happened to me twice, speaking to a dealer re the problem he said if you slam the door or a gust of wind blows it it will cause the internal locking lever to spring upwards and lock. had to get onto mine by using a piece of plastic strapping to release the kitchen window locks and then try and unhook the door handle.
at the time I only had one key, now I always have a key in my pocket when outside of our caravan.

Is it the same lock Colin? Mine has locked itself the same as the previous poster. It was in the green position but when the door slammed shut it flicked it to the locked position (red) . It’s only done it the once but enough to cause me a great deal of anxiety to get back in

the same thing on our Troll, if you put the lever in the up position and try and closed the door from the outside you cannot do it, it only happens when the door shuts with a bang, It seems the default position for the lever is upwards.

Following previous discussions on this and watching something on YouTube we had a third key made as an extra spare in Grantham this summer. (it cost me a £60 parking fine from a bandit parking firm but that is another issue).

When Kath and I talked about it we realised that we kept the spare set of caravan keys in the car dash but that we sometimes went out on a walk and left the car keys inside the door of the Troll. This was a recipe for disaster if we suffered the same accidental door locking as others. So we now have a third door key that is always kept outside the Troll when we are out of the van.

We may never need it but it will be worth the £12 cost if we ever do...........................!

MikeT

We keep spare caravan key in car and spare car key in caravan. One spouse keeps other car key on their person, one spouse keeps other caravan key on their person. If one spouse gets lost, the other can still tow the caravan away.

Steve

Bit concerned to hear you can open the kitchen window latches using packing ties. I have already upgraded the new rear window latches to the lock button type and will now roll that out to all the windows, just in case. they're not cheap though...

People do say you shouldn't make it too hard to break in, or the thieves will do more damage, however some obviously don't know the packing tape method, as I saw a post on here the other day where thieves managed to bend the bottom cover of the door out at right angles, allowing them to release the lock...). Moral - just makes sure you hide all valuables (or put them in the car boot) when you got out, which might at least persuade them to move onto the next caravan...

Many years ago someone opened my car door using a screwdriver and couldn't open the door enough to get access to break my steering lock. Instead of opening the other door from inside they used a screwdriver on that as well. My moral being don't assume a thief will use the least destructive method of entry available.

Steve

Of all the things above, horrible though they are, I am most shocked at Colin being able to get into his Triton through the under bed locker....................I have just looked at ours and could probably get my arm or a leg through but nothing else would be able to follow............................!

In my younger days I was an active pot holer and could easily squeeze through the tight "letter box" openings into tunnels but I think my third age girth would lead to any attempt to get in through the locker leading to a fire brigade call out................

I might start referring to Colin as Twiggy from here on in

MikeT