Door Locks - How Stupid can you get

[tom3310a]

Every car I have ever driven operates the same way when it comes to using the power door lock button.
You open the door, press the door lock button - the doors lock, and you shut the door, and the car is now locked
However with the 2025 Telluride the door lock button does not work tat way, so I went to the owners manual to see if I was doing something wrong.
The manual says the door lock button will not work if either the key is left inside (okay, that makes sense) or THE DRIVER DOOR IS OPEN.
How the crap can you press the lock button unless you have the door open to reach the button. This is so stupid I cannot believe it.
I tested this truth by rolling the driver window down, shut the door, reached in thru the window to press the door lock button, and guess what - it worked.
Of course this is useless since the window is down.

Please change this inane logic. of door lock functionality.
Yes I know I can lock it by pressing the door handle on the outside once the door is shut, but that is beside the point.

 

[byscott]

“Every car I have ever driven operates the same way when it comes to using the power door lock button. You open the door, press the door lock button - the doors lock, and you shut the door, and the car is now locked”

Interesting. With every car I’ve owned, I have always gotten out of the car, turned around and pressed the button on the outside of the door to lock the car. It never occurred to me to press the door lock button while the door was open.

And to be clear, I’m not suggesting that there is a right or wrong way to do this … only that it never occurred to me to do it in the way that you described.

 

[bruesjoh04]

On many cars (including the Telluride), locking via the inside door button doesn’t arm the car’s alarm system. So you’d want to use the outside door controls, the fob, or the app in basically every situation.

 

[MrMCar]

How it works is just like every (well most) European car I've ever worked on. I believe it's a carryover from real keys left in ignition tumblers...?
Every time we had a customer pick up he car after the shop was closed, we had to unlock the car, open the PASSENGER door. Hide the key in the customer's choice of location (visor, glove box etc.) then lock the doors by reaching OVER the console onto the closed drivers door. Then closing the passenger door.

Most often such decisions about such are based upon liability exposure. If the key fob battery is dead (key still in car) and little Melissa is strapped into the baby seat and you lock yourself out.... Lawsuit 101.
They (product liability attorneys) remove our freedoms each and every day
I digress...

This has been the norm for me since the late 1980's...

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[1 Alibi 2]

Every vehicle I own, that has a fob, gets locked with the fob..
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