[Loughla]

You wouldn't want to be able to open your car door if you lock your keys in it, without needing to worry about whether or not the locksmith is going to mess up your door?

It's a matter of good idea, bad implementation. They push for features, they push for ideas, they push for new, new, new, better, better, better.

But no one thinks about safety and security until something like this happens.

[saiya-jin]

no, I wouldn't. exactly because of f*uckups like these, that always come with features for lazy or stupid. if I ever, ever be forced to buy such pathetic excuse for a car, first thing I'll do is find sim card and burn it. next will be wi-fi module. heck, I'll even pay some garage to turn it off forever.

I am software engineer and that's why I don't want anybody messing up with crucial systems. It's so easy to break things, there were quite a few reports about horrible quality assurance processes in car manufacturers... just NO. I buy car, and I'll be happy with v1.0 of firmware, no updates, thank you

[shultays]

I would use the spare key. Maybe it is me but I don't trust my phone with my car.

[balabaster]

Have you accidentally locked a baby in the car in temperatures exceeding 90 or 100 degrees? Judging by the amount of times I hear this on the news, I can show you a whole market of people that find this useful. Calling a locksmith or someone that can break into your car takes time as well as being concerned about potential cosmetic damage. If OnStar can open your car remotely with a single phone call inside of a minute to save a helpless child from being cooked, there's your market. "Will someone please think of the children..."

[glandium]

OnStart opening your care remotely requires more things in the car than preventing the car from locking if the key is inside in the first place would. By the way, I can't lock my car if the key is inside, and the car doesn't have a remote opening feature.

[realusername]

It should not be possible to lock the keys inside the car since you use the keys from the outside to lock it.

[lfowles]

On my (2009, no power locks) car, I manually toggle the lock after opening the door and close it. Locked. I did lock myself out of a 2009 car with power locks though, but only because I was borrowing it and no one knew the combo for the keypad.

Buuuuut... we're talking about OnStar remote access, so that's not very applicable. :)

[dangrossman]

I have never been in a car you can't lock from the inside.

[malka]

I have not seen a car where I can lock my key inside in... idk 10 years maybe ?

edit : I meant keys inside the car but no one inside.

[realusername]

Yeah, that's what I meant, the last car I was able to do this was a first model Peugeot 205 (25 years old now), even with a 20 year old model, it was already not possible.

[kofejnik]

One thing I can't understand: a $500 phone can unlock itself with my fingerprint, why can't a $50k car? I'd trust that a lot more than a minimum-wage phone operator somewhere.