A vehicle latch, comprising: a ratchet movable between a striker release position wherein the ratchet is positioned to receive a striker and a striker capture position wherein the ratchet is positioned to retain the striker, the ratchet being biased towards the striker release position; a primary pawl movable between a ratchet checking position wherein the primary pawl is positioned to keep the ratchet in the striker capture position and a ratchet release position wherein the primary pawl permits the movement of the ratchet out of the striker capture position; an auxiliary ratchet operatively connected to the primary pawl, the auxiliary ratchet being movable between an enabling position in which the primary pawl is enabled to move to its ratchet checking position and a disabling position in which the auxiliary ratchet positions the primary pawl to its ratchet release position; a secondary pawl movable between an auxiliary ratchet holding position, in which the secondary pawl is positioned to hold the auxiliary ratchet in its enabling position, and an auxiliary ratchet release position, in which the secondary pawl is positioned to permit movement of the auxiliary ratchet to its disabling position, the secondary pawl being biased to the auxiliary ratchet holding position; and a drive mechanism for moving the secondary pawl into its auxiliary ratchet release position in a process of opening the latch and for later moving the auxiliary ratchet into its enabling position in a process of closing the latch; characterized in that the auxiliary ratchet is configured to engage and move the secondary pawl into its auxiliary ratchet holding position as the auxiliary ratchet moves towards its enabled position. a ratchet movable between a striker release position wherein the ratchet is positioned to receive a striker and a striker capture position wherein the ratchet is positioned to retain the striker, the ratchet being biased towards the striker release position; a primary pawl movable between a ratchet checking position wherein the primary pawl is positioned to keep the ratchet in the striker capture position and a ratchet release position wherein the primary pawl permits the movement of the ratchet out of the striker capture position; an auxiliary ratchet operatively connected to the primary pawl, the auxiliary ratchet being movable between an enabling position in which the primary pawl is enabled to move to its ratchet checking position and a disabling position in which the auxiliary ratchet positions the primary pawl to its ratchet release position; a secondary pawl movable between an auxiliary ratchet holding position, in which the secondary pawl is positioned to hold the auxiliary ratchet in its enabling position, and an auxiliary ratchet release position, in which the secondary pawl is positioned to permit movement of the auxiliary ratchet to its disabling position, the secondary pawl being biased to the auxiliary ratchet holding position; and a drive mechanism for moving the secondary pawl into its auxiliary ratchet release position in a process of opening the latch and for later moving the auxiliary ratchet into its enabling position in a process of closing the latch; characterized in that the auxiliary ratchet is configured to engage and move the secondary pawl into its auxiliary ratchet holding position as the auxiliary ratchet moves towards its enabled position.