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I just purchased my first C5 vette and love it. I noticed that when I stop and put car in Park and shut off enigine, remove the key the doors are still locked. I have to manually unlock them with the button on the door. Is this correct, most GM cars automaticly unlock when the key is removed. I looked in the manual but couldn't find anything about it. Is this the way it is or am I missing something?? Thanks
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Go through the options on the DIC. It has a setting for the automatic locking of the doors.
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Originally Posted by hauins
I just purchased my first C5 vette and love it. I noticed that when I stop and put car in Park and shut off enigine, remove the key the doors are still locked. I have to manually unlock them with the button on the door. Is this correct, most GM cars automaticly unlock when the key is removed. I looked in the manual but couldn't find anything about it. Is this the way it is or am I missing something?? Thanks
You can set it to open Driver side, Both or none. In the Options menu as the others have said.
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Originally Posted by hauins
I just purchased my first C5 vette and love it. I noticed that when I stop and put car in Park and shut off enigine, remove the key the doors are still locked. I have to manually unlock them with the button on the door. Is this correct, most GM cars automaticly unlock when the key is removed. I looked in the manual but couldn't find anything about it. Is this the way it is or am I missing something?? Thanks
Unlocking when put in park should have been one of the DIC options.
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Originally Posted by rcs128
I'm pretty sure you can change that setting in the DIC.
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NOTE: As a suggestion, you may want to update your profile with the model year and type (coupe, vert, FRC, or Z06) of your car. This may help others here when attempting to assist you. Hope the following helps. 
From the '03 Owner's Manual:
From the '03 Owner's Manual:
Auto Lock
Press the OPTIONS button until AUTO LOCK appears on the display, then use the RESET button to page through the following choices:
Auto Unlock
The AUTO UNLOCK will be available only if AUTO LOCK is set to ON as described previously. Press the OPTIONS button until AUTO UNLOCK appears on the display, then use the RESET button to page through the following choices:
Press the OPTIONS button until AUTO LOCK appears on the display, then use the RESET button to page through the following choices:
- AUTO LOCK ON
- AUTO LOCK OFF
Auto Unlock
The AUTO UNLOCK will be available only if AUTO LOCK is set to ON as described previously. Press the OPTIONS button until AUTO UNLOCK appears on the display, then use the RESET button to page through the following choices:
- AUTO UNLOCK DRIVER
- AUTO UNLOCK BOTH
- AUTO UNLOCK OFF
