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Doors and Locks
Door Locks
There are several ways to lock and unlock your vehicle.
You can use the remote keyless entry system.
You can use your key to unlock your door from the
outside.
V AUTION:
Unlocked doors can be dangerous.
Passengers - especially children - can
easily open the doors and fall out of a moving vehicle. When a door is locked, the
handle won’t open
it. You increase the
chance of being thrown out of the vehicle
in a crash if the doors aren’t locked. So,
wear safety belts properly and lock the
doors whenever you drive.
vehicles may be unable to get out.
A child
can be overcome by extreme heat and can
suffer permanent injuries or even death
from heat stroke. Always lock your vehicle
whenever you leave
it.
unlocked door when you slow down or
stop your vehicle. Locking your doors can
help prevent this from happening.
Young children who get into unlocked
Outsiders can easily enter through an
r
.
You can lock or unlock the door from the inside by
sliding the manual lever forward or rearward. When the
door
is unlocked, you can see a red area on the
lever.
The manual lever on each door works only that
door’s lock.
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Power Door Locks
The power door lock
switches are located on
the driver’s and front passenger’s armrests.
Remove the ignition key and press the lock symbol
to
lock all of the doors at once. To unlock the doors, press
the other side of the switch.
Delayed Locking
This feature makes it easier to use the power door locks
to lock all the doors and the liftgate when leaving your
vehicle.
The first time you attempt
to lock the doors using the
power lock switch or the remote keyless entry
transmitter (with any door or the liftgate open), three
chimes will signal that delayed locking is being used.
All doors and the liftgate can be reopened for up to five
seconds from the time the last door is closed. Five
seconds after the last door is closed, all the doors
will lock.
You can lock the doors immediately by
using the power door lock switch or the optional remote
keyless entry transmitter a second time.
If the key is inserted in the ignition, this feature will not
lock the doors. The lockout prevention feature will
operate instead.
You can enable or disable the delayed locking feature.
If the feature is disabled, the doors will lock immediately
when a power door lock switch or remote keyless
entry transmitter lock button is pressed.
Programming Delayed Locking
When your vehicle was shipped from the factory, the
delayed locking feature was programmed on, or
enabled. The mode
to which your vehicle was
programmed may have been changed since it left the
factory. To turn the delayed locking feature on or
off, do
the following:
1. Press and hold the power door lock switch on the
2. Press the remote keyless entry transmitter unlock
driver’s door in the lock position.
button twice.
If the delayed locking feature was on,
it would now be
off. If the feature was off, it would now be on.
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Programmable Automatic Door
Locks
Your vehicle is equipped with an automatic IocWunlock
feature which enables you
to program your vehicle’s
power door locks. You can program this feature through
the Driver Information Center (DIC), or by the following
method.
Programmable Locking Feature
The following is the list of available programming
options:
Mode 1: All doors lock when the transmission is shifted
into gear.
Mode
2: All doors lock when the vehicle speed is
greater than
8 mph (13 km/h).
Mode 3: No automatic door locking.
The automatic door locks were pre-programmed at the
factory to lock all the doors when the transmission
is shifted into gear. The following instructions detail how
to program your door locks differently than the factory
setting. Choose one of the three programming
options listed above before entering the program mode. To
enter the program mode you need to do the
following:
1.
2.
3.
Begin with the ignition off. Then pull the turn
signaVmultifunction lever toward you and hold
it there while you perform the next step.
Turn the key
to RUN and LOCK twice. Then, with the
key in LOCK, release the turn signaVmultifunction
lever. Once you do this, you will hear the lock switch
lock and unlock, the horn will chirp twice, and a
30 second program timer will begin.
You are now ready to program the automatic door
locks. Select one of the three programming options
listed above, and press the lock side of the power
door lock switch to cycle through the lock options.
You will have
30 seconds to begin programming. If
you exceed the
30 second limit, the locks will
automatically lock and unlock and the horn will chirp
twice
to indicate that you have left the program
mode. If this occurs, repeat the procedure beginning
with Step
1 to re-enter the programming mode.
