User's Guide Part 1

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Before Driving
Doors and Locks
NOTE
• When the ignition is switched to ACC
or ON, the vehicle lock-out prevention
feature prevents you from locking
yourself out of the vehicle.
All doors and the liftgate/trunk lid will
automatically unlock if they are locked
using the power door locks with any
door open.
The vehicle lock-out prevention feature
does not operate while the ignition is
switched off.
(With the advanced keyless function)
When any door is opened from the
outside while the key is inside the
vehicle, the closed doors are locked.
All the doors are automatically
unlocked by closing the open door and
the beep sound is heard for about 10
seconds to notify the driver that the key
has been left in the vehicle.
• (Door unlock (control) system with
collision detection)
This system automatically unlocks
the doors in the event the vehicle
is involved in an accident to allow
passengers to get out of the vehicle
immediately and prevent being trapped
inside. While the ignition is switched
ON and in the event the vehicle
receives an impact strong enough to
infl ate the air bags, all the doors are
automatically unlocked after about 6
seconds have elapsed from the time of
the accident.
The doors may not unlock depending
on how an impact is applied, the force
of the impact, and other conditions of
the accident.
If door-related systems or the battery
is malfunctioning, the doors will not
unlock.
Locking, Unlocking with Key
All doors and the liftgate/trunk lid lock
automatically when the driver's door is
locked with the key.
All doors unlock when the driver's door is
unlocked and the key is held in the unlock
position for one second or longer.
Turn the key toward the front to lock,
toward the back to unlock.
Lock
Unlock
NOTE
Holding the key in the unlocked position
in the driver's door lock for about a
second unlocks all doors. To unlock
only the driver's door, insert the key
into the driver's door lock and turn the
key briefl y to the unlock position and
then immediately return it to the center
position.
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