lol

Is very dumb, my infinity QX60, f150 limited, And my 2017 Pacifica all let me lock the door when engine is running, is 19 degree outside and snowing, I just go inside my house few minutes and want keep engine running but it won't let me lock the door

Take a shot every time this guy says the word caution

Thank you. Want to keep car running while dogs in car. This solved it. Stupid Toyota doesn’t let us do this in an easier fashion.

Thanks

As usual, a 1,000 mile journey for a SIP of water. OMG.

I just want to leave car running while locked for getting out quickly run in stores… without using a key

This freaked me out today but opposite problem. I left my car running to throw out some trash. I had my keys on me. My dog locked the car stepping on the button. Thankfully the window was down. The fob wouldn't unlock door. Luckily I could reach in. Seems stupid.

You have no idea how mad this is making me!!

Should have started with, “to make a short story long…..” 10 min video that could have been done in a min. 🤦‍♂️. Thanks for letting us know though how to do it though. 👌

So dumb. I have a 2013 Cmax hybrid. If I want to leave it running while going shopping or grabbing lunch, because I live in the desert where it's 100° most days, I just get out of the car close the door and press lock on my key fob. When I come back I can just open the door with the handle or press unlock on the key fob. Renting a RAV4 Prime for the weekend and was trying to figure out how to keep the car warmed up LOL

3:00 that doesn’t work. I don’t have a switch to unlock the door. If I push the button to unlock it does all. I can open the door without pushing the button but I can’t lock the car again

10 min vid for 10 seconds of content

I just with Toyota would let us lock the damn doors, it's -40 where I live so it's more than annoying.

Just get out with the car running and the driver window open. Close the door, lean in and lock door and then close window with window button. 60 second video - you are welcome

I have a 2016 toyota Scion IA and for some reason nothing works i've tried everyway and the only success i've had is with taking the battery out of my push to start key fob and only using the key and fob magnet to start my car. and stupid design: if my cars running and i throw the fob out the window or somthing i can drive as far as i want, as long as the car was already started 🤣 such a stupid car

It’s not so much that I want to keep the car RUNNING it’s that I fuxking hate the bullshit connecting to my phone and the volume blasting every time it connects after I push a million buttons

My manual key doesn’t work.

Really infuriating wish I still had a code on the door like my old car. 2024 I'd feel like a dork locking my car with a key

Toyota have the Stupidest ass design!!! they could just don’t let the person put it in drive Without the smart key with them ( Engine will shut off) how hard is that? 🤯

Now I can leave my guardian breed dog1 inside with AC on, & lock my SUV.

Tytyty!

Why is Toyota make this key fob so damn complicated

Why lexus not make lock the door while engine running!!! This is very stupid, all Nissan and Infiniti has this feature if you have intelligent key

good info but my god he does a lot of talking beforehand, dude we get it you don't wanna do it, but the reason we are here is to learn how so repeating yourself 50 times is just wasted time

You could just lock it with the key.

My nissan would allow me to simply get out , press lock, or press the button on the door, and walk away. WHILE RUNNING. Why can't toyota do that...