<VV> Exiting an Electronicly locked car - NO CORVAIR

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/20/2006 10:55:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
chaz at ProperProPer.com writes:

Anyway,  it turns out that two elderly ladies car battery dies and they could 
not  get out of their electronic-locked car, in So Cal heat, easily 110  
degrees.  (My car has gone as high as 135 degrees when it was 102  outside)

Should they design a fail safe that unlocks the doors when the  battery dies 
?  Would this make the mfgr liable for stolen cars  ?





I would like to see the actual facts on that one. Every car I have seen has  
a method for mechanically unlocking the door. But I haven't seen everything. 
On  my C6 Corvette, there are no door handles for opening the door from the 
inside.  They use an electric push button and solenoid to open the door (shades 
of  the Kustom Fifties/Sixties cars). However, on the floor, next to the rocker 
 panel is a manual release lever that opens the door. I have used it to exit 
the  car while the engine is running, hard to do otherwise, usually at an  
autocross where I want the car to cool down between runs, which it will do with  
the motor running. Chevy really wants you to put the car in reverse and turn 
off  the motor before getting out. It is often frustrating. - Seth  Emerson