Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14607636) -
2021 - CRC - 8/18/20
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Keys, Doors, and Windows
The doors will lock automatically
five seconds after all doors are closed. If a
door is reopened before that time, the
five-second timer will reset when all doors
are closed again.
Press
Q
on the door lock switch again or
press
Q
on the RKE transmitter to lock the
doors immediately.
This feature can also be programmed. See
Vehicle Personalization (8 Inch Screen)
or
Vehicle Personalization (7 Inch Screen)
Automatic Door Locks
The doors will lock automatically when all
doors are closed, the ignition is on, and the
vehicle is shifted out of P (Park).
If a vehicle door is unlocked, and then
opened and closed, the doors will lock either
when your foot is removed from the brake
or the vehicle speed becomes faster than
13 km/h (8 mph).
To unlock the doors:
.
Press
K
on the power door lock switch.
.
Shift the transmission into P (Park).
Automatic door locking cannot be disabled.
Automatic door unlocking can be
programmed. See
or
Vehicle Personalization (7 Inch Screen)
.
Lockout Protection
If the vehicle is on or in ACC/ACCESSORY
and the power door lock switch is pressed
with the driver door open, all the doors will
lock and only the driver door will unlock.
If the vehicle is off and locking is requested
while a door is open, when all doors are
closed the vehicle will check for RKE
transmitters inside. If an RKE transmitter is
detected and the number of RKE
transmitters inside has not reduced, the
driver door will unlock and the horn will
chirp three times.
Lockout Protection can be manually
overridden with the driver door open by
pressing and holding
Q
on the power door
lock switch.
Open Door Anti-Lockout
If Open Door Anti-Lockout has been turned
on and the vehicle is off, the driver door is
open, and locking is requested, all the doors
will lock and the driver door will remain
unlocked. The Open Door Anti-Lockout
feature can be turned on or off. See
Personalization (8 Inch Screen)
or
Vehicle Personalization (7 Inch Screen)
.
Safety Locks
The rear door safety locks prevent
passengers from opening the rear doors
from inside the vehicle.
Manual Safety Locks
If equipped, the safety lock is located on the
inside edge of the rear doors. To use the
safety lock:
1. Insert the key into the safety lock slot
and turn it so the slot is in the
horizontal position.