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Keys and doors

Power door locking switches

1) Lock

2) Unlock

All doors and the rear gate can be locked

and unlocked by the power door locking

switches located at the driver’s side and

the front passenger’s side doors.

To lock the doors, push the front side of

the switch.

To unlock the doors, push the rear side of

the switch.

When you close the doors after you set

the door locks, the doors remain locked.

NOTE

Make sure that you do not leave the key

inside the vehicle before locking the

doors from the outside using the pow-

er door locking switches.

¡

Key lock-in prevention func-

tion

This function prevents the doors from be-

ing locked with the key still in the ignition

switch.

T

Behavior with key lock-in preven-

tion function operative

With the driver’s door open, the doors are

automatically kept unlocked even if the

door locking switch is pushed to the “

”

position.

T

Behavior with key lock-in preven-

tion function non-operative

y

If the lock lever is turned to the rear

(“LOCK”) position with the driver’s door

open and the driver’s door is then closed

with the lock lever in that position, the driv-

er’s door is locked.

y

If the spare key is used to lock the driv-

er’s door from the outside of the vehicle,

the door is locked.

NOTE

When leaving the vehicle, make sure

you are holding the key before locking

the doors.

Remote keyless entry sys-

tem

Two transmitters are provided for your ve-

hicle.

The remote keyless entry system has the

following functions.

y

Locking and unlocking the doors and

rear gate without a key

y

Sounding a panic alarm

y

Arming and disarming the alarm system

(if your vehicle is equipped with an option-

al alarm system). See the next section

“Alarm system” for detailed information.

This device complies with Part 15 of

the FCC Rules and with RSS-210 of In-

dustry Canada. Operation is subject to

the following two conditions: (1) This

device may not cause harmful interfer-

ence, and (2) this device must accept

any interference received, including in-

terference that may cause undesired

operation.

Changes or modifications not express-

ly approved by the party responsible

for compliance could void the user’s

authority to operate the equipment.

The operable distance of the keyless entry

system is approximately 30 feet (10

meters). However, this distance will vary

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