Locking doors and fuel-filler door
1. Push the ignition switch to the OFF position and make sure you carry the Intelligent Key with you.*1 2. Close all the doors.*2 3. Push the door handle request switch (driver’s or front passenger’s) A while carrying the Intelligent Key with you.*3 4. All the doors and fuel-filler door will lock.
5. The hazard indicator flashes twice and the outside chime sounds twice.
*1: Doors will lock with the Intelligent Key while the ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position.
*2: Doors will not lock with the Intelligent Key while any door is open.
*3: Doors will not lock by pushing the door handle request switch with the Intelligent Key inside the vehicle. However, when an Intelligent Key is inside the vehicle, doors can be locked with another registered Intelligent Key.
CAUTION
• After locking the doors using the request switch, make sure that the doors have been securely locked by operating the door handles.
• When locking the doors using the request switch, make sure to have the Intelligent Key in your possession before operating the request switch to prevent the Intelligent Key from being left in the vehicle.
• The request switch is operational only when the Intelligent Key has been detected by the Intelligent Key system.
Lockout protection:
To prevent the Intelligent Key from being accidentally locked in the vehicle, lockout protection is equipped with the Intelligent Key system.
When the driver’s side door is open, the doors are locked, and then the Intelligent Key is put inside the vehicle and all the doors are closed; the lock will automatically unlock and the door buzzer sounds.
NOTE:
The doors may not lock when the Intelligent Key is in the same hand that is operating the request switch to lock the door. Put the intelligent key in a purse, pocket or your other hand.
CAUTION
The lockout protection may not function under the following conditions:
• When the Intelligent Key is placed on top of the instrument panel.
• When the Intelligent Key is placed inside the glove box or a storage bin.
• When the Intelligent Key is placed inside the door pockets.
• When the Intelligent Key is placed inside or near metallic materials.
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