Rear Door Child-Protector Lock
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The child-protector lock is designed to prevent the rear doors from being opened accidentally from inside the vehicle. The child-protector locks on the rear doors should be used whenever children are in the vehicle.
1. Open the tailgate.
2. Push the child safety lock located on the rear edge of the door fully to the end (
) position. When the child safety lock
is in the locked position, the rear door will not open even if the inside door handle is pulled.
3. Close the rear door.
To open the rear door, pull the outside door handle.
Even if the doors are unlocked, the rear door will not open by pulling the inside door handle (1) until the rear door child safety lock is released.
WARNING - Rear Door Locks
If children accidentally open the rear doors while the vehicle is moving, they may fall out of the vehicle, which may result in serious injury or death. To prevent children from opening the rear doors from the inside, the rear door child safety locks should be used whenever children are in the vehicle.
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