Power Door Locking Switches; Key Lock-In Prevention Function - Subaru 2008 Forester Owner's Manual

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Keys and doors

Power door locking switches

1) Lock
2) Unlock
All doors and the rear gate can be locked
and unlocked by the power door locking
switches located at the driver's side and
the front passenger's side doors.
To lock all the doors and the rear gate,
push the "LOCK" side of the switch.
To unlock all the doors and the rear gate,
push the "UNLOCK" side of the switch.
When you close the doors after you set
the door locks, the doors remain locked.
NOTE
Make sure that you do not leave the key
inside the vehicle before locking the
doors from the outside using the power
door locking switches.
& Key lock-in prevention func-
tion
This function prevents the doors from
being locked with the key still in the
ignition switch.
! Behavior with key lock-in preven-
tion function operational
With the driver's door open, the doors are
automatically kept unlocked even if the
door locking switch is pushed to the
"LOCK" side.
! Behavior with key lock-in preven-
tion function non-operational
If the lock lever is turned to the rear
("LOCK") position with the driver's door
open and the driver's door is then closed
with the lock lever in that position, the
driver's door is locked.
If the spare key is used to lock the
driver's door from the outside of the
vehicle, the door is locked.
NOTE
When leaving the vehicle, make sure
you are holding the key before locking
the doors.