2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX door lock

Doors and Locks
Door Locks
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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
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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 and unlock your
vehicle.
From the outside, use your key or remote keyless
entry transmitter, if equipped. Turn the key
counterclockwise to unlock the door.
From the inside, lock and unlock the door by
moving the manual lock knob down and up,
or by using the power door lock switches.
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Power Door Locks
The power door lock
switches are located on
the driver’s and front
passenger’s door.
Press the top of the switch to unlock all doors and
liftgate, if equipped. Press the bottom of the
switch to lock all doors and liftgate, if equipped.
The rear doors do not have power door lock
switches. Rear seat passengers must use
the manual lock knob on their doors.
Door Ajar Reminder
If one of the doors is not fully closed while the
ignition is on and the shift lever is moved out of
PARK (P) or NEUTRAL (N) the following will occur:
A chime will sound.
The DOOR AJAR message will display
through the Driver Information Center (DIC)
until the door is closed. SeeDIC Warnings
and Messages on page 222.
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Delayed Locking
This feature allows the driver to delay the locking of
the vehicle. It will not operate with the key in the
ignition. SeeLockout Protection on page 108.
Press the driver’s power door lock switch or the
remote keyless entry transmitter lock button once.
With the key removed from the ignition and the
driver’s door open, the following will occur:
Three chimes will sound to signal the delay.
All doors will lock and the turn signals will ash
once ve seconds after the last door has been
closed.
The horn will chirp if the horn chirp feature is
enabled. SeeDIC Vehicle Personalization on
page 225.
If a door is opened before the ve seconds has
elapsed, the doors will not lock until ve seconds
after all doors are closed.
If the power door lock switch or the transmitter
lock button is pressed twice when leaving
the vehicle, the doors will lock immediately.If the power door unlock switch or the transmitter
unlock button is pressed, the doors will unlock
immediately and not lock automatically after
the doors are closed.
This feature is turned on at the factory but may
be turned off through the Driver Information
Center (DIC).
Programmable Automatic
Door Locks
Your vehicle is programmed at the factory to lock all
doors automatically when the following are met:
All doors are closed.
The ignition is on.
The shift lever is moved out of PARK (P).
This feature cannot be disabled.
When the shift lever is moved back to PARK (P),
all doors will unlock.
If someone needs to exit the vehicle once the
doors are locked, have that person use the manual
lock knob or power door unlock switch.
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The power door unlock function can be
programmed through prompts displayed on
the Driver Information Center (DIC). These
prompts allow you to choose unlock settings.
SeeDIC Vehicle Personalization on page 225.
Rear Door Security Locks
Your vehicle has rear door security locks.
These 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.
The label showing lock
and unlock positions
is located near the lock.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 the vehicle has one,
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.
Security Lock Label
shown
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Lockout Protection
This feature prevents the driver’s door from being
locked using the power door locks, if the key is
left in the ignition and a door is open.
Pressing the power door lock switch will lock all
the doors and then unlock the driver’s door.
Pressing and holding the power door lock switch
for more than three seconds will override this
feature.
If you remove the key from the ignition, or if you
use the manual door lock or the remote keyless
entry transmitter, you could still lock your key
inside your vehicle. Always remember to take
your key with you.
Trunk (Sedan)
To unlock the trunk from the outside, use the
key or the remote keyless entry transmitter.
When closing the trunk, close from the center
to ensure it fully latches.
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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 136.
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Liftgate (MAXX)
To open the liftgate, press the trunk/liftgate button
on the remote keyless entry transmitter or the
remote trunk/liftgate release button located on the
lower edge of the driver’s door. See “Remote
Trunk/Liftgate Release” underTrunk (Sedan)
on page 108.
If the liftgate is unlocked, you can manually open it
by pressing the touchpad located on the underside
of the liftgate trim panel, to the right of center.
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.
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Never leave a child, a helpless adult, or a
pet alone in a vehicle, especially with the
windows closed in warm or hot weather.
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Power Windows
{CAUTION:
Leaving children, helpless adults, or pets
in a vehicle with the windows closed is
dangerous. They can be overcome from
extreme heat in warm or hot weather and
suffer permanent injuries or even death
from heat stroke.
Leaving children in a vehicle with the
ignition key is dangerous for many
reasons, children or others could be badly
injured or even killed. They could operate
the power windows or other controls or
even make the vehicle move.
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The windows will function with the keys in
the ignition and they could be seriously
injured or killed if caught in the path of a
closing window. Do not leave keys in a
vehicle with children.
When there are children in the rear seat
use the window lockout button to prevent
unintentional operation of the windows.
The power window
switches are located
on the armrest on the
driver’s door. In addition,
each passenger door
has a switch for its
own window.
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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.
Content Theft-Deterrent
Your vehicle may have
a content theft-deterrent
alarm system.
Arming the System
With the ignition off, you can arm the system by
doing any one of the following:
Press the remote keyless entry transmitter
lock button.
Press the power door lock switch while the
driver’s door is open.The system will arm either:
Thirty seconds after all the doors and the
liftgate (MAXX) are closed.
Sixty seconds with any door open.
If you press the lock button on the remote keyless
entry transmitter a second time while all the
doors and liftgate are closed, the system will
arm immediately. The system will still arm
in sixty seconds if a door or liftgate is open.
When the opened door or liftgate is closed,
it will also become armed.
The security light, located on the instrument
panel cluster, will turn on to indicate that arming
has been initiated. Once the system is armed, the
security light will ash once every three seconds.
If the security light is ashing twice per second,
this means that a door or the liftgate is open.
If you do not want to arm the system, you may
lock the car with the lock knob on the doors.
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