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KEYS AND DOORS
Along with the proper use of seatbelts and child restraint systems, 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.
. Do not pull the front door handle from inside while driving. The door could open even if it is locked.
CAUTION
Do not pull the front inside door handle while operating the door lock. There is a risk that it will not be possible to open or lock the front doors.
How to use the power door locking switches s02ac0203
All the doors( including the rear gate and the fuel filler lid) can be locked and unlocked by pressing either side of the power door locking switches located on the driver’ s side and the front passenger’ s side doors.
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NOTE
Make sure that you do not leave the key inside the vehicle before locking the doors from the outside using the power door locking switches.
AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKING / UNLOCKING s02ac08
All the doors( including the fuel filler lid) are automatically locked or unlocked under the following conditions.
For automatic door locking:
– When the vehicle speed reaches 12 mph( 20 km / h) or higher( factory default setting).
– When the select lever is shifted into a position other than the“ P” position.
For automatic door unlocking:
– When the driver’ s door is open( factory default setting).
– When the ignition switch is turned to OFF.
– When the select lever is shifted into the“ P” position.
NOTE
. The automatic door lock and unlock setting can be changed using the center information display. Refer to“ Vehicle” FP206.
. When locking the door by the power door locking switches, automatic door locking will not operate.
. When unlocking the door by the power door locking switches, automatic door unlocking will not operate.
. If the system detects a strong enough impact to deploy the airbags, all doors may be automatically unlocked. For further details, refer to“ Automatic Door Locking / Unlocking Operation When Involved in an Accident” FP456.
. When getting out of the vehicle from a rear door, make sure to unlock all the doors by pushing the unlock side of