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SEAT Leon ST - Auto central locking - Silas Marner

Have just bought a new Seat, and discovered that the doors all lock when the car is travelling over about 6mph. Question: why? No one I've asked knows. Some suggest 'security' but then would it not be more logical to lock the doors when stationary. Like to see a robber/hijacker get in at 30mph.

SEAT Leon ST - Auto central locking - TedCrilly

And do the doors unlock themselves when you slow back down?

SEAT Leon ST - Auto central locking - Cyd
Excellent. You gave me a right giggle.

BUT, just in case it's a serious question
After an ignition cycle the car locks itself when the speeds rises above 5mphish. The car remains locked till it's unlocked by the occupant. Thus it is locked whenever stationary.
It's been a popular function in the US market since the late 80s.
SEAT Leon ST - Auto central locking - brum

Anti hijack locking is one of many programmable options. If you have maxidot, there is an option to disable it there or on some vag models its in the radio menu somewhere.

If you cant find it, simply take it to ayour nearest dealer who can disable it via diagnostics.

Other options you may be interested in enabling or disabling are listed in forums dedicated to this model. e.g remote fob single click all door unlocking or drivers only door unlocking.

Edited by brum on 16/10/2016 at 18:07

SEAT Leon ST - Auto central locking - Ian_SW

Anti hijack locking is set to 'on' as default (but can be switched of) on all Seats. I'm told it is because of a high rate of car jacking in Spain.

It also apparently automatically unlocks the doors if you crash and the airbags deploy, though I've not tested that....