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Features of your vehicle
Operating door locks from
outside the vehicle
Transmitter/Smart key
• Doors can be locked and unlocked
with the transmitter or smart key.
• Doors can be locked and unlocked
by pressing the button of the out-
side door handle with the smart
key in your possession. (vehicles
equipped with smart key system)
• Once the doors are unlocked, they
may be opened by pulling the door
handle.
• When closing the door, push the
door by hand. Make sure that
doors are closed securely.
Mechanical key
• If the transmitter or smart key does
not operate normally, you can lock
or unlock the doors by the mechan-
ical key.
Insert the key into the key hole of
the outside door handle. Turn the
key toward the rear of the vehicle
to unlock and toward the front of
the vehicle to lock.
• If you lock/unlock the driver’s door
with a key while the power door
lock switch does not operate nor-
mally, only the driver’s door will
lock/unlock.
• Once the door is unlocked, it may be
opened by pulling the door handle.
• When closing the door, push the
door by hand. Make sure that
doors are closed securely.
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NOTICE
• In cold and wet climates, door lock
and door mechanisms may not
work properly due to freezing con-
ditions.
• If the door is locked/unlocked
multiple times in rapid succession
with either the vehicle key or door
lock switch, the system may stop
operating temporarily in order to
protect the circuit and prevent
damage to system components.
DOOR LOCKS
WARNING
• If you don't close the door
securely, the door may open
again.
• Be careful that someone's
body and hands are not
trapped when closing the door.
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