Operating Door Locks from Outside the Vehicle

Mechanical key

1. Press the lever located under the cover with mechanical key. (1)

2. While pushing the lever so that the mechanical key does not fall out of the cover hole, slowly push it towards the rear of the vehicle and remove the cover. (2)

3. After removing the cover, only driver’s door can be locked or unlocked by using mechanical key.

4. Turn the key toward the rear of the vehicle to lock and toward the front of the vehicle to unlock. (3)

If you lock/unlock the driver’s door with a key, the driver’s door will lock/ unlock automatically.

Once the door are 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.

Information

Be careful when locking the door by mechanical key operation, only the driver’s door can be locked/unlocked.

When all doors are locked with the mechanical key, lock all doors by using the central door lock switch inside the vehicle. Open the door using the driver’s inner door handle, and then close the door and lock the driver’s door with mechanical key operation.

Refer to Chapter 5 “Operating door locks from inside the vehicle” to lock from inside the vehicle.

Information

When removing the cover, be careful not to lose cover and any scratches.

When the key cover freezes and does not open, lightly tap or indirectly warm(hand temperature, etc.) it.

Do not apply excessive force to the door and door handle. It may be damaged.

Remote key

To lock the doors, press the Door Lock button (1) on the remote key.

To unlock the doors, press the Door Unlock button (2) on the remote key.

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.

Smart key

To lock the doors, press the button on the outside door handle while carrying the smart key with you or press the door lock button on the smart key.

To unlock the doors, press the button on the outside door handle while carrying the smart key with you or press the door unlock button on the smart key.

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.

Information

• In cold and wet climates, door lock and door mechanisms may not work properly due to freezing conditions.
• 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.
• Two press unlock setting can be changed in the User Settings mode on the cluster.

Operating Door Locks from Inside the Vehicle

With the door handle

Front door

If the inner door handle is pulled when the door is locked, the door will unlock and open.

Rear door

If the inner door handle is pulled once when the door is locked, the door will unlock. If the inner door handle is pulled once more, the door will open.

Information

If a power door lock ever fails to function while you are in the vehicle try one or more of the following techniques to exit:

• Operate the door unlock feature repeatedly (both electronic and manual) while simultaneously pulling on the door handle.
• Operate the other door locks and handles, front and rear.
• Lower a front window and use the mechanical key to unlock the door from outside.

With the central door lock switch

• When pressing the ( ) portion (1) of the switch, all vehicle doors will lock.
  -- If the key is in the ignition switch and any door is opened, the doors will not lock even though the lock button (1) of the central door lock switch is pressed.
  -- If the smart key is in the vehicle and any door is opened, the doors will not lock even though the lock button (1) of the central door lock switch is pressed.
• When pressing the ( ) portion (2) of the switch, all vehicle doors will unlock.
• Doors indicating light (3) When all vehicle doors are locked, the indicating lights on the driver’s door and passenger’s door will turn on. If any door is unlocked, it would go off.

WARNING

• The doors should always be fully closed and locked while the vehicle is in motion. If the doors are unlocked, the risk of being thrown from the vehicle in a crash is increased.
• Do not pull the inner door handle of the driver’s or passenger’s door while the vehicle is moving.

WARNING

Do not leave children or animals unattended in your vehicle. An enclosed vehicle can become extremely hot, causing death or serious injury to unattended children or animals who cannot escape the vehicle.

Children might operate features of the vehicle that could injure them, or they could encounter other harm, possibly from someone gaining entry to the vehicle.

WARNING

Always secure your vehicle.

Leaving your vehicle unlocked increases the potential risk to you or others from someone hiding in your vehicle.

To secure your vehicle, while depressing the brake, move the shift button to the P (Park) position, engage the parking brake, and place the ignition switch in the LOCK/OFF position, close all windows, lock all doors, and always take the key with you.

WARNING

If you stay in the vehicle for a long time while the weather is very hot or cold, there are risks of injuries or danger to life. Do not lock the vehicle from the outside when someone is in the vehicle.

WARNING

Opening a door when something is approaching may cause damage or injury. Be careful when opening doors and watch for vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles or pedestrians approaching the vehicle in the path of the door.

Automatic Door Lock and Unlock Features

Impact sensing door unlock system

All doors will be automatically unlocked when an impact causes the air bags to deploy.

You can activate or deactivate the Auto Door Lock/Unlock features from the User Settings Mode on the LCD display.

For more details, refer to “LCD Display” in chapter 4. If your vehicle is equipped with additional navigation, please refer to the infotainment system manual separately supplied.

Child-Protector Rear Door Locks

The child safety lock is provided to help prevent children seated in the rear from accidentally opening the rear doors.

The rear door safety locks should be used whenever children are in the vehicle. The child safety lock is located on the edge of each rear door. When the child safety lock is in the lock position, the rear door will not open if the inner door handle is pulled.

To lock the child safety lock, insert a key (or screwdriver) (1) into the hole and turn it to the lock position.

To allow a rear door to be opened from inside the vehicle, unlock the child safety lock.

WARNING

If children accidently open the rear doors while the vehicle is in motion, they could fall out of the vehicle. The rear door safety locks should always be used whenever children are in the vehicle.

Rear Occupant Alert (ROA) System

This function helps prevent the driver from leaving a passenger in the rear seats.

If your vehicle is equipped with additional navigation, please refer to the infotainment system manual separately supplied.

NOTICE

When the driver turns off the engine and opens the driver’s door after opening and closing a rear door, a warning message “Check rear seats” appears.

WARNING

The rear seat passenger alarm system provides information to the driver to check the rear seats but it does not detect whether there is an object or passenger in the back seats. Please check the rear seats always when leaving the vehicle.

CAUTION

The door open and close history is initialized if the driver turns off the engine and lock the vehicle door. Even though the rear door is not opened again, the alarm may sound if there is the previous record. For example, if the driver does not lock the vehicle door and opens the door to get off after the alarm sounds, the alarm may go off.