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 all 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 and the
moonroof, 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
The driver's door can be locked/unlocked with the key.
Turn the key toward the front to unlock, toward the back to lock.
Locking, Unlocking with Transmitter
The doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the keyless entry system transmitter, refer to Keyless Entry System.
Locking, Unlocking with Door-Lock Knob
Front doors
To lock either front door from the inside, push the door-lock knob.
To unlock, pull it out.
To lock either front door with the doorlock knob from the outside, push the door-lock knob to the lock position and close the door (pulling the door handle is not required).
NOTE.
When locking the doors using the door-lock knob from the outside, be careful not to leave the key inside the vehicle.
Sliding doors
To lock a sliding door from the inside, slide the door-lock knob toward the front.
To unlock, slide it toward the back.
To lock a sliding door with the door-lock knob from the outside, slide the door-lock knob toward the front to the lock position and close the door (pulling the door handle is not required).
Power Door Locks
Vehicle lock-out prevention
The vehicle lock-out prevention feature prevents you from locking yourself out of the vehicle. With the key in the ignition switch, all doors and the liftgate will automatically unlock if they are locked using the power door locks with any door or the liftgate open.
Locking, unlocking with key
All doors and the liftgate lock automatically when the driver's door is locked with the key. All doors and the liftgate 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 all doors and the liftgate. 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
All doors and the liftgate lock automatically when LOCK is pressed.
They all unlock when the unmarked part of the door-lock switch is pressed.
Sliding Door Open/Close
WARNING.
After closing the sliding doors, always verify that they are securely closed: Sliding doors not securely closed are dangerous, if the vehicle is driven with a sliding door not securely closed, the door could open unexpectedly resulting in an accident.
CAUTION.
When opening/closing a sliding door, follow the cautions below. If the cautions are not heeded, hands, feet, or even a head may be caught in a door resulting in an injury.
Use the door handle.
Keep your hands, feet, and head
away from the sliding door
openings.
Make sure that there is nothing
behind the sliding doors.
Keep your hands and feet away
from the sliding door rails, arms
and pillars.
NOTE.
When you leave the vehicle, stop the engine and lock the doors. And do not put valuables in your vehicle to prevent theft.
Opening/closing from inside
To open, pull the inner door handle toward the back.
To close, push the inner door handle toward the front.
Opening/closing from outside
Pull the outer door handle and slide the door.
NOTE.
The right sliding door cannot fully open when the fuel-filler lid is open. Close the fuel filler lid before opening the sliding door.
NOTE.
When closing the sliding door from the fullyopened position and from outside the vehicle, pull the outside door handle outward to release the latch, and slide the door toward the front.
Rear Door Child Safety Locks
These locks are intended to help prevent children from accidentally opening the sliding doors. Use them both whenever a child rides in the vehicle.
If you slide the child safety lock to the lock position before closing that door, the door cannot be opened from the inside.
The door can be opened only by pulling the outside handle.
Easy Closure
* Some models.
The Easy Closure system automatically closes the doors completely from the nearshut position.
WARNING.
When closing a sliding door, always
keep hands and fingers away from the
door:
Placing hands or fingers around a
sliding door is dangerous because the
door closes automatically from the
near-shut position, which could
cause hands and fingers to be
pinched and injured.
NOTE.
If a door handle is pulled while the easy closure function is operating, the easy closure function can be stopped.
See also:
Emission Control System
Your vehicle is equipped with an emission control system (the catalytic
converter is part of
this system) that enables your vehicle to comply with existing exhaust emissions
requirements.
WARNING ...
Interior Care
Dashboard Precautions
Prevent caustic solutions such as perfume
and cosmetic oils from contacting the
dashboard. They'll damage and discolor it.
If these solutions get on the dashboard,
wipe them ...
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