Why do my rear doors sometimes stay locked?

[Mike_TX]

I have all my doors set to unlock when I put the car in Park. But every once in a while I go to get something out of the back seat and the rear doors (only) are locked. What gives?

 

[cncBilly]

I have all my doors set to unlock when I put the car in Park. But every once in a while I go to get something out of the back seat and the rear doors (only) are locked. What gives?

You can set that? Looks like another manual peruse for me

 

[MerlintheMad]

May be a glitch. Either that or else a mysterious protocol vis-a-vis locking/unlocking doors. I still manage to foil my attempts to get into my own car, after 32 plus months. I don't really understand it, or forget what to expect. Etc.

 

[Crisis]

It's been awhile, but I thought it was programmable. When I press the button on the driver's side door handle, it unlocks all the doors, but I'm pretty sure that pressing the passenger door button only unlocks my front doors. I do have a vague recollection of adjusting some settings to get all 4 doors to unlock.

 

[jazzdabb]

It's been awhile, but I thought it was programmable. When I press the button on the driver's side door handle, it unlocks all the doors, but I'm pretty sure that pressing the passenger door button only unlocks my front doors. I do have a vague recollection of adjusting some settings to get all 4 doors to unlock.

This is how it works for me:

• Pressing the driver door button once unlocks just the driver door.
• Pressing passenger door unlocks all 4 doors.
• Unlocking the hatch first and then the doors results in all 4 doors being unlocked.

 

[bearstinger]

From the manual I have mine set to unlock only the drivers door when the unlock button is pushed. Used to live where a lot of car jackings occurred, so all doors locked when driving only drivers door unlocked when unlocking the car.

 

[MerlintheMad]

When the engine is running and you get out, all bets are off. I've noticed that when I go to open a passenger door, it is locked. Pushing the front passenger button does nothing; in order to unlock a passenger door with the engine running, I have to walk around to the driver's door, open it and push the unlock button.

 

[bearstinger]

lol they are trying to keep us safer! No jumping out with the car running!

 

[Mike_TX]

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From the manual I have mine set to unlock only the drivers door when the unlock button is pushed. Used to live where a lot of car jackings occurred, so all doors locked when driving only drivers door unlocked when unlocking the car.





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Yep, this is what I have:

Lock all doors on shift out of Park, and unlock all doors when placed back in Park.

But sometimes (not all the time), it leaves the back doors locked, and I can't figure out why!

 

[bearstinger]

But sometimes (not all the time), it leaves the back doors locked, and I can't figure out why!

humm you know mine does the same, the back doors stay locked. I have noticed I need to unlock them the few times I have gone into the back. Never thought much about it as I hardly ever go into the back seats. I will need to play with the car some and see what it does.

I need to go out and see how I have the setting set for the doors. I know for sure only the drivers door unlocks and all lock once driving.

 

[legbuh]

This is something I ran across. My daughter says the door never unlocks. It was set to unlock when in P. Well, I usually just push the on/off button to shut off the car (before hitting P) and it automatically goes into Park and shuts down, but the rear doors don't unlock.

I switched it to unlock at shut off and that works, but I'd rather have it unlock in Park, even when I don't press P before shutting it off.

It's a weird system for sure.

 

[Shockington]

I've had this happen to me, but only a few times. I have no idea what triggers it.