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06-04-2019, 11:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Mission, British Columbia
Trailer: 2019 Escape 21. 2016 Kia Sorento EX+ V6
Posts: 116
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Locked Out by Handle Lock
The handle lock locked itself with both keys still in the trailer. When left the trailer and closed the exterior door and realized we left the keys hanging on the hook. So when we attempted to go back in the handle was locked.
Of course this happened at 1030pm, so I just pulled hard on the handle lock and broke it but we got in :-)
Anyone know what the cause might be so I can avoid this in the future? I'll be contacting ETI today to order a replacement.
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06-04-2019, 01:23 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
Trailer: 2010 17B “MATT”, then 2017 19 “Lilly”
Posts: 1,584
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It’s possible to lock the outside handle yet still operate the inside handle. So if someone were to unlock and open the door, but then turn the keys to the locked position - with the door open - and *then* remove the keys and go in, you now have an outside handle that’s locked and an inside handle that’s unlocked. (The interior lock locks the deadbolt only, but does not affect the outside handle). So now you’re inside the trailer, unaware that the outside handle is locked. You open the door to go out and it operates normally. You step outside with the keys inside, close the door and you have now locked yourself out.
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06-04-2019, 02:45 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper (#083); 2017 Escape 21 (#053); 2016 F-150 5.0L FX4
Posts: 1,765
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My wife and I each carry a spare key on a neck lanyard whenever we step outside our camper for any reason. Once you get used to it, you forget you have it. I found myself looking for my lanyard once before realizing that I already had it on.
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06-04-2019, 02:49 PM
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#4
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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I keep a full set of trailer keys in the glovebox of my tow just for insurance...........
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06-04-2019, 02:55 PM
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#5
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Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19 "Escape Pod" (November 30 2018)
Posts: 97
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We installed the RVLock V4.0 which has a keypad that can operate the deadbolt without a key. It sounds like a gimmick, but is actually very convenient and our primary method of locking the trailer when camping. Like others, we also carry a physical key in the truck in case of emergency.
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06-04-2019, 04:00 PM
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#6
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Front Range, Colorado
Trailer: ?
Posts: 739
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tractors1
I keep a full set of trailer keys in the glovebox of my tow just for insurance...........
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Ditto.
Plus a full set of tow vehicle keys in the trailer. Plus a tow vehicle key stashed under the tow vehicle in one of those key boxes in case I lose the TV key while out hiking.
Be prepared I was taught in the scouts.
Ed
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06-04-2019, 04:27 PM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Morro Bay, California
Trailer: 2016 Escape 21
Posts: 330
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This happened to us too and now we don’t close the door without a set of keys. When it happened, we were lucky enough that the outer storage door was unlocked and one of us is small enough to crawl through it and out from under the bed (we have a 21), but I wouldn’t recommend this method of accessing your trailer!
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06-05-2019, 07:20 AM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
Trailer: 2010 17B “MATT”, then 2017 19 “Lilly”
Posts: 1,584
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GoCampBC
We installed the RVLock V4.0 which has a keypad that can operate the deadbolt without a key.
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I like the idea of these locks, with a couple of caveats. I keep waiting to see when they come out with V5, and hope that it has a solid metal interior handle, instead of the plastic one that many have reported breaks easily.
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