Being the owner of a modern Volkswagen Polo 4 gives us certain features, actually, modern vehicles give access to an increasingly remarkable number of features. They will allow you to gain in comfort, multimedia or safety. Today we are going to take a look at a feature that is designed to make you feel safe in your vehicle, the automatic closing of the doors. This package can be deactivated for no reason, so we’re going to find out how to activate auto locking on your Volkswagen Polo 4. To achieve this, we will first 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 Volkswagen Polo 4?
Before we teach you how to activate the automatic lock of your Volkswagen Polo 4, we will take a look at the effectiveness of this features. Surely, the number of carjacking is continuously increasing, and our Volkswagen Polo 4 is an area where we usually 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 introduced this fonctionality. In general there is a door lock button that enables you to close and open the doors from the cabin, but this function automatically locks the doors of your car as soon as you exceed a certain speed or a certain time after turning on the engine. The benefit is that you no longer have to be concerned about this action to guarantee optimum safety.
How do I activate the automatic closing of the doors on my Volkswagen Polo 4?
Sadly, it can appear that due to factory defaults, electronic failures, bad handling, this feature can be shut off, we will now look at the two solutions to let you to activate the automatic lock on your Volkswagen Polo 4.
- How to activate the automatic locking / closing of the doors on a car: The lock button
The quickest technique if you are in the event that your automatic door closure no more be effective, 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 notice an audible signal and, based on the year of your Volkswagen Polo 4, the turn indicators that are turned on. This technique should be good enough most of the time to activate the automatic door lock on your Volkswagen Polo 4.
How to activate the automatic door lock on my Volkswagen Polo 4: Through the computer
To finish , a more complex technique but which can be caused by a factory defect or a power failure on your car. To reactivate the automatic door lock on your Volkswagen Polo 4, 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 modify the linked option in the “sash menu”. However, this is only appropriate for people with some mechanics knowledges and we encourage that you visit your dealer to achieve this.
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