install power locks on 1999 toyota tacoma

My daughter had an alarm installed, and the guy put in door locks at the same time. I forget the price, but $50 per door comes to mind. The doors locked and unlocked with the key fob, and they were programmed to lock when the trans. was set to D, and they unlocked when the key was switched off.

One might question the safety of such a feature in the event of an accident?

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Why? Lots of cars these days lock the doors automatically.

someone injured in an accident may not be in a position to unlock the doors, or switch off ignition, such as in a fire or life threatening situation.....

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Chances are that if they were not wearing their seat belts, then yeah..they will probably be injured bad enough so they can't get themselves out. OTOH, you have a 99.9% probability of walking away from a wreck if you were strapped in. I figured out early on that if a race car driver can hit a wall at 200mph and walk away from it, then I should be able to survive and walk away from a 60 or 70mph wreck if I have my seat belts on. If you don't believe me, ask Janet Guthry..... She wrecked a GTP car at

180+mph, rolled it 12 times, and it erupted into a fireball when it came to rest on its lid. She unbuckled, crawled out the window and walked away without a scratch.

There are millions of cars on the highways that automatically lock the doors. It is a design feature. YOU might not like the feature, but it's there just the same. Some of us pay extra because we think it is safer to have the doors locked than not locked. We think the odds of being carjacked are greater than being in a wreck.

Agreed, that's the point I was making, I guess it all depends on if's, but's, when and maybe's.

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Personally, I don't have a problem with that design feature at all, and your point re: carjacking is quite valid. I was more concerned about a serious accident, rollover or fire, where the occupants would be unable to release the electro mechanism.

But then again, life is a series of risks on many occasions, of which one does not always have a say in how it will all pan out.

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