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Geeze, it's weird how my old Mazda3 had a very similar system but one little difference made all the difference. Instead of a garbage capacitive touch button, it had a physical button on the door handle. Walk up, it the button with your fob in you pocket and the door unlocks. Get out, shut the door, hit the button, doors lock. Simple, reliable, and quickly added to muscle memory.

I think I'd rather have that than the Auto Lock version that just locks when your fob goes beyond a certain distance. I want to hear it lock before I walk away. But that's just me.

Same. I dont mind the 'touch the square to lock' method, but at least make the capacitive button more sensitive so i don't stand outside my car poking the damn thing.