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Old 07-07-2011, 01:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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When you are blessed to have power everything in the car is it bad when kids are locking and unlocking the doors with their hands? I was always told yes but a friend of mine disagrees.
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Old 07-07-2011, 04:02 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I don't think so. Your friend is correct. Those things are meant to lock and unlock. Actually most cars do have a "door lock lock" that you can apply from the front seat. This will stop anyone else in the car other than the driver (or passenger I believe) from being able to lock or open the doors.
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Old 07-08-2011, 12:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I have never heard that it's bad to lock and unlock the car with your hands. Do those locks on the driver's side work with hand locks? I thought they were only for the auto locks.
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I don't know. My friend has a mini van where the auto lock works on all the doors but the sliding door. I have always wondered if the kids locking and unlocking it broke that one.
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I don't know, I would think it's fine. I mean I unlock mine a lot with my hand and not the remote. I have not had any problems with it yet and I've been doing it for years.
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I can't figure out why it would be bad. Unless they set the thing to where you can't easily reach it by hand, they have to expect people to lock and unlock it by hand, seems to me.
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Old 09-10-2011, 09:20 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I don't really understand this question. But if they lock themselves in, obviously they can unlock it, as well. If they lock you out, it can be frustrating.
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I have always unlocked it with my hands and have never had trouble in 8 years. I never heard that it was bad to do so. If it was bad they probably would not make it possible to do so. I have to right now because my auto lock key fob is broken.
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I don't think that unlocking them by hand would be problematic. Did your friend tell you why it was bad? I would be interested in finding out.
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Old 09-10-2011, 12:42 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I do not think unlocking power locks, by hand, will do anything bad. Locks were made to lock and unlock. If the kids are in the backseat, repeatedly hitting the buttons, I would use the kid safety locks.
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