Doors And Locks - Suzuki Automible 2008 Forenza Owner's Manual

Doors and Locks

Door Locks
WARNING
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.
• Young children who
unlocked vehicles may be unable to
get out. A child can be overcome by
extreme heat and can suffer perma-
nent injuries or even death from
heat stroke. Always lock your vehi-
cle 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 the
get into
optional keyless entry transmitter. See
"Remote Keyless Entry System" in this
section.
To manually unlock all of the doors from
the outside, insert the key and turn it
toward the front of the vehicle.
To manually lock all of the doors from the
outside, insert the key and turn it toward
the rear of the vehicle.
FEATURES AND CONTROLS
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All doors, except the driver's door, can be
locked from the outside by pushing down
the manual door lock and then closing the
door. The driver's door lock cannot be
pushed in while the door is open. Upon
leaving the vehicle, the driver's door can
only be locked from the outside by using
the key or the optional remote keyless
entry transmitter.
If your vehicle has a security indicator, the
indicator will turn off when you unlock the
door using the key or the optional keyless
entry transmitter. The indicator will turn on
when you lock the door using the key or
the keyless entry transmitter. The security
indicator is located on the driver's door
lock.
From the inside, you can lock and unlock
all of the doors by pushing or pulling the
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