Door Locks; Locking And Unlocking From The Outside With Key; Locking From The Outside Without Key - Subaru Forester 2013 Owner's Manual

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Keys and doors/Door locks

Door locks

& Locking and unlocking from
the outside with key
! Models without double locking
system
To lock the driver's door from the outside
with the key, turn the key toward the front.
To unlock the door, turn the key toward the
rear. Pull the outside door handle to open
an unlocked door.
NOTE
Only the driver's door can be locked
from the outside using the key.
To lock the doors including the rear
gate, refer to the following procedure.
1. Remove the key from the ignition
switch (models without keyless access
with push-button start system) or turn
off the ignition switch (models with
keyless access with push-button start
system).
2. Close the doors including the rear
gate except for the driver's door.
1) Lock
2) Unlock
3. Push the lock side of the power door
locking switch that is located on the
driver's door.
4. Close the driver's door and insert the
key. Turn the key forward to lock the
driver's door.
! Models with double locking system
To lock the doors and the rear gate from
the outside with the key, turn the key
toward the front. To unlock the doors and
the rear gate, turn the key toward the rear.
Pull the outside door handle to open an
unlocked door.
& Locking from the outside
without key
1) Rotate the lock lever forward.
2) Close the door while holding the handle
pulled.
To lock the front door from the outside
without the key, rotate the lock lever
forward and hold the outside door handle
pulled while closing the door.
To lock the rear door from the outside