Subj : chinese cars ceasing to f
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Sep 20 2025 18:17:40

AA>That's not much different from any car with electrically locked
  >doors.  A very small child might find it hard to unlock the
  >doors mechanically.   But on my rav4 I can override the
  >elecrically locked mechanism by just flipping the door handle
  >from the inside.  Too bad Tesla didn't seem to consider that
  >override - if that's true.

AA>The rav4 is no different than trying to open the door
  >electrically from the outside: if the fob fails to operate,
  >then no dice.  But the physical key from the outside overrides
  >everything.

My Ford Escape is the first car I owned where I tend to do
everything electronically compared to my older cars, but from
outside you can always use the hidden Keypad to unlock the
driver's door. Inside the car I will generally use the electronic
buttons on the doors to unlock other doors or the hatchback and
such. I don't think I've ever tried just pulling up the lock
'button' but I assume you can do that.

Not that it matters much since the electronic controls are
part of the ignition key and maybe if that were totally dead
you couldn't even start the car since maybe the chip built
into the key wouldn't put out the signal required to allow
the key to start the car.

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