I don't want my car doors to auto-lock at >15mph

[GTP]

I believe I am safer driving my car with the doors unlocked. Does anyone know if the doors will unlock themselves after a crash?

I tried the settings via the steering wheel menu, but I could not find a way to disable this feature. I wonder if the service department can do this for me.

Anyone?

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[Kevin08]

Wouldn't the doors being locked be safer as it'll help prevent the door from swinging open in the event of a crash?

 

[Evolvd]

Indeed...just recently read an article on one of the car mag sites (I think it was C&D) stating it's much safer to have doors locked, not just for crash protection but also car-jacking. More people died from being ejected from the cars or from blunt force trauma from objects entering the cabin through an open door than from being trapped inside a locked door. Then there is the fact of rigidity. A closed door gives more solid rigidity to the cabin of the car than an open one and if the door is unlocked it's more likely to open and in a roll-over your cabin no longer has that support.

Also, crash response units can VERY easily remove body panels and windows in a very short time without using the "jaws of life"

 

[Macfarland]

Yep, I also feel safer leaving my house unlocked at night just in case of a fire or a burglar already inside. I can get out faster

 

[Macfarland]

Indeed...just recently read an article on one of the car mag sites (I think it was C&D) stating it's much safer to have doors locked, not just for crash protection but also car-jacking. More people died from being ejected from the cars or from blunt force trauma from objects entering the cabin through an open door than from being trapped inside a locked door.

Also, crash response units can VERY easily remove body panels and windows in a very short time without using the "jaws of life"

I was under the impression that as soon as an airbag deploys, hazard lights turn on and doors unlock. If they don't, you're still correct about not needing jaws of life to get you out.

 

[TimGER]

Mine do not auto-lock. is this some setting? EU Model GT

 

[Khyber]

I believe I am safer driving my car with the doors unlocked.

Yep, I also feel safer leaving my house unlocked at night just in case of a fire or a burglar already inside. I can get out faster

 

[jasonstang]

Then you have people believe seatbelts can strangle them in an event of crash so they decided to not to wear them.

 

[jasonstang]

I believe I am safer driving my car with the doors unlocked. Does anyone know if the doors will unlock themselves after a crash?

I tried the settings via the steering wheel menu, but I could not find a way to disable this feature. I wonder if the service department can do this for me.

Anyone?

It seems like everyone is doing it. The lock only locks the outside handle. The inside handle is not locked so you can still open the door even the door is locked.

 

[CB]

I used to get a chuckle when the old timers used to say " I never wear seat belts, if I'm in a wreck I want to be thrown clear" and I'm thinking thrown clear! Yeah, clear into a tree.

 

[15GTCA]

I used to get a chuckle when the old timers used to say " I never wear seat belts, if I'm in a wreck I want to be thrown clear" and I'm thinking thrown clear! Yeah, clear into a tree.

My dad is a retired CHP officer. He told me years ago that he never released a seat belt on a dead body. All the deaths were unbelted when he found them.

 

[madweazl]

I hate the auto locks; if I wanted the door locked, I'd lock it.

 

[CommyO]

Your point makes no sense I'm sorry. But, my doors lock right when I get in which is really annoying because if someone else is trying to get in, I have to hit the unlock button which doesn't seem to work half the time. It's probably just me idk

 

[JohnDoe]

They automatically unlock when you open the door from inside.

 

[GTP]

I am glad my thread has provided so much entertainment.

In my view, I would not mind if the doors locked at <10mph, upon starting the car, to prevent car-jacking (no matter how unlikely).
Then, above 10mph, they should unlock again. If I had an accident and was knocked out or hurt, then the first Good Samaritan that comes along has easy access to me.

It seems to me that any force great enough to pop the door open, is also likely great enough to pop a locked door open. I have no worry about being thrown from the car. That possibility is what I laugh at.

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