Corolla Doors Autolocking

I think the idea was to keep the kids from opening the door and falling out when you are driving.

But don't the locked doors open from the inside just like unlocked doors do? If so, it doesn't stop kids from opening them.

There are child locks inside the door jamb on any car these days. They prevent the rear doors from being opened from the inside. Those take care of the kids. So, why must we have auto-locking doors?

That's a good question -- why the doors have to lock automatically. A better solution, to me, is a central locking button that I can press to lock the doors. I've found (in my F150) that if I start the car with the door open, the lock circuit is bypassed and the locks do not activate. The theory has to be, if the doors are open, why bother locking them? It gets me around the autolock feature until my dog steps on the lock button.

It keeps the carjackers at bay, it does not preclude the doors from opening from the inside. In theory, it holds the latches closed more tightly (securely) than if the lock is not employed.

Thanks.

Thanks. I'll try that, and if it works, try to remember to do it.

I just tried umpteen more times. I give up. I'll live with it.