28 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR VEHICLE To Unlock From The Driver Or Passenger Side Frequency Operated Button Integrated Key (FOBIK-Safe) vehicle. The vehicle will not unlock the doors when any of the following conditions are true: With a valid Passive Entry key fob within 5ft (1.5m) of the door handle, grab the handle to unlock the vehicle. Grabbing the driver’s door handle will unlock the driver door automatically. Grabbing the passenger door handle will unlock all doors and the tailgate automatically.
To minimize the possibility of unintentionally locking a Passive Entry key fob inside your vehicle, the Passive Entry system is equipped with an automatic door unlock feature which will function if the ignition is in the OFF position. The doors are manually locked using the door lock knobs. Three attempts are made to lock the doors using the door panel switch and then the doors are closed. There are five situations that trigger a FOBIK-Safe search in any Passive Entry vehicle: There is a valid Passive Entry key fob outside the vehicle within 5ft (1.5m) of a Passive Entry door handle. A lock request is made by a valid Passive Entry key fob while a door is open.
To Lock The Vehicle’s Doors And Tailgate A lock request is made by the Passive Entry door handle while a door is open. With one of the vehicle’s Passive Entry key fobs within 5ft (1.5m) of either front door handles, pushing the Passive Entry lock button will lock the vehicle. A lock request is made by the door panel switch while the door is open. When the Vehicle Security system is in pre-arm or armed status and the tailgate transitions from opened to closed. Grab The Door Handle To Unlock NOTE: Either the driver door only or all doors will unlock when you grab hold of the front driver’s door handle, depending on the selected setting in the Uconnect system Ъ page216.
When the tailgate transitions from open to closed and remote start is active. When any of these situations occur, after all open doors are shut, the FOBIK-Safe search will be executed. If it detects a Passive Entry key fob inside the vehicle, the vehicle will unlock and alert the customer. All doors will unlock when the front passenger door handle is grabbed regardless of the driver’s door unlock preference setting. NOTE: The vehicle will only unlock the doors when a valid Passive Entry key fob is detected inside the Push The Door Handle Button To Lock