Doors And Locks; Door Locks; Central Door Unlocking System - Pontiac G3 2009 Owner's Manual

Doors and Locks

Door Locks

CAUTION:
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Unlocked doors can be dangerous.
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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. The chance of being thrown
out of the vehicle in a crash is increased if
the doors are not locked. So, all passengers
should wear safety belts properly and the
doors should be locked whenever the vehicle
is driven.
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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 the vehicle whenever
leaving it.
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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.
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There are several ways to lock and unlock the vehicle.
From the outside, use your key or the Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter. See Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) System Operation on page 2-4.
To manually unlock the front doors from the outside,
insert the key and turn it toward the front of the vehicle.
To manually lock the doors from the outside, insert
the key and turn it toward the rear of the vehicle.
All doors, except for the driver door, can be locked by
pushing down the manual door lock and then closing
the door. On vehicles with power locks, the driver door
can only by locked from the outside by using the key
or the optional RKE transmitter.
From the inside, all of the doors can be locked and
unlocked by pushing or pulling the manual door
lock located on each door.

Central Door Unlocking System

The vehicle may be equipped with the central door
unlocking system. This system is activated from
the driver door.
From the outside, lock or unlock all the doors by using
either the key or the RKE transmitter, if equipped.
From the inside, lock or unlock all the doors by using
the driver door lock switch.