Smashing the Rear light opens doors????

[SaGe]

hey all,

i got a 97 VS II, and my mate was tell in me that if u smash the left tail light, all the doors open, is this tru???? cos i dont wanna find my car one day open with the tail light smashed in

 

[tysons_2001]

I've heard a similar story that if you jump on the roof a few times the doors unlock.

 

[elljay]

i heard if you break the drivers window and use the lock, the door will unlock =) the doors dont open if you smash the rear lights. i saw a lady back into my car when i was walking back to it and she smashed the rear left light and my doors didnt unlock.

 

[Infus10n]

hey all,

i got a 97 VS II, and my mate was tell in me that if u smash the left tail light, all the doors open, is this tru???? cos i dont wanna find my car one day open with the tail light smashed in

They are pulling your leg mate, lol!

I've heard a similar story that if you jump on the roof a few times the doors unlock.

I have heard that story too, the claimed backing of the story is that holden introduced a "safety" feature into the car so if your car was to flip over and land on the roof while the doors were locked that the doors would unlock. Myth or Truth i dont know.

 

[BANGERS88]

yeah i doubt it very much both the tail light and roof one. i mean obviously if you locks are about to give if they have a problem any bump anywhere on the car could in theory unlock it, but highly unlikley!

 

[tysons_2001]

anyone got a old commodore with central locking who can test the roof theory? lol

 

[vt1538]

There is a safety feature that unlocks the door in an accident. I am sure that there is a failsafe involving the key in ignition & in run position or something like that.

 

[Don Sutton]

The difficulty with the 'safety feature that car unlocks when LHR tail light smashed' is - How do you always get that light to break in an accident. My thought is that the story is no more than urban myth!

 

[Lost_Pete]

I recall that there was a shock sensor module shown on the schematic for the central locking. I suspect that this is a safety circuit to unlock the door in the case of an accident.

 

[clinster73]

I reckon we should get 'MythBusters' on to all these myths!

The one about smashing the left/right rear taillight to disable a known popular make car alarm has been around for ages way before VR/VS commodores!