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I used to drive a Nissan whose doors would unlock when you closed a door - I'm not sure if it was intentional or not. But I found I could also trigger the unloc
by testplzignore 5y ago
I used to drive a Nissan whose doors would unlock when you closed a door - I'm not sure if it was intentional or not. But I found I could also trigger the unlocking mechanism by punching the outside of the door at just the right spot. Very useful for when ice would get in the locks.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIt was intentional. It's so you can't lock your keys inside.
- drewzero1 5y agoI had a Mazda with this feature, apparently very common among Japanese cars in the early 90s. At first I thought it was broken, until I started looking into how to fix it and found you just have to pull the handle as you're closing the door to stop it from popping up. It's supposed to make you think about grabbing your keys but after a while it sort of became automatic. I've got an early 80s SAAB that handled this in a more straightforward way. The driver's door lock plunger will not go down while the door is open, forcing you to lock it with the key (or reach around from another door, and then lock that.)