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We're Still Unclear What This Means - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Long-Term Road Test

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edited January 2015 in Chevrolet
imageWe'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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  • reminderreminder Member Posts: 383
    Who's on first?
    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!
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    edited January 2015
    Sometimes I wonder what they are thinking every time they try to "help us". We're down to one physical lock and key on pretty much all vehicles now. I can't wait until they figure out how to save the money of having to put that last lock cylinder in a door. An electronic lock would never fail, right? ;)
  • bankerdannybankerdanny Member Posts: 1,021
    I would think it means that when on the car can only be locked via the key or the key fob. If you try to use the switch on the door and then close the door it won't lock.
  • allthingshondaallthingshonda Member Posts: 878
    edited January 2015
    I'm going to guess that this is the feature that automatically unlocks the door if you try to lock the doors with the key in the ignition. For those that don't know programmed delayed locking is a GM thing since I don't know anyone else that does this. When turned on, when you press the lock button on the door a chime sounds acknowledging that it received the command to lock the doors. However the doors don't lock immediately giving you time to close the driver's door and open another door or for that slow passenger that takes forever to get out. After a few seconds after all doors are closed the doors lock and it chirps the horn one time to let you know the doors locked as you walk away. Sounds silly but after using this in the Impalas at work I like it. Especially if you have to get two hand fulls of bags or a big box out the back seat and don't have a free hand for the key fob.
  • dan_acostadan_acosta Member Posts: 24
    It works just as allthingshonda explained and is a great feature. Now we need GM to add auto-relock like Honda, Toyota, and others have had for years that automatically relocks the doors if they are inadvertently unlocked by bumping the remote button in your pocket and you don't actually open a door.
  • legacygtlegacygt Member Posts: 599

    It works just as allthingshonda explained and is a great feature. Now we need GM to add auto-relock like Honda, Toyota, and others have had for years that automatically relocks the doors if they are inadvertently unlocked by bumping the remote button in your pocket and you don't actually open a door.

    If it works this way, I agree it is a great feature. It just needs a better name and some explanation on the screen.
  • legacygtlegacygt Member Posts: 599
    Why don't cars with touchscreen settings include a "?" or "Help" button on each setting screen that would explain the setting. Obviously we don't need it for things like volume or temperature control but "Unlock Door Anti-Lockout" is far from self-explanatory. You should be able to press a help button and get a paragraph from the car manual that explains things.
  • bankerdannybankerdanny Member Posts: 1,021
    I'm with legacy, if that is what it does that is a delayed locking feature, not an anti-lockout. Although it is possible that the way you use it is not the intended purpose, which creates the miss-match between your description and the name of the feature.
  • bankerdannybankerdanny Member Posts: 1,021
    Well, per an on-line manual for the Cadillac XTS the feature is described thusly: " When this feature is on and door locking is requested with the driver door open, all doors will lock and only the driver door will unlock. The driver door must be closed before locking is requested for all doors to remain locked. When this feature is off, the Delayed Door Lock menu will be available."

    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.
  • reminderreminder Member Posts: 383
    If that feature works as described, then my 2005 Trailblazer had the same 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.
  • dan_acostadan_acosta Member Posts: 24
    Not sure if the Colorado/Canyon is the same as the Silverado/Sierra, but suspect it is. I have the Sierra which gives you the choice of both systems, and you are correct the way they work is not obvious from this one display screen. There are additional screens not shown in the article to fully interact with all the options. The owner's manual does give a good explanation, but to really understand it you have to try it for yourself. One option is the traditional auto unlock if you try to lock with the key in the ignition. The other option is the more elaborate delayed locking after all doors are closed previously described, and is the option I use. When all else fails you can lock/unlock the truck with the free OnStar phone app, provided you have a cell signal.
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