Door Ajar Reminder; Delayed Locking - Chevrolet 2004 Malibu Owner's Manual

Door Ajar Reminder

If one of the doors on your vehicle is not closed
properly, while the ignition is on and the shift lever is
moved from PARK (P) or NEUTRAL (N), you will hear a
chime. Also, the door ajar message will display
through the Driver Information Center until the doors are
closed. See DIC Warnings and Messages on page 3-50
for more information.

Delayed Locking

This feature will allow the driver to delay the actual
locking of the vehicle. This feature will not operate if the
key is left in the ignition. See Lockout Protection on
page 2-13 later in this section.
When the driver's power door lock switch or the
transmitter lock button is pressed once, with the key
removed from the ignition and the driver's door open,
three chimes will be heard to signal the delay. The doors
will not lock immediately. Five seconds after the last door
has been closed, all of the doors will lock and the parking
lamps will flash once. The horn will also chirp if the horn
chirp feature is enabled. See DIC Operation and Displays
on page 3-46 for more information.
If a door is opened before the five seconds has elapsed,
the doors will not lock until five seconds after all
doors are closed.
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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 DIC.
Programmable Automatic
Door Locks
Your vehicle is programmed at the factory that when the
doors are closed, the ignition is on and the shift lever
is moved out of PARK (P), all the doors will lock.
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.
The power door locks and unlocks can be programmed
to operate differently through prompts displayed on
the Driver Information Center (DIC). These prompts
allow you to choose various lock and unlock settings.
For more information on programming, see DIC
Operation and Displays on page 3-46.
When the ignition is switched from ON to OFF, all the
doors will unlock.