A reader wrote: "I have a question about automobile egress. If I'm driving with the doors locked and I lose all power as the result of a crash, would I be able to get out? Am I locked in? If so, what ...

The behind-the-scenes mechanism that locks and unlocks your vehicle’s doors with the push of a button is the power door-lock actuator. Mounted inside the door, it includes an electric motor, gears and ...

With technological advancement, car locks have gotten much more convenient. Now, rather than put a key in a cylinder to unlock your car, you can press a button, or even just walk up to the car with a ...

As cars become more modern, the overall design has gradually shifted away from a reliance on physical door locks. Everyone locks and unlocks their cars with fobs nowadays, anyway, so the physical lock ...