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Old 09-20-2006, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DreamingOfSpeed
So if i hold the door handle open and lock the car it will stay locked? Why the hell didnt they mention that in the manual??? Or on the owners video??? (its nearly an hour long and mentions everything under the sun except this!) And here i just assumed my car was defective and they didnt explain how to lock the car since any idiot should know how.
Well you have to hold the handle *while* you are actually closing the door. Not just the actual locking part. If you don't hold the latch open while you are closing the door, the lock will pop up when you close the door.

I suspect that it was intended to discourage people from locking their keys in the car.

As someone else mentioned, quite a few foreign cars have this design...
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