Door
Locks
Unlocked doors can be dangerous.
Passengers
--
especially children
--
can easily
open the doors and fall out. When a door
is
locked, the inside handle won’t open it.
Outsiders can easily enter through an unlocked
door when you
slow
down or stop your vehicle.
This may not be
so
obvious: You increase the
chance
of
being thrown out of the vehicle in a
crash
if
the doors aren’t locked. Wear safety belts
properly, lock your doors, and you will be
far
better off whenever you drive your vehicle.
There
are
several ways to lock and unlock your vehicle.
From the outside, use your door key or the key
fob transmitter.
If
your theft-deterrent system is armed, unlock the doors
only with the key or the transmitter to avoid setting off
the alarm. See “Universal Theft-Deterrent” in the Index.
To lock the door from the inside, move the lock control
on the door forward. To unlock it, move the lock control
on the door backward.