If you have a base Sport with manual locks, you'll have to lock the cargo area from outside. If you have power locks, you can use the lock button on the door (not the fob). I was able to lock my wife's JLU this morning with us inside that way.How would I lock the doors from inside if I have the key inside with me and the engine isn't running? It just beeps at me and won't lock. I can manually flip the levers on the 4 doors but this won't lock the rear cargo door.
You might not have explained what you're trying to do in your original post. You can certainly lock the doors while sitting inside and the engine off. However, if you open the door, lock it and exit the vehicle with the fob left inside it will beep and unlock the doors. It's a safety feature so people cannot accidentally lock themselves out.I'll have to try this! If it works it would be very easy to do.
You cannot lock the doors while you’re asleep in the back with the engine off. That’s the problem. You have to hide the key signal to get it to lock.You might not have explained what you're trying to do in your original post. You can certainly lock the doors while sitting inside and the engine off. However, if you open the door, lock it and exit the vehicle with the fob left inside it will beep and unlock the doors. It's a safety feature so people cannot accidentally lock themselves out.
The foil trick should work in that scenario but be sure you have a backup key or subscribe the SiriusXM Guardian service, where you can use your phone to unlock it.
I wonder why some JLUs are different? I experimented with this after coming back from the store earlier today. I parked in front of the house, turned off my wife's JLU, and hit the lock button on the door. The doors locked with me and the fob still inside. Then I unlocked them with the button, and hit the lock button on the fob. It also locked, and activated the alarm, while I was sitting inside it.You cannot lock the doors while you’re asleep in the back with the engine off. That’s the problem. You have to hide the key signal to get it to lock.
My 2020 Sahara lets me lock the doors from inside when I sleep in the back. With both fobs with me, unshielded.You cannot lock the doors while you’re asleep in the back with the engine off. That’s the problem. You have to hide the key signal to get it to lock.
When I travel I carry both keys and I keep careful control of them.You might not have explained what you're trying to do in your original post. You can certainly lock the doors while sitting inside and the engine off. However, if you open the door, lock it and exit the vehicle with the fob left inside it will beep and unlock the doors. It's a safety feature so people cannot accidentally lock themselves out.
Maybe you don't have the remote proximity package? I believe if not then this would be possible.I wonder why some JLUs are different? I experimented with this after coming back from the store earlier today. I parked in front of the house, turned off my wife's JLU, and hit the lock button on the door. The doors locked with me and the fob still inside. Then I unlocked them with the button, and hit the lock button on the fob. It also locked, and activated the alarm, while I was sitting inside it.
@txj2goWhen I travel I carry both keys and I keep careful control of them.
In May I took a solo trip and slept in the back of the jeep 6 nights. Each night I was way out there by myself so no worries about someone coming up on my and opening a door. But I might occasionally need to stay at a roadside rest stop or Walmart parking lot, someplace where I would want all doors locked. I forget how I tried it in May- I was in the back and tried locking the doors. The car beeped funny and wouldn't lock the doors. I don't remember if I was pushing buttons on the doors or on the fob.