remote closing windows

PAULRYAN52 · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:10

hi I know it's a stupid question but what cars can open/close the windows with the key fob, I know the following can

ford
vw
Audi

are there any more, we are getting a new vehicle soon on motability and was wondering if that did, it's a converted Citroen berlingo multispace

DM · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:11

Give them a ring and ask, im not sure if they do or not.

eidolon · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:15

The Mini can too although it does seem a strange criteria for choosing a car :confused:

Saytan · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:17

PAULRYAN52 · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:19

the cars ordered i was just wondering, it doesn't matter if it doesn't, our current vehicle doesn't

daz · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:26

My Alfa 147 does.

Django x2 · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:27

Vauxhall (have done since 1999)
Renault
BMW
Pugeout (certainly the 307)

[TW]Fox · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:30

As said, BMW do it.

You only ever use it when showing mates you can wind the windows down off the key.

GravyMonster · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:32

I'm pretty sure most cars <10 years old will have this.

Any chance you could pop down to a dealer and scope one out?

[TW]Fox;17997945 said:
You only ever use it when showing mates you can wind the windows down off the key.

I use it quite often when putting a parking receipt on the dash, rather than opening the door and leaning around.

Firestar_3x · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:33

I've used it in the past on a hot summers day, sat outside in the beer garden and wound the windows down via the key 10 mins before we got in.

PAULRYAN52 · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:35

i think it would be useful in the summer

Rilot · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:37

Total closure is usuful when you have kids who leave the windows open. I use the feature quite often because of this.

peige · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:37

Vauxhall, my astra H does it.

Saytan · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:41

[TW]Fox;17997945 said:
As said, BMW do it.

You only ever use it when showing mates you can wind the windows down off the key.

annoyingly, it doesnt actually close the only window you're ever likely to miss - the pop-out rears on coupes

opens them though....

Westyfield2 · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:43

Isn't it moreless a given that any new car these days does it? Heck I'm struggling to remember what the first car we had that did it was!

Off my head our 2008 BMW does, our 2005 Saab did, our 2002 Audi did, etc.....

Saytan · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:45

Westyfield2 said:
Isn't it moreless a given that any new car these days do it? Heck I'm struggling to remember what the first car we had that did it was!

Off my head our 2008 BMW does, our 2005 Saab did, our 2002 Audi did, etc.....

my cousin had a 1990 cavalier (in about 1994, when it was still worth owning) and that had it.

my mk1 focus didnt though...

neil3k · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:45

my new toyota doesn't do this

chrislusty · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:46

Mercs do this too. my mk3 mondeo does it, yet my friends xtype only global closes, not global opens.

Westyfield2 · 14 Dec 2010 at 12:48

Saytan said:
my cousin had a 1990 cavalier (in about 1994, when it was still worth owning) and that had it.

my mk1 focus didnt though...

I'd put money that the cars before those I listed did it too! Problem is that as I was only 8 in 1998 I didn't give a **** whether the car did it or not.

But yeah, I'd say that 99% of new cars today would

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scratch · 14 Dec 2010 at 13:05

I hate the feature! Twice now I have got up in the morning to find my windows down on the S3 because I've inadvertantly leant on the key fob in my pocket at some point during the previous evening.

I've not found a practical use for it yet; I tried opening my windows last summer from the office to keep the car cool, but the alarm stays armed so as soon as there's any noise or a gust of wind the alarm goes off. You can't disarm the alarm either as if you don't open the door for 30 secs after disarming it automatically re-arms.