Subaru Impreza Manuals 2013 Impreza Owner's Manual | Page 100

Keys and doors & Locking and unlocking from the inside 1) 2) Unlock Lock To lock the door from the inside, rotate the lock lever forward. To unlock the door from the inside, rotate the lock lever rearward. The red mark on the lock lever appears when the door is unlocked. Pull the inside door handle to open an unlocked door. Always make sure that all doors and the rear gate (for 5-door) are closed before starting to drive. WARNING Keep all doors locked when you drive, especially when small children are in your vehicle. Along with the proper use of seatbelts and child restraints, locking the doors reduces the chance of being thrown out of the vehicle in an accident. It also helps prevent passengers from falling out if a door is accidentally opened, and intruders from unexpectedly opening doors and entering your vehicle. & Battery drainage prevention function If a door or the rear gate (5-door) is not completely closed, the interior lights will remain illuminated as a result. However, several lights are automatically turned off by the battery drainage prevention function to prevent the battery from discharging. The following interior lights are affected by this function. 2-5 Switch position Automatically turning off Map lights*1 OFF*1 Approximately 20 minutes later Dome light DOOR Approximately 20 minutes later Ignition switch light — Approximately 20 minutes later Cargo area light DOOR Approximately 20 minutes later Item *1: The battery drainage prevention function affects only the map lights on models with the moonroof, and only when the map light switches are in the OFF position. The map lights on models without the moonroof do not turn off automatically, so push the light switches manually to turn them off. The operational/non-operational setting of this function can be changed by a SUBARU dealer. Contact your SUBARU dealer to change the setting. NOTE . The factory setting (default setting) for this function is set as “operational”. . When leaving the vehicle, please make sure that all doors and the rear gate (5-door) are completely closed. . The battery drainage prevention function does not operate while the – CONTINUED –