You can exit the program mode any time by turning the
ignition
to RUN. The locks will automatically lock and
unlock and the horn will chirp twice
to indicate that you
are leaving the program mode. If the IocWunlock switches
are not pressed while in the programming mode, the
current auto IocWunlock setting will not be modified.
See your dealer for more information.
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Programmable Unlocking Feature
The following is the list of available programming
options:
Mode 1: Driver’s door unlocks when the transmission is
shifted into PARK (P).
Mode 2: All doors unlock when the transmission is
shifted into PARK (P).
Mode 3: All doors unlock when the key is removed
from the ignition.
Mode 4: No automatic door unlock.
The automatic door locks were pre-programmed at the
factory to unlock the driver’s door once the transmission
is shifted
to PARK (P). The following instructions
detail how to program your door locks differently than
the factory setting. Choose one of the four programming
options listed above before entering the program
mode.
To enter the program mode you need
to do the
following:
1. Begin with the ignition off. Then pull the turn
signaVmultifunction lever toward you and hold
it there while you perform the next step.
2.
3.
Turn the key to RUN and LOCK twice. Then, with the
key in LOCK, release the turn signal/multifunction
lever. Once you do this, you will hear the lock switch
lock and unlock, the horn will chirp twice, and a
30 second program timer will begin
You are now ready
to program the automatic door
locks. Select one
of the four programming options
listed above, and press the unlock side of the power
door lock switch
to cycle through the unlocking
options. You will have
30 seconds to begin
programming. If you exceed the
30 second limit, the
locks will automatically lock and unlock and the
horn will chirp twice
to indicate that you have
left the program mode. If this occurs, repeat the
procedure beginning with Step
1 to re-enter
the programming mode.
You can exit the program mode any time by turning the
ignition to RUN. The locks will automatically lock and
unlock and the horn will chirp twice
to indicate that you
are leaving the program mode.
If the IocWunlock
switches are not pressed while in the programming
mode, the current auto IocWunlock setting will not be
modified.
See your dealer for more information.
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Rear Door Security Locks
Your vehicle may have this feature. You can lock the
rear doors
so they can't be opened from the inside
by passengers. To use one of these locks do the
following:
1. Open one
of the rear doors. You will find a security
lock lever located on the inside edge of each
rear door.
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3. Close the door.
2. Move the lever down to
engage the safety lock.
Move the lever up to
disengage the
safety lock. The
rear doors
of your vehicle cannot be opened from
the inside when this feature is in use.
If you want to
open the rear door when the security lock is on, unlock
the door and open the door from the outside.
Lockout Protection
This feature stops the power door locks from locking
when the key is in the ignition and a door is open
to protect you from locking your key in the vehicle.
If the power lock switch is pressed when a door is open
and the key is in the ignition, all the doors will lock
and then the driver's door will unlock.
Leaving Your Vehicle
If you are leaving the vehicle, take your key, open your
door and set the lock from inside. Then get out and
close the door.
4. Do the same thing to the other rear door.
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Liftgate/Liftglass
It can be dangerous to drive with the liftgate or
liftglass open because carbon monoxide (CO)
gas can come into your vehicle. You can’t see
or smell CO.
It can cause unconsciousness
and even death. If you must drive with the
liftgate open or if electrical wiring or other
cable connections must pass through the seal between the body and the liftgate or liftglass:
Make sure all other windows are shut.
Turn the fan on your heating or cooling
system to its highest speed and select the
control setting that will force outside air into your vehicle. See “Climate Controls”
in the Index.
If you have air outlets on or under the
instrument panel, open them all the way.
See “Engine Exhaust” in the Index.
Liftgate Release
To unlock the liftgate, you may use the power door
locks or the keyless entry system described earlier.
On some vehicies the liftgiass wiii also uniock when the
liftgate is unlocked. Press the pushbutton on the
liftglass to open it.
