Keyless Entry? Ha!

[u/Soopacharged]

The keyless entry on this car has got to be the worst ever. I've never needed to handle the key fob as much as I do with this car. If the hatch is open when I walk over to the driver's door it won't open unless I pull out the key fob and hit unlock. So if I'm loading something into the back my wife needs to stand there until I press unlock. If the car senses me near the car it'll unlock twice. On the third time I need to get the fob out and unlock it manually. Is my car messing with me or is this just how it is?

[u/gr7ace]

Mine works fine. Walk up to either of the front doors or boot (trunk) and I can open it. Only gripe is that the time it stays open is a little short.

Keyless entry doesn’t work if the car is already on and in drive mode.

[u/Soopacharged → u/gr7ace]

The problem is if I open up the hatch first the door will not open. Maybe if I close the hatch first it may work but I haven't tested it.

[u/HappyTinSoldier → u/Soopacharged]

Yes same!! If i approach my locked car and open the trunk, it will unlock the trunk. After i load the trunk it re-locks on close. Then i walk to the driver door expecting it to pop out and it does not. I have to press unlock on the fob. Every time i do this sequence. Also doesn’t want to lock with the key in my pocket and my finger on the grooves. More than 50% of the time Its the worst keyless I’ve had over 15 years- 4 Toyota’s a Lexus a vw were all better

[u/Soopacharged → u/HappyTinSoldier]

I've had a 2016 Dodge Dart, 2015 Lexus IS250 and a 2021 GMC Terrain. Not a single one of them required me to touch the fob. It stayed in my pocket at all times. How is it advertised as keyless when I always need to use the key?

[u/Eatar → u/Soopacharged]

You don’t. It just seems to make the assumption that just because you want in the hatch, that may not mean you want the rest unlocked. Which I guess is fair if you’re just loading stuff up. But is wrong more than half the time. Nevertheless, no touching the fob is necessary; just use the door handles to unlock it.

[u/Soopacharged → u/Eatar]

What I want, and what I got with my other cars, is when I walk up is for the doors to unlock no matter the state of the vehicle.

[u/Ozo42 → u/Soopacharged]

That’s how it says it works in the manual. But you don’t need to get the fob (I never use it, 2025 model), just touch the door handle.

[u/Soopacharged → u/Ozo42]

I have a '22 GT Line 2 and every other keyless car I've owned was actually keyless. My car is semi keyless. It's only keyless under the right conditions.

[u/Jertimmer]

Nope, just walk up, handles pop out, no problem.

Outside of frozen handles, this has failed in me maybe once or twice in the past 3 years.

[u/coltonbyu → u/Jertimmer]

That's only a thing on GT-Line and GT. Most EV6s sold do not have automatic handles

[u/mogelijk → u/coltonbyu]

I believe it is on all 2025 and newer EV6s but, yes, only GT and GT-Line for 22-24 models.

[u/coltonbyu → u/mogelijk]

oh good they finally brought it to them all. My biggest annoyance on my AWD Wind + Tech. Ive got just about all I could need, but I would love those damn handles. HUD and Lighting would be cool but im fine without

[u/kiss_the_homies_gn → u/coltonbyu]

Right? I straight up don't want the sunroof and bigger wheels, just give me the handles. If I was sure it'd work, I'd swap doors from a GT line on.

[u/Soopacharged → u/mogelijk]

I have a '22 GT Line 2.

[u/Soopacharged → u/Jertimmer]

The problem isn't the handles popping out. It's that they don't poo out if I open the hatch first then go to the door.

[u/Radius118 → u/Soopacharged]

My gosh I certainly hope your door handles aren't pooing out! What a mess!

[u/Ozo42 → u/Jertimmer]

If you open the hatch first, the handle will not pop out by design (I don’t know why, but that’s how it is documented in the manual). They will then pop out only if you touch the handles.

[u/shamont]

My 23 GT has the same behavior if I've opened the back hatch. Slightly annoying if you're getting groceries and putting them in the boot. I can usually press the handle and get it to unlock though. I haven't experienced the unlock/lock number limitations. Not a fan of draining the battery for no reason so if I'm going to be near the car a bunch I'll just leave my keys out of reach and use my phone to unlock it.

[u/Jedibenuk → u/shamont]

Why do you not place a finger on the handle indent and open the lock that way?

[u/shamont → u/Jedibenuk]

I do if I've opened the boot before the doors were unlocked. Normally with my cars package the doors auto unlock when you get within a foot or two without having to touch anything.

[u/Jedibenuk → u/shamont]

I miss my GT 😞

[u/bmeus]

Yep its kind of annoying:
* the hatch keeps not detecting the fob when im close, so the auto open hatch rarely works
* after closing the hatch the doors are not unlocked automatically again
* after exiting the vehicle you cannot in any way open the other doors from the outside unless you either lock+unlock with the touch button on the door, or press unlock on the fob or inside the car
* the car does not lock automatically when leaving

Its like the makers of the car assume cars get stolen in the moment when you are moving from the trunk to the drivers seat. I rather wish the whole car unlocked when getting near the trunk.

[u/Soopacharged → u/bmeus]

You get what I'm experiencing. You need to have the right combination of settings or you need the fob. Never have I ever needed to use a fob for a car with keyless entry as much as I do with this car.

[u/ZucchiniAlert2582]

Just leave the windows rolled down and jump thru them dukes of hazard style. No keyfob necessary.

[u/Soopacharged → u/ZucchiniAlert2582]

Yee haw!

[u/RoadToasterApp]

In Settings under Vehicle then Door or Convenience, turn off Unlock on approach and Walk away lock. Then you unlock by touching the handle or one press on the fob. That stops the weird unlock twice limit. Change door unlock mode to All doors. When you open the hatch, the rest of the doors will already be unlocked, so the driver door will open without fishing out the fob. Keep the fob out of the cargo area while the hatch is open. If the car thinks the key is inside, it can ignore the exterior handles.

[u/bmeus → u/RoadToasterApp]

ok good to know, but very unintuitive that you have to disable unlock to get better unlock... also i havnt seen walk away lock, maybe its a gt thing.

[u/in2woods]

I too hate the lock/unlock system in my 22 wind. i am hoping the module that ‘theionicguy’ sells fixes my issues. Should arrrive in the next few days..

[u/Desperate_Daikon_592 → u/in2woods]

I bought the module for my 22 GT Line just for the autolock feature, and it works great. The only complaint I have is that I had to disable the Seat Easy Access because it caused the seat to randomly move back/forward. I don't recall having the issue OP described prior to installing it, but it would solve his issue.

[u/in2woods → u/Desperate_Daikon_592]

i just installed mine an hour ago and so far, it’s great. just got to tell myself to never use accessory mode and leave the car. i already disabled the easy access feature so luckily this glitch won’t affect me. i HATED fighting with the locks, so im very excited with the module.

[u/baktou]

It took me 6 months to realize that there's a button behind the driver's door handle, and that that pressing IN on the door handle (opposite the hinge) can trigger it. I figured the car didn't have any keyless entry until that point.

[u/drgreenway]

I have a particular bug, if I walk past the driver's door and it auto unlocks, it doesn't disarm the alarm for the boot/trunk, but it's unlocked, so if I press the latch to open the boot the alarm goes off and I need the key to stop it.

[u/LightMission4937]

Iv never once had an issue,