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We're Still Unclear What This Means - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Long-Term Road Test
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We're Still Unclear What This Means - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Long-Term Road Test
Just like our recently departed 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, our brand-new 2015 Chevrolet Colorado has an inscrutable feature: the ever-cryptic Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout.
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In the old days it was an extra key hidden on the frame in a magnetic box or use a coat hanger.
Now, the extra key costs more than I paid for my first used car.
The times they are a change'in!
So when the feature is on, if try to lock the car with the driver's side door open, that door will not lock, only the other 3 will. To successfully lock all 4 doors the driver's door must be closed when the lock command is sent. Functionally this means you can't accidentially lock your key fob in by using the lock button on the door then closing it. When anti-lockout is on, the only way to lock all four doors is with the fob or key. Therefore it prevents accidentally locking your key in, just as the feature name suggests.
So it appears that the delayed locking Dan describes is a separate feature.
If the key was in the ignition and you hit the power locks with the door open, it would unlock them immediately. What was old is now new again.