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:
(Except 4 Door)
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.

(4 Door)
Leaving your vehicle unlocked is dangerous as children could lock themselves in a hot vehicle, or become trapped by climbing into the trunk, 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.

NOTE:


NOTE:
If your vehicle is equipped with a front passenger door key cylinder, the door can be locked/unlocked with the key.

Locking, Unlocking with Transmitter *

 *Some models.

The doors can be locked/unlocked by operating the keyless entry system transmitter, refer to Keyless Entry System.

Locking, Unlocking with Door-Lock Knob

To lock any door from the inside, push the


To lock any door from the inside, push the door-lock knob.

To unlock, pull it out.

This does not operate the other door locks.

To lock any door with the door-lock knob


To lock any door with the door-lock knob from the outside, push the door-lock knob to the lock position and close the door.

This does not operate the other door locks.

NOTE:
When locking the doors this way, be careful not to leave the key inside the vehicle.

Power Door Locks *

 *Some models.

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 either front door open.

Locking, unlocking with key

All doors and the liftgate lock


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


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.

Rear Door Child Safety Locks

These locks are intended to help prevent children from accidentally opening the rear doors. Use them both whenever a child rides in the vehicle.

If you insert the key and turn the child


If you insert the key and turn 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 lifting the outside handle.

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