If I walk away from car whils ot is running and have the keys with me it makes several loud beeps - is this designed to stop me not locking whilst leaving car?
Strange! I sometimes pick up my wife, leave the car 'running' in P, unlock seatbelt, get out with the key in my pocket and open the boot. No beeps at all :o. Get in again, lock seatbelt, put it in D and off we go.
If I walk away from car whils ot is running and have the keys with me it makes several loud beeps - is this designed to stop me not locking whilst leaving car?
It’s to help prevent the law being broken. It’s illegal to leave a car unattended with the engine running on a public highway (although that particular law hasn’t yet caught up with the advent of hybrids where the car’s powered up but the engine isn’t necessarily running). The car doesn’t know if there’s anyone else in the car or whether it’s on a public road, so you’re getting a warning. And I suspect your insurance company would take a dim view of leaving a car unlocked.
I tried this on mine yesterday just to check, I left the engine running, got out and shut the door, it gave me the warning beeps so was ok, however the beeps themselves are not very loud so could be missed in a noisy area. Would be a better option for the car to sound the horn.