178 4-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
■ Effective range( areas within which the electronic key is detected)
When locking or unlocking the doors
The system can be operated when the electronic key is within about 2.3 ft.( 0.7 m) of the front door handles and back door opener switch.( Only the doors detecting the key can be operated.)
When starting the EV system or changing power switch modes
The system can be operated when the electronic key is inside the vehicle.
■ If an alarm sounds or a warning message is displayed
An alarm sounds and warning message displays shown on the multiinformation display are used to protect against unexpected accidents or theft of the vehicle resulting from erroneous operation. When a warning message is displayed, take appropriate measures based on the displayed message.
When only an alarm sounds, circumstances and correction procedures are as follows.
●When an exterior alarm sounds once for 5 seconds
Situation
An attempt was made to lock the vehicle while a door was open.
Correction procedure
●When an interior alarm pings continuously
Situation
The power switch was turned to ACC while the driver’ s door was open( or the driver’ s door was opened while the power switch was in ACC).
Close all of the doors and lock the doors again.
Correction procedure
Turn the power switch to OFF and close the driver’ s door.
■ If“ Key Detected in Vehicle” is
shown on the multi-information display
An attempt was made to lock the doors using the smart key system while the electronic key was still
inside the vehicle. Retrieve the electronic key from the vehicle and lock the doors again.
■ Battery-saving function The battery-saving function will be activated in order to prevent the
electronic key battery and the 12- volt battery from being discharged while the vehicle is not in operation for a long time.