Being the vehicle owner of a modern Subaru Forester grants us several advantages, actually, modern cars give access to an more and more impressive number of features. They will allow you to gain in comfort, multimedia or security. In this article we are going to examine a feature that is supposed to make you feel safe in your vehicle, the automatic closing of the doors. This option can be deactivated for no reason, so we’re going to find out how to activate auto locking on your Subaru Forester. To accomplish this, we will initially look at the technicalities of this fonctionality and how it works, then, in a second part, how to reactivate the automatic closing of the doors of your car.
What is the automatic locking or closing on a Subaru Forester?
Before we teach you how to activate the automatic lock of your Subaru Forester, we will examine the usefulness of this features. In reality, the number of carjacking is slowly raising, and our Subaru Forester is an area where we tend to feel safe. However, 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 fonctionality. Generally there is a door lock button that enables you to close and open the doors from the cabin, but this functionality automatically locks the doors of your car as soon as you surpass a certain speed or a certain time after starting up. The advantage is that you no longer have to get worried about this action to assure optimal security.
How do I activate the automatic closing of the doors on my Subaru Forester?
Unfortunately, it can appear that due to factory defaults, electronic failures, bad handling, this option can be disabled, we will now see the two solutions to let you to activate the automatic lock on your Subaru Forester.
- How to activate the automatic locking / closing of the doors on a car: The lock button
The simplest approach if you are in the event that your automatic door closure no longer functions, 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 matter of seconds until you hear an audible sign and, based on the year of your Subaru Forester, the turn indicators that are activated. This approach should be good enough in most instances to activate the automatic door lock on your Subaru Forester.
How to activate the automatic door lock on my Subaru Forester: Through the computer
To finish , a more complex approach but which can be linked to a factory problem or a power failure on your car. To reactivate the automatic door lock on your Subaru Forester, you will have the ability to go through your diagnostic socket. You will have to have a diagnostic tool and navigate through the menus to change the linked option in the “sash menu”. However, this is only appropriate for people with some mechanics knowledges and we would suggest that you go to your specialist to do this.
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