2-6
Keys and doors
& Locking and unlocking from
the inside
& Battery drainage prevention
function
If a door or the rear gate (Outback) is not
completely closed, the interior lights will
remain illuminated as a result. However,
several lights are automatically turned off
by the battery drainage prevention function to prevent the battery from going
dead. The following interior lights are
affected by this function.
WARNING
Keep all doors locked when you
drive, especially when small children are in your vehicle.
Along with the proper use of seatbelts and child restraints, locking
the doors reduces the chance of
being thrown out of the vehicle in an
accident.
It also helps prevent passengers
from falling out by preventing a door
from being accidentally opened, and
intruders from unexpectedly opening doors and entering your vehicle.
Item
1)
2)
Lock
Unlock
To lock the door from the inside, rotate the
lock lever rearward. To unlock the door
from the inside, rotate the lock lever
forward.
The red mark on the lock lever appears
when the door is unlocked.
Pull the inside door handle to open an
unlocked door.
Always make sure that all doors and the
rear gate (Outback) are closed before
starting to drive.
Switch
position
Automatically turning
off
Map lights
OFF*1
Approximately 20
minutes later
Dome
lights
DOOR
Approximately 20
minutes later
Ignition
switch light
—
Approximately 20
minutes later
Door step
lights
—
None*2
Cargo area
light
DOOR
Approximately 20
minutes later
*1: The map lights can be controlled by the
battery drainage prevention function only when
the map light switches are in the OFF position
and the door interlock switch is in the DOOR
position. For the switch positions, refer to “Map
light” F6-2.
*2: The door step lights are not affected by the
battery drainage prevention function, so the