Being the vehicle owner of a recent Fiat Stilo provides us specific features, in truth, modern vehicles give access to an more and more impressive number of product features. They will allow you to gain in comfort, multimedia or security. In this article we are gonna have a look at an option that is supposed to make you feel safe in your car, the automatic closing of the doors. This option might be deactivated for no reason, so we’re going to see how to activate auto locking on your Fiat Stilo. To get this done, we will first look at the technicalities of this option and how it works, then, in a second step, how to reactivate the automatic closing of the doors of your car.
What is the automatic locking or closing on a Fiat Stilo?
Before we teach you how to activate the automatic lock of your Fiat Stilo, we will have a look at the efficacy of this function. In actual fact, the number of carjacking is constantly increasing, and our Fiat Stilo is a location where we tend to feel safe. However, when stopping at a red light, at a stop sign or in traffic jams, one can feel subject to aggression, it is with this in mind that the brands have introduced this option. Generally there is a door lock button that enables you to close and open the doors from the inside, but this option automatically locks the doors of your car when you go over a certain speed or a certain time after starting up. The advantage is that you no longer have to be anxious about this action to guarantee maximum security.
How do I activate the automatic closing of the doors on my Fiat Stilo?
Sadly, it can appear that due to factory defaults, electronic failures, bad handling, this option can be shut off, we will now see the two solutions to allow you to activate the automatic lock on your Fiat Stilo.
- How to activate the automatic locking / closing of the doors on a car: The lock button
The most basic strategy if you are in the event that your automatic door closure will no longer works, is to turn on the ignition (on some series you will as well need to have the engine running) and quickly come and hold down the door lock button on your car for a few seconds until you hear an audible indicator and, based on the year of your Fiat Stilo, the turn indicators that are turned on. This strategy should be good enough in many instances to activate the automatic door lock on your Fiat Stilo.
How to activate the automatic door lock on my Fiat Stilo: Through the computer
Finally, a more complicated strategy but which can be linked to a factory defect or a power failure on your car. To reactivate the automatic door lock on your Fiat Stilo, you will be able to go through your diagnostic socket. You will need to have a diagnostic tool and navigate through the menus to modify the linked option in the “sash menu”. However, this is only advised for people with some mechanics knowledges and we advise that you go to your dealer to do this.
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