2005 SATURN ION Owners Manual

Doors and Locks
Door Locks
{CAUTION:
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 will not open it. You increase the
chance of being thrown out of the vehicle
in a crash if the doors are not locked. So,
wear safety belts properly and lock the
doors whenever you drive.
Young children who get into unlocked
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.
Outsiders can easily enter through an
unlocked door when you slow down or
stop your vehicle. Locking your doors can
help prevent this from happening.There are several ways to lock your vehicle.
To lock a door from the outside, turn the key toward the
front of the vehicle or use the remote keyless entry
transmitter, if equipped.
From the inside, move the manual lock knob above the
door handle or use the power door lock switch.
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Power Door Locks
Press the top of the switch
to unlock the doors. Press
the bottom of the switch
to lock the doors.
Delayed Locking
This feature will delay the actual locking of the doors for
up to ve seconds when the power door lock switch
or remote keyless entry transmitter is used to lock the
vehicle.
If any door is open when locking the vehicle, three
chimes will be heard signaling that the delayed locking
feature is active. Five seconds after the last door is
closed, all of the doors will lock and the parking lamps
will ash. To cancel the delay and lock the doors
immediately, press the lock button a second time.
If the key is in the ignition this feature will not lock
the doors.
Programmable Automatic
Door Locks
With this feature, the doors will automatically lock when
the vehicle is shifted out of PARK (P) for vehicles
with an automatic transaxle, or the vehicle speed is
greater than 5 mph (8 km/h) for vehicles with a manual
transaxle. The doors will automatically unlock when
the ignition is turned off.
To turn the automatic door locking feature on or off, do
the following:
1. Turn the ignition to RUN with the engine off and all
of the doors closed.
2. Press and hold the power door lock button in the
lock position until the horn chirps twice.
To turn the automatic door unlocking feature on or off,
do the following:
1. Turn the ignition to RUN with the engine off and all
of the doors closed.
2. Press and hold the power door lock button in the
unlock position until the horn chirps twice.
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Rear Door Security Locks
Your vehicle has rear door security locks that prevent
passengers from opening the rear doors from the inside.
The rear door security
locks are located on the
inside edge of each
rear door. You must
open the rear doors
to access them.
To set the locks, do the following:
1. Insert the key into the security lock slot and turn it
so the slot is in the horizontal position.
2. Close the door.When you want to open a rear door when the security
lock is on, do the following:
1. Unlock the door using the remote keyless entry
transmitter, if equipped, the power door lock
switch, or by lifting the rear door manual lock.
2. Open the door from the outside.
To cancel the rear door security lock, do the following:
1. Unlock the door and open it from the outside.
2. Insert the key into the security lock slot and turn it
so the slot is in the vertical position.
Lockout Protection
If you press the power door lock switch when the key is
in the ignition and any door is open, all the doors will
lock and the driver’s door will unlock. Be sure to remove
the key from the ignition when locking your vehicle.
The lockout protection can be overridden by pressing
and holding the power door lock in the lock position for
three seconds.
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Rear Doors (Coupe)
Your vehicle has a driver’s and passenger’s side rear
access door. To open the rear access doors, rst
you must open the driver’s or passenger’s door.
Then use the handle located on the front edge of the
rear door to open it.
When closing the doors, the rear door must be closed
and latched before you can close the driver’s or
passenger’s door.
Trunk
To unlock the trunk from the outside, use the vehicle
key or press the trunk button on the remote keyless
entry transmitter, if equipped.
{CAUTION:
It can be dangerous to drive with the trunk lid
open because carbon monoxide (CO) gas can
come into your vehicle. You cannot see or
smell CO. It can cause unconsciousness and
even death. If you must drive with the trunk lid
open or if electrical wiring or other cable
connections must pass through the seal
between the body and the trunk lid:
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 Control
System.
If you have air outlets on or under the
instrument panel, open them all the way.
SeeEngine Exhaust on page 2-30.
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Remote Trunk Release
Press the remote trunk
release button, located on
the lower left side of
the instrument panel, to
release the trunk lid.
Make sure the remote trunk release lockout feature is
not on. The remote trunk release will work when
the ignition is either in LOCK or ACC, the parking
brake is engaged, or the vehicle speed is less than
2 mph (3 km/h).
Remote Trunk Release Lockout
Your remote trunk release is equipped with a lockout
feature. The switch is located on the inside of the trunk
lid, mounted to the trunk lid latch.
To turn the lockout on,
slide the switch to the lock
symbol. To turn the
lockout off, slide the switch
to the unlock symbol.
When the lockout is on, the remote trunk release button
will not release the trunk lid. However, the trunk lid
can still be opened with the key, but not with the keyless
entry transmitter.
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Emergency Trunk Release HandleNotice:Do not use the emergency trunk release
handle as a tie-down or anchor point when securing
items in the trunk as it could damage the handle.
The emergency trunk release handle is only
intended to aid a person trapped in a latched trunk,
to open the trunk from the inside.
There is a glow-in-the-dark emergency trunk release
handle located on the inside of the trunk lid. This handle
will glow following exposure to light. Pull the release
handle and push the trunk lid open from the inside
to open the trunk.
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Windows
{CAUTION:
Leaving children, helpless adults, or pets in a
vehicle with the windows closed is dangerous.
They can be overcome by the extreme heat
and suffer permanent injuries or even death
from heat stroke. Never leave a child, a
helpless adult, or a pet alone in a vehicle,
especially with the windows closed in warm or
hot weather.
Manual Windows
If your vehicle has manual windows, use the window
crank to open and close each window.
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Power Windows
If your vehicle has power
windows, switches located
on the driver’s door
armrest control each of
the windows.
In addition, each passenger door has a window switch
that controls that door’s window. To operate each
window, press the switch forward to close the window
and rearward to open it.
Express-Down Window
The driver’s window has an express-down feature which
allows the window to lower all the way without
continuously pressing the switch. The switch is labeled
AUTO. Press the rear of the switch all the way down
and release.
To stop the window while it is lowering, press the front
of the switch.
Window Lockout
o
(Window Lockout):The window lockout button is
located near the driver’s power window switches.
Press the right side of the button to prevent rear
passengers from using their windows. Press the left
side of the button to return to normal window operation.
Sun Visors
To block out glare, swing down the sun visors. You can
also swing them to the side.
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