Door Locks

WARNING:
Always take all children and pets with you or leave a responsible person with them:
Leaving a child or a pet unattended in a parked vehicle is dangerous. In hot weather, temperatures inside a vehicle can become high enough to cause brain damage or even death.

Do not leave the key in your vehicle with children and keep them in a place where your children will not find or play with them:
Leaving children in a vehicle with the key is dangerous. This could result in someone being badly injured or even killed.

Keep both doors locked when driving: Unlocked doors in a moving vehicle are dangerous. Passengers can fall out if a door is accidentally opened and can more easily be thrown out in an accident.

Always close all the windows, lock the doors and take the key with you when leaving your vehicle unattended: Leaving your vehicle unlocked is dangerous as children could lock themselves in a hot vehicle, which could result in death. Also, a vehicle left unlocked becomes an easy target for thieves and intruders.

Locking, Unlocking with Key

Either door can be locked/unlocked with


Either door can be locked/unlocked with the key.

Turn the key toward the front to unlock, toward the back to lock.

Locking, Unlocking with Request Switch (with Advanced Key)

The doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the request switch while carrying the advanced key outside the vehicle, refer to Operations Using Advanced Keyless Functions .

Locking, Unlocking with Transmitter (with Advanced Key)

The doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the keyless entry system transmitter, refer to Keyless Entry System.

Locking, Unlocking with Transmitter (with Retractable Type Key)

The doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the keyless entry system transmitter, refer to Keyless Entry System.

Locking, Unlocking with Door- Lock Knob

To lock any door from the inside, push the


To lock any door from the inside, push the door-lock knob.

To unlock, pull it out.

This does not operate the other door locks.

To lock any door with the door-lock knob


To lock any door with the door-lock knob from the outside, push the door-lock knob to the lock position and close the door.

This does not operate the other door locks.

NOTE:
- (With advanced key).

The driver's door cannot be locked using the door-lock knob from the outside.

- (With retractable type key).

The driver's door cannot be locked using the door-lock knob from the outside if the key is in the ignition switch.

- When locking the doors this way, be careful not to leave the key inside the vehicle.

Power Door Locks

Vehicle lock-out prevention

(With advanced key).

The vehicle lock-out prevention feature prevents you from locking yourself out of the vehicle. Both doors will automatically unlock if they are locked using the power door locks with any door open.

(With retractable type key).

The vehicle lock-out prevention feature prevents you from locking yourself out of the vehicle. With the key in the ignition switch, both doors will automatically unlock if they are locked using the power door locks with any door open.

Locking, unlocking with key

Both doors lock automatically when the


Both doors lock automatically when the driver's door is locked with the key. Both doors unlock when the driver's door is unlocked and the key is held in the unlock position for one second or longer.

NOTE:
Holding the key in the unlocked position in the driver's door lock for about a second unlocks both doors. To unlock only the driver's door, insert the key into the driver's door lock and turn the key briefly to the unlock position and then immediately return it to the center position.

Locking, unlocking with door-lock switch

Both doors lock automatically when


Both doors lock automatically when LOCK is pressed. They all unlock when the unmarked part of the door-lock switch is pressed.

Locking, unlocking with request switch (with advanced key)

Both doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the request switch on the front doors while carrying the advanced key outside the vehicle, refer to Operations Using Advanced Keyless Functions .

Locking, unlocking with transmitter (with advanced key)

Both doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the keyless entry system transmitter, refer to Keyless Entry System.

Locking, unlocking with transmitter (with retractable type key)

Both doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the keyless entry system transmitter, refer to Keyless Entry System.

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