1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual

Door LocksUnlocked doors can be dangerous.Passengers -- especially children -- can easilyopen the doors and fall out. When a is doorlocked, the inside handle won’t open it.Outsiders can easily enter through an unlockeddoor when you slow down or stop your vehicle.This may not be so obvious: You increase thechance of being thrown out of the vehicle in acrash if the doors aren’t locked. Wear safety belbproperly, lock your doors, and you will be farbetter off whenever you drive your vehicle.To lock the door from the inside, move the lock controlon the door forward.To unlock the door, move the lock control toward therear of the vehicle. There is a red mark on the lockcontrol which shows when the door is unlocked.There are several ways to lock and unlock your vehicle.From the outside, use your door key.If your vehicle has a theft-deterrent system and it isIf the driver’s door key is held in the unlock positionfor more than one second, all doors will unlock.activated, unlock the doors only with the key orremote keyless entry system. This will avoid settingoff the alarm.2-4Central Door Unlocking System (Option)