Doors and Locks for Your Ford Kuga SUV 2020

Doors and Locks  
Double Locking the Doors  
Locking the Driver Door with the Key  
Blade  
Insert the key blade into the driver door  
handle lock cylinder, turn the key up  
toward the front of your vehicle to lock.  
WARNING: Do not use double  
locking when passengers or animals are  
inside your vehicle. The doors cannot be  
unlocked or opened from the inside when  
double locked.  
Unlocking the Driver Door with the Key  
Blade  
Insert the key blade into the driver door  
handle lock cylinder, turn the key down  
toward the rear of your vehicle to unlock.  
Double locking is a theft protection feature  
that prevents someone from opening the  
doors from the inside. It will only operate  
if all doors are fully closed.  
Press the button twice within  
three seconds. Three short  
flashes of the direction  
indicators confirms that all doors have  
been double locked and that the alarm has  
been armed.  
Opening the Power Liftgate  
Note: The button may vary depending on  
remote type.  
Press the button twice within  
three seconds.  
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Individual Locking and Unlocking  
the Doors with the Key Blade  
If your remote control or central locking  
feature is inoperative, or your vehicle  
battery is dead, you can lock or unlock each  
door using the key blade.  
Locking the Passenger Door with the Key  
Blade  
Insert the key blade into each door jamb  
lock feature, turn the key down to lock.  
Unlocking the Passenger Door from the  
Inside  
Once you unlock the driver door, pull each  
interior passenger door handle once to  
unlock and open the door.  
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Kuga (CTD) Vehicles Built From: 22-06-2021, CG3851en enGBR, Edition date: 202104, First-Printing  
Doors and Locks  
Locking Using Keyless Entry  
Keyless Entry (If Equipped)  
General Information  
You can unlock and lock the vehicle  
without taking the keys out of your pocket  
or purse when your passive key is within  
1 m (3 ft) of your vehicle. Keyless entry uses  
a sensor on the back of the door handle  
for unlocking, and a separate sensor on the  
top of each door handle for locking.  
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With your passive key within 1 m (3 ft) of  
your vehicle, touch the outer door handle  
lock sensor for approximately one second  
to lock, being careful to not touch the  
unlock sensor on the back of the door  
handle at the same time. After locking, you  
can immediately pull on the door handle  
to confirm locking occurred without  
inadvertently unlocking.  
The system does not function if:  
Your vehicle battery has no charge.  
The passive key battery has no charge.  
The passive key frequencies are  
jammed.  
Note: The system may not function if the  
passive key is close to metal objects or  
electronic devices, for example keys or a cell  
phone.  
Note: If the system does not function, use  
the key blade to lock and unlock your  
vehicle.  
At the Liftgate  
Press the button located in the top of the  
liftgate pull cup handle to unlatch the  
liftgate, and then pull on the outside  
handle.  
Smart Unlocks for Passive Keys  
Unlocking Using Keyless Entry  
This feature helps to prevent you from  
locking your passive key inside your  
vehicles passenger compartment or rear  
cargo area. When you electronically lock  
your vehicle with any door open, the  
transmission is in park (P) and the ignition  
is off, the system searches for a passive  
key inside your vehicle after you close the  
last door. If the system finds a passive key,  
all the doors will immediately unlock and  
the horn will sound twice, indicating that  
a key is inside.  
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With your passive key within 1 m (3 ft) of  
your vehicle, touch the unlock sensor on  
the back of the door handle for a brief  
period and then pull on the door handle to  
unlock, being careful to not touch the lock  
sensor at the same time or pulling the door  
handle too quickly. The keyless entry  
system requires a brief delay to  
Auto Relock  
If you press the unlock button on the  
remote control and do not open a door  
within 45 seconds, your vehicle locks and  
the alarm arms.  
authenticate your passive key.  
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Kuga (CTD) Vehicles Built From: 22-06-2021, CG3851en enGBR, Edition date: 202104, First-Printing  
Doors and Locks  
Autounlock  
Autounlock unlocks all the doors when:  
Illuminated Exit  
The interior lamps and some exterior  
lamps illuminate when all doors are closed  
and you switch the ignition off.  
The ignition is on, all the doors are  
closed, and your vehicle has been  
moving at a speed greater than  
20 km/h (12 mph).  
The lamps turn off if all the doors remain  
closed and:  
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.  
25 seconds have elapsed.  
You lock your vehicle from the outside.  
Battery Saver  
If you leave the courtesy lamps, interior  
lamps or headlamps on, the battery saver  
shuts them off 10 minutes after you switch  
the ignition off.  
Note: The doors do not autounlock if you  
electronically lock your vehicle after you  
switch the ignition off and before you open  
the driver door.  
Accessory Mode Battery Saver for  
Passive Key  
Enabling or Disabling Autounlock  
To enable or disable autounlock use the  
vehicle tile located in the touchscreen. See  
Settings (page 462).  
If you leave the ignition on after leaving  
your vehicle, it turns off 30 minutes after  
you close all of the doors.  
Note: Depending on your vehicle options,  
the vehicle settings may be accessed  
through the instrument cluster display.  
Illuminated Entry  
The interior lamps and some exterior  
lamps illuminate when you unlock the  
doors with the remote control.  
The illuminated entry system turns off the  
lights if:  
The ignition is on.  
You press the remote control lock  
button.  
After 25 seconds of illumination.  
The lights will not turn off if:  
You turn them on with the lamp  
control.  
Any door is open.  
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Kuga (CTD) Vehicles Built From: 22-06-2021, CG3851en enGBR, Edition date: 202104, First-Printing