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Huwcil

Member Since: 08 Oct 2025
Location: Ceredigion, Wales
Posts: 15

Walk away locking issues

If you have this feature enabled it does come with some initially puzzling issues.
About a fortnight ago my daughter was to take the Defender away for a weekend trip. She had a key in the car and I had my key in my pocket. As I walked to the house her alarm went off with her and her husband inside. I returned and found her key would not then start the car and had a warning on the dash to say the key was disabled. So I left her with my working key and took the disabled one back to the house.

This was a mystery until today and the disabled key worked fine when they came home.

Today I found the answer because my wife and I had keys and I parked while she went to post stuff. As soon as she walked about 10 metres away the car locked, with me in the driving seat and the alarm went off. The penny dropped and I realised that her key had locked the car and when a key is locked inside it is disarmed and the alarm system is set. So to prevent this happening again, I went into Pivi settings and switched the walk-away locking off. It was a nuisance anyway. The walk-to unlocking was switched off long ago by me.

While I was at it I disabled the keyless entry. For the weekend we are going to stay in what may be a high crime area [Telford] so disabling keyless entry makes it far harder for any potential car thief. I’ll reinstate keyless entry next Tuesday when we arrive home.

The same things apply to Range Rovers as well.

10th Oct 2025 9:06pm

DrRob

Member Since: 29 Mar 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 274

I disabled all that malarkey on day 1 and rely solely on the fob buttons only 👌
Also use a Stop Lock on the steering wheel when visiting the city 🤣 MY25 90 D350 X-Dynamic HSE in Silicon Silver and coil sprung
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many Range Rovers and Land Rovers over the years 😂
1949 80" - still in family since 1975

I use www.glenrands.co.uk Great independent specialist!

11th Oct 2025 6:16pm

Huwcil

Member Since: 08 Oct 2025
Location: Ceredigion, Wales
Posts: 15

Just come back earlier this evening. A superb vehicle and it didn’t get stolen

350 miles and 37mpg from the quite heavily loaded D250 Defender 90. That’s near enough Honda CR-V economy when similarly loaded and driven on the same roads including down the M6 in traffic and back up on the M6 Toll road and the whole of the M54 both ways plus town driving around Telford, Warwick and Shrewsbury. Cross country from Shrewsbury to the West Wales coast and down the road 30 miles [both ways].

I did disable keyless entry and locking but will re-enable it tomorrow. Will probably not enable walk away locking ever but may try walk-to unlocking as this will be less annoying and more useful I think.
Here it is, unusually clean and parked outside a hotel at Telford.

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14th Oct 2025 10:10pm

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