locot Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Wife was sitting in the backseat, and happened to accidentally snag the door handle and the door swung open while we were in motion!! The doors auto-locked when the car started movement. I manually locked (pressed the lock button on the driver door) and asked her to try to open the door. She was able to open the door. This is a serious safety issue. I'm concerned the kids will open the door while I'm driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMax-Traveler Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 I guess because there's no manual lock mechanism, that's just how it works. The locks on the C-Max are to keep people outside out, not to keep people in. If you want the doors to not be able to be opened, you'll have to use the child locks. Which is annoying b/c then they can't ever be opened from inside, but at least then the kids won't go flying out going down the highway. FYI, there was a recall on the child lock for the left rear door for vehicles manufactured in November, 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wab Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 HhMm maybe a visit to your dealership? We have to pull the rear inside handle twice when the doors are locked.Same as the bmw's we've owned, maybe all European cars require 2 pulls when locked? wab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMax-Traveler Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 HhMm maybe a visit to your dealership? We have to pull the rear inside handle twice when the doors are locked.Same as the bmw's we've owned, maybe all European cars require 2 pulls when locked? wab Yep, that's accurate on mine too... I have to pull the handles twice when the doors are locked, once to unlock, then again to open. locot, if that's not how yours are working, then definitely take it in for service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaEnergi Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Maybe the solution is to teach one's kids to never open the door while in motion, and to always keep their seats belts on in case they forget. There were no seat belts when I was a kid, but perhaps my parents did tell me not to mess with the doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Hahahaha. I have three kids. I can assure you if you tell them NOT to open the door they will try it. Then claim they were testing it for you. I understand what you really mean. I think we all teach our kids thing like do not open the doors while the car is in motion, but it still needs to be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdiesel1 Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 I'm not aware of anything to prevent the rear doors from being opened from the inside at anytime, except the child lock feature.Have you tried the other door to see if it functions the same ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark426 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 That's the way the doors are designed to work. On every car I have owned the door locks worked that way as well. I THINK some import cars do require you to unlock the doors before they will open from the inside but not sure about that. Activating the child locks will prevent the rear doors from opening when locked as others have already posted, but only for the rear doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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