Delayed locking
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Delayed locking
I, like I've seen others, have been confused with the delayed locking versus the passive locking. Unfortunately the owners manual discusses the delayed locking prior to passive locking and had me going insane with testing to make The car lock when simply shutting the door. Now that I have it figured out I have a question. What is the practical application for the delayed locking?
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I, like I've seen others, have been confused with the delayed locking versus the passive locking. Unfortunately the owners manual discusses the delayed locking prior to passive locking and had me going insane with testing to make The car lock when simply shutting the door. Now that I have it figured out I have a question. What is the practical application for the delayed locking?
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I, like I've seen others, have been confused with the delayed locking versus the passive locking. Unfortunately the owners manual discusses the delayed locking prior to passive locking and had me going insane with testing to make The car lock when simply shutting the door. Now that I have it figured out I have a question. What is the practical application for the delayed locking?
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Thanks for bringing this up....I've owned the car since March and wasn't even aware of this stuff!
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For sure, it's a pretty lousy owners manual for wording and detail. (yet later on i see they tell a person how to drive a stick shift 101)
Great idea though for the use of the delay feature. You are right that without it a passenger could get "locked in", however, the delayed feature doesn't seem to work unless you actually hit the driver door button (LOCK) and hear the 3 tones.
Do I have to hit the lock button my door if i want to get out and not lock my passenger in?
It doesn't just seem to be a "delay" of 20 seconds instead of 5. When delayed is on the car locks just as fast.
Great idea though for the use of the delay feature. You are right that without it a passenger could get "locked in", however, the delayed feature doesn't seem to work unless you actually hit the driver door button (LOCK) and hear the 3 tones.
Do I have to hit the lock button my door if i want to get out and not lock my passenger in?
It doesn't just seem to be a "delay" of 20 seconds instead of 5. When delayed is on the car locks just as fast.
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Then what is it without delay. (it's definitely on in the vehicle menu (open door anti lock out disabled so it's available). I have it on, closed door and it seemed the same as when it was off. I notice no difference.
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While you have the driver door open, hit the lock button and hear the tones. There will be a delay until all doors are closed plus about 4-5 seconds before the doors both lock. As long as a door is open, the count down to lock does not begin.
Without the delayed lock, the doors will lock as soon as you press the lock button on the open drivers door. If your passenger has not opened the door at that time, they will be locked in. That happened to my wife all of the time because she is never ready to get out of the car when we stop.
The same feature is on all GM vehicles.
Without the delayed lock, the doors will lock as soon as you press the lock button on the open drivers door. If your passenger has not opened the door at that time, they will be locked in. That happened to my wife all of the time because she is never ready to get out of the car when we stop.
The same feature is on all GM vehicles.
Last edited by vettetwo; Aug 20, 2014 at 10:49 PM.