Doors and Locks -> Locking and Unlocking for your Ford Ecosport 2012-2022
Doors and Locks
Door Lock Switch Inhibitor
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING
When you electronically lock your vehicle
while the ignition is off, the power door lock
switch will no longer operate after twenty
seconds. You must unlock your vehicle with
the remote control, or switch the ignition
on to restore function to these switches.
You can switch this feature on or off in the
information display See Information
Messages (page 96).
Note: All doors will be unlocked 10 seconds
after the airbag deploys due to impact and
following this the hazard warning flashers
will flash.
Power Door Locks
Autolock
The autolock feature will lock all the doors
when:
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all doors and swing gate are closed,
the ignition is on,
you shift into any gear putting the
vehicle in motion, and
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the vehicle attains a speed greater than
10 mph (20 km/h)
The power door lock switch is located at
the front part of the front inner handles.
If you open one or more doors, the autolock
feature will repeat when:
A
Press the top button once. The
doors will unlock.
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the vehicle speed has been less than
9.3 mph (15 km/h) for at least two
seconds; and
B
C
Door lock indication.
your vehicle meets the autolock
Press the button once. The
doors will lock.
conditions again.
Remote Control
Door Lock Indicator
You can use the remote control any time
A LED on the power door lock control
the vehicle is not running.
illuminates when you lock the door.
When the ignition is on and your vehicle
speed is at or below 3.1 mph (5 km/h), you
can use the remote control to lock and
unlock the doors.
They will remain illuminated for up to five
minutes after you switch the ignition off.
Unlocking the Doors
Note: You can unlock the driver door with
the key. Use the key when the remote
control is not functioning.
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Note: When you lock your vehicle for
Note: The direction indicators will flash as
several weeks, the remote control switches
off. Your vehicle must be unlocked and the
engine started using the key. Unlocking and
starting your vehicle once will enable the
remote control.
locking feedback only when ignition is OFF.
Automatic Relocking (If Equipped)
The doors will relock automatically if you
do not open a door within 45 seconds of
unlocking the doors with the remote
control. The door locks and the alarm will
return to their previous state.
Press this button to unlock all
doors. Turn signals will flash
once.
This feature will be disabled when you
receive the vehicle.You can switch this
feature on or off in the information display.
See Information Displays (page 93).
Reprogramming the Unlocking
Function
You can reprogram the unlocking function
to unlock only driver´s door at the first
press and unlock the others at the second
press, if this last was performed within
three seconds after the first press. To do
so, using the remote control, press and
hold lock and unlock buttons together for
four seconds. Turn signals will flash twice.
To revert, repeat the process. You can also
reprogram it using the cluster menu. See
Information Messages (page 96).
Locking and Unlocking the Doors
with the Key
Note: Do not leave your keys in your vehicle.
Locking with the Key
Turn the top of the key toward the front of
your vehicle.
Unlocking with the Key
Locking the Doors
Note: If the child safety locks are on and
you pull the interior handle, you will only
switch off the emergency locking, not the
child safety lock. You can only open the
doors using the external door handle.
Note: If the doors have been unlocked using
this method, the doors must be locked
individually until the central locking function
has been repaired.
Turn the top of the key toward the rear of
your vehicle. You can unlock all other
doors individually by pulling the interior
door handles.
Note: When the central locking function
fails to operate, lock the doors individually
using the key in the position shown.
Press the button to lock all the
doors. The direction indicators
will flash.
Press the button again within three
seconds to confirm that all the doors are
closed. The doors will lock again, the horn
will sound once and the direction indicators
will flash if all the doors and the luggage
compartment are closed.
Note: If hood or luggage compartment is
open when you press the button once, the
direction indicators will not flash. This
indicates your vehicle did not lock. If a rear
door, the luggage compartment or the hood
is open (on vehicles with an anti-theft
alarm) when you press the button again
within three seconds, the horn sounds twice
and the direction indicators will not flash.
This indicates your vehicle locked but there
is one or more items open.
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If the system finds a Intelligent Access key
(if equipped) or there's a key in the ignition
switch, all of the doors will immediately
unlock and the horn will sound twice,
indicating that a key is inside.
When you electronically lock your vehicle
with any door open and the ignition is in
RUN, the vehicle will unlock all doors and
sound the horn twice.
You can switch the horn feedback of this
feature on or off in the information display.
See Information Displays (page 93).
Autounlock
Illuminated Entry
Autounlock unlocks all the doors when all
The interior lamps and some exterior
lamps illuminate when you unlock the
doors with the remote control. The
illuminated entry system will turn off the
lights if:
of the following occur:
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The ignition is on, all the doors are
closed, and your vehicle has been
moving at a speed greater than
12.4 mph (20 km/h).
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The ignition is on.
You press the remote control lock
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Your vehicle comes to a stop and you
switch the ignition off or to the
accessory position.
You open the driver door within 10
minutes of switching the ignition off or
to accessory.
button.
After 25 seconds of illumination. The lights
will not turn off if:
•
You turn them on with the lamp
control.
Note: If you electronically lock your vehicle
after you switch the ignition off with the
driver door closed, the doors will not
autounlock.
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Any door is open. In this case, more of
the interior lighting will illuminate and
the timer will reset.
Illuminated Exit
You can switch this feature on or off in the
information display. See Information
Displays (page 93).
The interior lamps illuminate when all
doors are closed and you switch the
ignition off. The lamps will turn off if all the
doors remain closed and:
Smart Unlock
This feature helps to prevent you from
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25 seconds have elapsed.
You switch ignition to RUN.
locking your key inside your vehicle’s
passenger compartment or rear cargo area.
When you electronically lock your vehicle
with any door open and the ignition is off,
the system searches for a keyfob inside
your vehicle after you close the last door.
When any door is opened, the exterior
lamps will illuminate and remain on for 25
seconds, along with the interior. Whenever
a door is opened or closed, the timer will
reset.
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