Before Driving; Lock Switch; Doors and Locks- Page 92

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Before Driving

Doors and Locks

 Locking, Unlocking with 

Transmitter

All doors and the liftgate can be locked/

unlocked by operating the keyless entry 

system transmitter, refer to Keyless Entry 

System (page 3-3).

 Locking, Unlocking with Door-

Lock Switch

All doors and the liftgate lock 

automatically when the lock side is 

pressed. They unlock when the unlock side 

is pressed.

Driver's door

Unlock

Lock

Front passenger's door

Unlock

Lock

To lock all the doors and the liftgate from 

an open front door, press the lock side of 

the door lock switch and then close the 

door.

NOTE

When locking the doors this way, be 

careful not to leave the key inside the 

vehicle.

 Auto Lock/Unlock Function

WARNING

Do not pull the inner handle on a front 

door:

Pulling the inner handle on a front 

door while the vehicle is moving 

is dangerous. Passengers can fall 

out of the vehicle if the door opens 

accidentally , which could result in 

death or serious injury.



 When the vehicle speed exceeds 20 

km/h (12 mph), all doors and the liftgate 

lock automatically.



 When the ignition is switched off, 

all doors and the liftgate unlock 

automatically.

These functions can also be disabled so 

that they do not operate.

Auto lock/unlock function setting 

change using door-lock switch

The doors and the liftgate can be set to 

lock or unlock automatically by selecting 

any one of the functions from the 

following table and using the driver's door-

lock switch on the interior door panel.

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