Patent ID: 6963268

Claim:
A process for the automatic locking from afar of a vehicle ( 2 ) equipped with a hands-free access system in which the vehicle is equipped with short-range antennas ( 4 , 6 , 8 ) intended to send a signal to a tag furnished with a receiver for receiving the signals sent by the short-range antennas ( 4 , 6 , 8 ) of the vehicle and a transmitter of longer range than the short-range antennas ( 4 , 6 , 8 ) of the vehicle for transmitting signals in response to signals received from the vehicle which comprises; instructing the locking of the vehicle when the doors of the vehicle to be locked are closed and when the vehicle receives from the tag a signal ( 18 , 18 ′) containing a cue indicating that the level of reception by the tag of the signals ( 10 , 10 ′, 22 ) transmitted by the vehicle ( 2 ) is low or zero, with at least one signal sent previously by the vehicle ( 2 ) having been received with normal level of reception.