Doors and Locks for your Ford Kuga 2019-2025
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:
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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
vehicle’s 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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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The ignition is on.
You press the remote control lock
button.
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After 25 seconds of illumination.
The lights will not turn off if:
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You turn them on with the lamp
control.
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Any door is open.
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Kuga (CTD) Vehicles Built From: 22-06-2021, CG3851en enGBR, Edition date: 202104, First-Printing





