Chevrolet Equinox Owners Manual: Door Locks
To lock or unlock the vehicle from
the outside, press 
or
on the
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter.
: Press to lock the doors. The
indicator light in the switch will come
on when the door is locked.
: Press to unlock the doors.
See Door Locks.
To manually unlock a door from inside the vehicle, pull once on the door handle to unlock it, and a second time to open it.
Keyless Access
Press the button on the driver door handle when the RKE transmitter is within 1 m (3 ft) of the driver door handle. When unlocking from the driver door, the first press unlocks that door; press again within five seconds to unlock all passenger doors. See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation.
Remote Vehicle Start
If equipped, the engine can be
started from outside of the vehicle.
Starting the Vehicle
Press and release on the
RKE transmitter.
Immediately press and hold
for at least ...
Liftgate
Manual Liftgate Operation
Unlock the vehicle before opening
the liftgate.
To open the liftgate, press the touch
pad under the liftgate handle and
lift up.
Do not press the touch pad while
c ...
Other materials:
Passenger Sensing System
United States and Canada
Mexico
The passenger sensing system
turns off the front outboard
passenger frontal airbag under
certain conditions. No other airbag
is affected by the passenger
sensing system. See Passenger
Sensing System.
The passenger airbag status
indicator will light on ...