Doors and LocksDoor Locks{CAUTION:Unlocked doors can be dangerous.• Passengers — especially children — caneasily open the doors and fall out of amoving vehicle. When a door is locked, thehandle will not open it. You increase thechance of being thrown out of the vehiclein a crash if the doors are not locked. So,wear safety belts properly and lock thedoors whenever you drive.• Young children who get into unlockedvehicles may be unable to get out. A childcan be overcome by extreme heat and cansuffer permanent injuries or even deathfrom heat stroke. Always lock your vehiclewhenever you leave it.• Outsiders can easily enter through anunlocked door when you slow down orstop your vehicle. Locking your doors canhelp prevent this from happening.There are several ways to lock and unlock your vehicle.Because your vehicle has the theft-deterrent system,you must unlock the doors from the outside with the keyor remote keyless entry transmitter to avoid setting offthe alarm. If the windows are down and the doorsare locked, don’t reach in to manually unlock the vehiclebecause you will set off the alarm.From the inside, use themanual lock levers locatedon the door panels nearthe windows.Push down on the manual lock lever to lock the door.To unlock the door, pull up on the lever.2-8
