I am a new Crossfire owner and really enjoy this forum! Have looked through all 38 pages of this post and have not found my question answered. I would like to activate the automatic door locking feature which locks the doors at approximately 9 miles per hour. I have followed the owner's manual which says to push the auto locking button on the console for at least 5 seconds which I have done. I do hear a noise like a locking sound when I push it but the door lock ***** on the top of the door panel do not go down as I would expect them to. Does this mean my doors are not locked or do these ***** just not go down when this feature is activated? Any answer to this question would be greatly appreciated. We have had our 2005 Crossfire less than 1 week and have already driven over 300 miles of very pleasurable driving. Definitely a nice piece of machinery.

 

i think the car comes from the factory with that feature activated. did yours get disabled?

if your car door is open, you cannot lock the doors because there's a chance the keys could get stuck in the car. if the doors are closed when you push the lock button, then it sounds like you have a different problem. do the door lock pins (on top of the door panel) ever go down or are the always stuck up? ie. when you lock the car with the key fob, etc.

 

Thanks Rob for the info. The door lock pins do go down when I use either the key fob or the lock button on the console. I guess I was expecting them to go down at 9 mph with the power locking feature activated. I have had other Chrysler products and you can actually hear the door locks activate when you reach the predetermined speed. I really like the safety feature about not being able to lock the car when the keys are in it. I would welcome any input so I know whether or not to have this feature (power door locks) checked out when my first service is due. Thanks.

 

wouldn't hurt to have it checked out, if you're there anyway. i thought that feature was enabled by default. maybe yours got reset?

 

mine was enabled by the dealer so i'm sure they could fix it for you, the ***** should go down even on auto lock.

 

mine automatically locks the door when my car starts running at 9 mph.

 

The manual is wrong. The method for enabling or disabling the auto-lock is as follows:

Get in the car with the doors closed. Put key in Ignition. Press and hold the door lock button on the console (up to disable autolock, down to enable autolock). While holding the door lock button, turn the ignition to on. Do not start the car. Hold for about 5 to 10 seconds.

I discovered this by trial and error, and it was way back in September when I got the car, so I may be a little off on the exact routine. Good Luck.

 

Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions. I have tried everyone of them without success. I really thought the last post from Andrew was going to be the answer but I have about decided that regardless of what I do, it is not going to work. The switch on the console will both lock and unlock my doors just as it should (the door lock ***** actually go down for lock and up for unlock). After reading a number of posts where dealer work had to be done on the console, I am very hesitant to go that route unless absolutely necessary. Our Crossfire is a 2005 Limited Coupe - just wondering if this problem is peculiar to the 05's? Any additional posts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

According to my service manual, you just need to hold the switch for more than 5 seconds to enable/disable the autolock function.