2004 Chevrolet Malibu Owner's Manual - Page 80

Door Ajar Reminder If one of the doors on your vehicle is not closed properly, while the ignition is on and the shift lever is moved from PARK (P) or NEUTRAL (N), you will hear a chime. Also, the door ajar message will display through the Driver Information Center until the doors are closed. See DIC Warnings and Messages on page 3-50 for more information. If the power door lock switch or the transmitter lock button is pressed twice when leaving the vehicle, the doors will lock immediately. If the power door unlock switch or the transmitter unlock button is pressed, the doors will unlock immediately and not lock automatically after the doors are closed. This feature is turned on at the factory but may be turned off through the DIC. Delayed Locking This feature will allow the driver to delay the actual locking of the vehicle. This feature will not operate if the key is left in the ignition. See Lockout Protection on page 2-13 later in this section. When the driver's power door lock switch or the transmitter lock button is pressed once, with the key removed from the ignition and the driver's door open, three chimes will be heard to signal the delay. The doors will not lock immediately. Five seconds after the last door has been closed, all of the doors will lock and the parking lamps will flash once. The horn will also chirp if the horn chirp feature is enabled. See DIC Operation and Displays on page 3-46 for more information. If a door is opened before the five seconds has elapsed, the doors will not lock until five seconds after all doors are closed. 2-12 Programmable Automatic Door Locks Your vehicle is programmed at the factory that when the doors are closed, the ignition is on and the shift lever is moved out of PARK (P), all the doors will lock. If someone needs to exit the vehicle once the doors are locked, have that person use the manual lock knob or power door unlock switch. The power door locks and unlocks can be programmed to operate differently through prompts displayed on the Driver Information Center (DIC). These prompts allow you to choose various lock and unlock settings. For more information on programming, see DIC Operation and Displays on page 3-46. When the ignition is switched from ON to OFF, all the doors will unlock.