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.

:laughabove:

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.