2002 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 78

Delayed Locking Delayed locking allows the doors to be locked while passengers are exiting the vehicle. This feature also allows for you to re-enter the vehicle after the doors have been closed and locked. Delayed locking is user programmable for enabling or disabling the feature. Delayed locking is activated when a door lock switch is pressed while the key is not in the vehicle's ignition, and a door is open. The door lock switch may be either the lock switch on the door or on the remote keyless entry transmitter (see "Remote Keyless Entry" earlier in this section for more details). The doors do not lock when the lock switch is pressed, but instead, three chimes are heard. These chimes indicate that the delayed locking feature has been activated. You have three actions possible once delayed locking is activated: If you wish to let the delayed locking feature complete the locking of the vehicle, no additional action is required. The delayed locking feature will lock the doors automatically after all the doors have been closed for a period of five seconds. During this five second period, any door may be reopened, at which time the three possible actions shown above are again available. You may also customize your vehicle to activate the delayed locking feature as described previously, or you may choose to completely disable the feature at all times. If disabled, the power door locks will activate immediately when a power door lock switch is pressed. The enabled/disabled state of the delayed locking feature will be toggled when you perform the following sequence: 1. Close the doors. 2. The ignition key should be in RUN. 3. Apply your regular brakes. 4. Press and hold the power door unlock switch. While holding the door unlock switch, move the shift lever out of and back into PARK (P). After an initial transaxle cycle, each additional cycle will toggle the enable/disable state of the delayed locking feature. D Cancel the delayed locking by pressing the unlock switch or by fully inserting the key in the ignition. doors immediately by pressing the lock switch a second time. of the vehicle. D Override the delayed locking feature and lock the D Let the delayed locking feature complete the locking 2-14