To open the entire liftgate, lift the handle located in the
center of the liftgate.
If you open the liftgate, the
liftgate module will lock the liftglass after a one to two
second delay.
Emergency Release for Opening
Liftgate
1. Remove the trim plug to expose the access hole in
2. Use a tool to reach through the access hole in the
3. Pry the left release lever up to the unlock position.
4. Reattach the trim plug.
the trim panel.
trim panel.
Pry the right release lever up to unlatch the liftgate.
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Theft-Deterrent Systems
Vehicle theft is big business, especially in some cities.
Although your vehicle has a number of theft-deterrent
features, we know that nothing we put on it can make it
impossible
to steal. However, there are ways you
can help.
Content Theft-Deterrent
Your vehicle may be equipped with a content
theft-deterrent alarm system.
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Here’s how to operate the system:
1. Open the door.
2. Lock the door with the power door lock switch or
the remote keyless entry transmitter. The
SECURITY light should flash.
3. Close all doors. The SECURITY light should go off
after approximately 30 seconds. The alarm is not
armed until the SECURITY light goes
off.
If a locked door is opened without the key or the remote
keyless entry transmitter, the alarm will go
off. The
headlamps and parking lamps will flash for two minutes,
and the horn will sound for
30 seconds, then will turn
off to save the battery power.
Remember, the theft-deterrent system won’t activate
if
you lock the doors with a key or use the manual
door lock.
It activates only if you use a power door lock
switch with the door open, or with the remote keyless
entry transmitter. You should also remember that
you can start your vehicle with the correct ignition key
if
the alarm has been set off.
Here’s how to avoid setting off the alarm by accident:
If you don’t want to activate the theft-deterrent
system, the vehicle should be locked with the door
key
after the doors are closed.
0 Always unlock a door with a key, or use the remote
keyless entry transmitter. Unlocking a door any
other way will set
off the alarm.
If you set
off the alarm by accident, unlock any door with
the key. You can also turn
off the alarm by pressing
unlock on the remote keyless entry transmitter. The alarm
won’t stop
if you try to unlock a door any other way.
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Testing the Alarm
The alarm can be tested by following these steps:
1. From inside the vehicle, lower the driver’s window
and open the driver’s door.
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2. Activate the system by locking the doors with the
power door lock switch while the door is open, or
with the remote keyless entry transmitter.
3. Get out of the vehicle, close the door and wait for
the SECURITY light to go out.
4. Then reach in through the window, unlock the door
with the manual door lock and open the door. This
should set
off the alarm.
When the alarm is set the power door unlock switch
is
not operational.
If the alarm does not sound when it should but the
headlamps flash, check
to see if the horn works. The
horn fuse may be blown. To replace the fuse, see
Fuses
and Circuit Breakers on page
5-86.
If the alarm does not sound or the headlamps do not
flash, the vehicle should be serviced by your dealer. Your
vehicle is equipped with the
Passlock@ theft-deterrent system.
Passiock@
is a passive theit-deterrent system.
Passlock@ enables fuel
if the ignition lock cylinder is
turned with a valid key. If a correct key is not used or the
ignition lock cylinder is tampered with, the fuel system
is disabled and the vehicle will not start.
During normal operation, the SECURITY light will turn
off
approximately five seconds after the key is turned
to RUN.
If the engine stalls and the SECURITY light flashes,
wait about
10 minutes until the light stops flashing before
trying
to restart the engine. Remember to release the
key from START as soon as the engine starts.
If the engine does not start after three tries, the vehicle
needs service.
If the engine is running and the SECURITY light comes
on, you will be able
to restart the engine if you turn
the engine
off. However, your Passlock@ system is not
working properly and must be serviced by your
dealer. Your vehicle is not protected by Passlock@ at
this time. You may also want to check the fuse.
See
Fuses and Circuit Breakers on page 5-86. See your
dealer for service.
In an emergency, call the GM Roadside Assistance
Center. See
Roadside Assistance Program on page 7-5.
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