Check Deadlock message

[Ryan_R]

I've never heard of this before (although I might've read about it agesssss ago in teh manual (and probablyl dismissed it thinking that it was part of the alarm option), but I can say that I've definately noticed that sometimes when I lock the car I heard a nice little thud (deadlocks), but other times it's a lot quieter - I sometimes hit lock twice (with a few seconds in between) just to be sure.


Re. kids in the car - can't they just hit the unlock button on the drivers door if they need to get out? It might be worth testing and informing them (depending on their age, etc).

[gjws]

Re. kids in the car - can't they just hit the unlock button on the drivers door if they need to get out? It might be worth testing and informing them (depending on their age, etc).

Nope, the internal unlock button is disabled as part of the deadlock process. Just have to make sure you do a double button press on the remote and it's all good.

[Corey_R]

Re. kids in the car - can't they just hit the unlock button on the drivers door if they need to get out? It might be worth testing and informing them (depending on their age, etc).

Not if it's deadlocked. That's the entire point!

[Ryan_R]

I can unlock the deadlocks on my house from both sides though

I just thought it was an anti-theft feature, not an anti-child one

[Corey_R]

You can only unlock the deadlock from the inside of your house with a key. If you can do it without using a key, then you haven't dead locked it.

So the example you use is a very good one. It's no different from a household dead lock.


And yes. It IS an anti-theft feature. It stops people from simply being able to smash the window and unlocking all the doors of your car.