That's a feature Ford uses to try to keep people from locking themselves out of the truck. "Smart Locks" is the name, I think.

You should be able to close the door, and lock it with the keypad though.

Or, get a remote starter.

 

Manual locks kind of contrary to the power locks, why not just have the power door locks require the pressing of the button.

Question still stands :
Guess not....

 

What?

Really, what does this mean?

Others have posted what I found in my research, which I did several years ago.

If you really are too lazy to look it up yourself, I will try to find some time in the next few days, and look it up again.....just to satisfy you.

 

Yeah, I figured that out - just alwasy forget and have to go back and lock it again

 

Okay, but what happens when your truck flips or something and you need to get out fast and someone is trying to get to you, but they can't because your doors are locked? That sort of seems dangerous....

 

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That's a rehash of the old seat belt trap myth.
Like anything else you have to go with the odds.
Sure you can carry a tall metal rod in a lightning storm and not get hit. Or can you? Odds.

Trapped in car scenarios are very, very rare.
Usually the car went off into water, and impact knocked someone unconscious. Its possible but far less likely than getting hurt after being flung from the car, high jacked, kid falling out, door popping open in impact, etc.

So you can always come up with some reason that using safety equipment could lead to a weird or rare catastrophe, but realize it is just a logic game.


So;
Never wear seat belts, your car could get hit, burst into flames, and the Good Samaritan who is trying to save you can't figure out the seat belt.

Never lock your doors, you may drive into a ditch, and no one who tries to help you can find a rock, or boot to break out the window and you may drown.

Always deactivate your airbags because you could be holding a sharp pencil right in front of your face during a moderate accident and the air bag could shove it up your nose...
Chris

 

I'd love to see those statistics. I don't understand, from a strictly mechanical standpoint, what makes the door any less likely to be thrown open in a crash just because it's locked. I mean, what is it about the locked latch mechanism that makes the latch more secure?

And if, for some reason, the door is flung open, shouldn't the seatbelt stop you from being thrown from the vehicle? I can see the door stopping you if you're not wearing a seatbelt, but I have yet to see or hear of anyone ever being thrown from the vehicle that was wearing a seatbelt, regardless of whether the door was locked or unlocked.

-Joe

 

Good point, I know the pin fired and locked the seat belt on my '01, so quick, that I did not even touch the airbag ( on the lower firing range ).

 

I've been to a lot of wrecks, and I've never seen a door come open. EVER!!! I've never even heard of it happening. I doubt very seriously that locking your door makes it any safer in a wreck. If anything it makes it more dangerous because rescuers cannot open the door and get you out. That can be very dangerous especially in a fire. But they may help deter carjacking.

 

I guess it depends on the area. Around here, if they want it, they tap on the window with the barrel of the gun

 

I did a lettle research online last night, but never found anything concrete. Just a lot of opinions and suggestions that you're safer, but no statistics or concrete evidence of such. It sounds like an old wive's tale, based in reality when, at one time back in the 40s and 50s before technology advanced, it was true.

-Joe