Being the car owner of a recent Renault Espace provides us several advantages, in fact, recent vehicles give access to an increasingly notable number of functionality. They will allow you to gain in comfort, multimedia or safety. Today we are going to look at a feature that is expected to make you feel secure in your vehicle, the automatic closing of the doors. This package may be deactivated for no reason, so we’re going to find out how to activate auto locking on your Renault Espace. To get this done, we will initially look at the operation of this option and how it works, then, in a second step, how to reactivate the automatic closing of the doors of your car.

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What is the automatic locking or closing on a Renault Espace?

Before we present you how to activate the automatic lock of your Renault Espace, we will look at the usefulness of this features. Surely, the number of carjacking is frequently increasing, and our Renault Espace is an area where we usually feel safe. Nevertheless, when stopping at a red light, at a stop sign or in traffic jams, one can feel vulnerable to aggression, it is with this in mind that the brands have released this option. Generally there is a door lock button that allows you to close and open the doors from the inside, but this functionality automatically locks the doors of your car whenever 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 gesture to guarantee maximum safety.

How do I activate the automatic closing of the doors on my Renault Espace?

Unfortunately, it can happen that due to factory defaults, electronic failures, bad handling, this feature can be disabled, we will now look at the two options to let you to activate the automatic lock on your Renault Espace.

  • How to activate the automatic locking / closing of the doors on a car: The lock button
    The quickest technique if you are in case your automatic door closure no more works, is to turn on the ignition (on some series you will also need to have the engine running) and fairly quickly come and hold down the door lock button on your car for a couple of seconds until you listen to an audible alert and, in accordance with the year of your Renault Espace, the turn indicators that are activated. This technique should be enough in most situations to activate the automatic door lock on your Renault Espace.
  • How to activate the automatic door lock on my Renault Espace: Via the computer
    To finish , a more technical technique but which can be connected to a factory problem or a power failure on your car. To reactivate the automatic door lock on your Renault Espace, 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”. Nevertheless, this is only advised for people with some mechanics knowledges and we advise that you stop by your specialist to get this done.

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