2012 Dodge Journey Owner Manual - Page 39

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 37 Preventing Inadvertent Locking Of Passive Entry RKE To Lock The Vehicle's Doors The front door handles have LOCK buttons located on Transmitter In Vehicle To minimize the possibility of unintentionally locking a the outside of the handles. Passive Entry RKE transmitter inside your vehicle, the Passive Entry system is equipped with an automatic door unlock feature which will function if the ignition switch is in the OFF position. If one of the vehicle doors is open and the door panel switch is used to lock the vehicle, once all open doors have been closed the vehicle checks the inside and outside of the vehicle for any valid Passive Entry RKE transmitters. If one of the vehicle's Passive Entry RKE transmitters is detected inside the vehicle, and no other valid Passive Entry RKE transmitters are detected outside the vehicle, the Passive Entry System automatically Outside Door Handle Lock Button unlocks all vehicle doors and chirps the horn three times With one of the vehicle's Passive Entry RKE transmitters (on the third attempt ALL doors will lock and the Passive within 5 ft (1.5 m) of the driver or passenger front door Entry RKE transmitter can be locked in the vehicle). handle, press the door handle LOCK button to lock all four doors and the liftgate. 2