In general, it is legal for a driver to leave a vehicle unoccupied in a safe and legal parking space. However, leaving a vehicle unattended can vary by location, and some areas have regulations against leaving a vehicle unattended in certain situations, like blocking traffic or in a no-parking zone.
Not illegal, but stupid.
While it might not be illegal in some places to lock a running vehicle, you may find that having a car running with keys in the ignition and no driver to care for the vehicle would invalidate your insurance as the vehicle was NOT secured. By not having insurance, the law is broken anyway.
Most likely because you left your lights on. Every vehicle plays some kind of chime or warning when you open your door to leave your vehicle when you have the keys out of the ignition. This is to prevent you from leaving your vehicle unattended with the lights on, so you don't kill your battery.
No, they cannot take a vehicle which is occupied at the time they hook to it. However, if you jump into a vehicle after they've hooked it, then they can't leave, but they can take legal action against you.
This works for the Grand Cherokee:Sit inside the vehicle with all the doors closed. Place ignition in the OFF position.Open the driver's door. Leave Open.Move the mechanical door lever to the LOCK position.Turn the ignition to the RUN position.Aim the transmitter at the Keyless Entry receiver and press Lock button.Hold for five seconds until the door locks cycle.Turn ignition OFF within 20 seconds.
TRY THIS Sit inside the vehicle with all the doors closed. Place ignition in the OFF position. Open the driver's door. Leave Open. Move the mechanical door lever to the LOCK position. Turn the ignition to the RUN position. Aim the transmitter at the Keyless Entry receiver and press Lock button. Hold for five seconds until the door locks cycle. Turn ignition OFF within 20 seconds.
1. Close the vehicle doors.2. Turn OFF the ignition.3. Remove the key from the ignition.4. Press and hold the driver side door lock switch in the UNLOCK position.5. Insert the ignition key into the ignition lock cylinder and remove the key. (Do not turn the ignition key in the lock cylinder.)6. Insert the ignition key into the ignition lock cylinder and remove the key. (Do not turn the ignition key in the lock cylinder.)7. Insert the ignition key into the ignition lock cylinder. (Do not turn the ignition key in the lock cylinder.) Leave the ignition key in the ignition lock cylinder.8. Release the door lock switch. The vehicle will sound three beeps in order to verify the Program Mode has been activated.9. Press the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons together on the keyless entry transmitter and hold until the vehicle beeps twice to verify that the transmitter has been successfully programmed (this take approximately 15 seconds).10. Perform the previous step to program up to four transmitters (including your old ones).11. Remove the ignition key in order to exit the Program Mode
TRY THIS Sit inside the vehicle with all the doors closed. Place ignition in the OFF position. Open the driver's door. Leave Open. Move the mechanical door lever to the LOCK position. Turn the ignition to the RUN position. Aim the transmitter at the Keyless Entry receiver and press Lock button. Hold for five seconds until the door locks cycle. Turn ignition OFF within 20 seconds.
HOPE THIS IS IT... Sit inside the vehicle with all the doors closed. Place ignition in the OFF position. Open the driver's door. Leave Open. Move the mechanical door lever to the LOCK position. Turn the ignition to the RUN position. Aim the transmitter at the Keyless Entry receiver and press Lock button. Hold for five seconds until the door locks cycle. Turn ignition OFF within 20 seconds.
This works for the 1993 Grand Cherokee: Sit inside the vehicle with all the doors closed. Place ignition in the OFF position. Open the driver's door. Leave Open. Move the mechanical door lever to the LOCK position. Turn the ignition to the RUN position. Aim the transmitter at the Keyless Entry receiver and press Lock button. Hold for five seconds until the door locks cycle. Turn ignition OFF within 20 seconds.
This is all I have on keyless entrys.I hope it helps. Sit inside the vehicle with all the doors closed. Place ignition in the OFF position. Open the driver's door. Leave Open. Move the mechanical door lever to the LOCK position. Turn the ignition to the RUN position. Aim the transmitter at the Keyless Entry receiver and press Lock button. Hold for five seconds until the door locks cycle. Turn ignition OFF within 20 seconds.