My car just did the weirdest thing today...
 

So I was driving along the freeway...cruising at about 50mph...

Traffic appears out of nowhere and i had to brake hard.

Stopped just in time...went from 50mph to 0 pretty quick.

As I was braking...THE DOORS UNLOCKED THEMSELVES! AS IF THE CAR WAS TELLING ME TO JUST FORGET ABOUT THE BRAKES AND JUST GTFO OF THE CAR

This car really has strange quirks...or maybe because it's just tax season and I haven't gotten a good night sleep in a while...

Yeah, that's part of the newly added eject mode. If you press in the emergency lights while locking the brakes, the roof will open and you'll be ejected out. Pretty cool I think. :thumbsup:

lol perfect :clap:

That was exactly what I was thinking as it happened haha.

Seen this meme a million times. Not a single time did I think that it would actually apply to me in real life

Lol! I've been waiting to use that one for a while haha

ah yes, much needed chassis reinforcement.

I know another small sports car that has a "crash" mode.. where the doors automatically unlock after a crash. I wonder if something like that happened to the OP?

Here is how I know.. I was out on a club ride with a pack of front wheel drive cars.. and someone went off-roading... doing a complete front 1 1/2 somersault with the car, ending upside down. All 8 airbags deployed. Passengers completely unharmed.

The doors were locked. Once the driver was able to swim through all the deflated white bags, I had to ask him to unlock the door so we could get them out. That was a fail for that car- in crash mode, the locks are supposed to open so rescue can get you out. I think the somersault is an unexpected crash method!

A quick google search shows nothing for the twins.. but .. anyone know?

I have never heard that in the twins, I would think you want the doors locked in a crash so unbelted passengers don't fly out the door??

All cars (in Canada at any rate) made after 2004 are required to have systems that unlock the doors if the air bags are activated.
If the doors become unlatched in a crash they would do so even if locked. The lock mech doesn't do anything different to the latch it just won't let it be opened without a key/fob. Locking your door will keep people out but does not make it any stronger.

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I highly doubt that they would design the safety systems of the car around the type of people who ignore the most obvious and crucial safety system in the car... the seatbelt.

Plus, flying out of the door is probably less of a concern than flying through the windshield. If you get in a wreck while not wearing your seatbelt and your doors happen to fly off the hinges tossing you into the great abyss, you have no one else to blame but yourself for the ride you're about to take lol. (obviously not talking to you personally, just morons who feel they are invincible and don't need seatbelts)

I typically enjoy videos of passenger ejection. Is that bad?

Why were the doors locked in the first place? As far as I know these cars (FRS BRZ) do not lock the doors automatically when you drive off. Honestly, I wouldn't want them to lock automatically.

I hate that feature on some cars! Especially the ones that won't unlock until you put the car in neutral or park. Almost broke my arm several times trying to get out of a buddy's F250 when he stopped but it was still in gear.

Honestly this sounds like a safety feature to me. I imagine if you're having to break hard enough that a crash might be imminent, the doors unlocking would be beneficial, so the air bag doesn't suffocate you, and it can pop out the door a bit if needed, and for getting you out of the car (if the door can still manage to open) since you wouldn't be able to unlock the car well with the air bags deployed, potentially injured, etc? That's my guess anyway - interesting bit of information nonetheless.

Don't read answer in angry tone there is just no way to respond without sounding sarcastic (which at least this time I am not)!
How will an air bag "suffocate you"? They don't stay inflated long (seconds) and are actually already deflating when you contact them. (I have been told that the FRS side impact ones stay inflated longer then the norm though)
Also the last thing you would want is it to "pop out the door a bit" as they are supposed to hold and cushion you not move away from you.
As I said above the doors unlock if the airbag is activated so that there is access in the event of an incident. There is no need to have the doors unlock just for braking quickly.
These are not "my guess" as this is one of the things the company I work for makes so I have to have at least a working knowledge on the systems (so the engineers can't BS me).

Are you a CPA? The car still prob thinks you're ded. I wouldn't trust it if I was you….

I meant crushing, not suffocating - as in putting pressure on you (taller people especially), or if you got impacted from the side. I was thinking about it terms of where the phrase "roll with the punches" comes from - where less rigidity, or resistance acting against the force being applied is going to be better for dispersing that force, and causing less devastating damage in the long run. Although, if it is a safety feature - I assume it's more likely just to make access to the passenger(s) easier under minor impact, since the passenger(s) could still be dazed, confused, or have injuries that doesn't allow them to open the door on their own.

However, for all I know the doors unlocking could have just been due to the transfer of force through the car, or something else as the OP was breaking, and may not be the result of engineering. But I was just musing, and thinking out loud - not suggesting anything as fact.

I'm fairly sure you guys know that unlocking the doors has nothing mechanically to do with keeping them closed (secure, shut, whatever), correct?

I believe they unlock so people can get you out.....you know rescue and stuff.

Ya that was my point! "All cars (in Canada at any rate) made after 2004 are required to have systems that unlock the doors if the air bags are activated."
Was also trying to get the message across that locking your doors does not make the latches stronger.(Like Trom just said as well).
There are a pile of misconceptions about the safety systems in cars that can lead to their abuse, alteration and unwarranted concern.

guns dont kill people.


door locks do.

I'd be careful with posts like that being from CA. Some dumbass in Sacramento read your post and is now trying to figure out how tax or ban door locks, and the greasy, oily shit that overflows from CA govt winds up everywhere else.

lol...what have I done!!!!!!!!!


Seriously though, I probably just tripped some "green" alarm in a building filled with overpaid idiots waiting to make new useless laws.

Canada! California law free since 1850!


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Automatic doorlocks with a shoulder-thing that goes up. Good God, won't somebody think of the children!