This is an anti-carjack system. It should disencourage carjackers to open
the doors and drag you out of the car.
But most car owners open the doors themselves when a carjacker comes up with
a handgun....
K.
"tomb" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:2vaufvF2j02v8U1@uni-berlin.de...
> Not to sidetrack the question, but....
>
> eh wrote:
> | After we bought the 2004 Accord EXL, we found that
> | it misses one important feature: lock the door automatically when
> | the car gets started.
>
> I never understood why anyone would want to lock the doors when the car is
> started or starts moving. What's the reasoning behind this behavior?
>
> TomB (with good old 88 Civic that doesn't lock the doors unless I tell it
to
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