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 islocked, the handle will not open it.You increase the chance of beingthrown out of the vehicle in a crash ifthe doors are not locked. So, wearsafety belts properly and lock thedoors whenever you drive.CAUTION: (Continued)CAUTION: (Continued)• Young children who get into unlockedvehicles may be unable to get out.A child can be overcome by extremeheat and can suffer permanent injuriesor even death from heat stroke.Always lock your vehicle wheneveryou leave it.• Outsiders can easily enter through anunlocked door when you slow downor stop your vehicle. Locking yourdoors can help prevent this fromhappening.There are several ways to lock and unlock yourvehicle.Because your vehicle has the theft-deterrentsystem, you must unlock the doors from theoutside with the key or Remote Keyless Entry(RKE) transmitter to avoid setting off the alarm.If the windows are down and the doors are locked,do not reach in to manually unlock the vehiclebecause you will set off the alarm.96
