Operation Check
THEFT DETERRENT / KEYLESS ENTRY: SMART KEY SYSTEM (for Entry Function): OPERATION CHECK
1. SMART KEY SYSTEM OPERATION INSPECTION
(a) Check the entry unlock function.
(1) Use the wireless lock operation to lock the doors. With the key in your possession, touch a door outside handle (touch sensor) and check that the door unlocks.
(b) Check the entry unlock operation detection area.
(1) Step 1: Hold the key at the same height as the door outside handle (approximately 0.8 m (2.62 ft.)). Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration.
(2) Step 2: Check that when the key is brought within 0.7 to 1.0 m (2.30 to 3.28 ft.) of the vehicle, the system enters unlock standby mode.
HINT
Unlock standby mode is signified by the red LED of the key illuminating.
(3) Step 3: After the system enters unlock standby mode, touch the sensor on the outside handle within 3 seconds. Check that the door unlocks.
NOTICE:
The key may not be able to communicate with the system within a 0.2 m (0.656 ft.) radius of each outside handle.
(4) Step 4: Repeat step 2 and step 3 for the remaining doors.
(5) Step 5: Inspect the door electrical key oscillator response sensitivity. Wear protective gloves, set the system to unlock standby mode, and check that touching the inner side of the outside handle (the highlighted area in the illustration) with your finger causes the door to unlock.
NOTICE:
When touching the highlighted area, tapping too quickly or having extended contact may not trigger the sensor. In such a case, the door will not unlock.
(6) Step 6: Repeat step 5 for the remaining doors.
(c) Check the entry lock function.
(1) Step 1: Close all of the vehicle doors. With the key in your possession outside of the vehicle, check that pressing the lock switch locks the doors.
HINT
* When pressing the lock switch, hold the electrical key transmitter about 1 m (3.28 ft.) above the ground and about 0.3 m (0.984 ft.) away from the vehicle as shown in the illustration.
* Due to the key being unable to communicate with the system within a 0.2 m (0.656 ft.) distance from the outside handle, do not press the lock switch with the same hand that is holding the key. The doors may not lock.
* If the key lock-in prevention function buzzer sounds, radio waves from the indoor electrical key antenna may be leaking from the vehicle.
(2) Step 2: Repeat step 1 for the remaining doors.
(d) Check the entry back door unlatch function.
(1) Close all the doors and the back door. With the key in your possession, check that pressing the back door opener switch unlocks all the doors and unlatches the back door.
(2) Inspect the detection area of the entry back door open operation. Hold the key at the same height as the back door opener switch (approximately 0.8 m (2.62 ft.)) and aligned with the center of the rear of the vehicle. Pay attention to the direction of the key shown in the illustration. Check that the when the key is brought within 0.7 to 1.0 m (2.30 to 3.28 ft.) of the vehicle, pressing the back door opener switch unlocks all the doors and unlatches the back door.
(e) Check the entry back door lock function.
(1) Step 1: Close all of the vehicle doors. With the key in your possession outside of the vehicle, check that pressing the back door lock switch locks all the doors.
HINT
* When pressing the lock switch, hold the electrical key transmitter about 1 m (3.28 ft.) above the ground and about 0.3 m (0.984 ft.) away from the vehicle as shown in the illustration.
* Due to the key being unable to communicate with the system within a 0.2 m (0.656 ft.) distance from the center of the rear of the vehicle, do not press the lock switch with the same hand that is holding the key. The doors may not lock.
* If the key lock-in prevention function buzzer sounds, radio waves from the indoor electrical key antenna may be leaking from the vehicle.
(f) Check the entry ignition function.
(1) When the engine control system is off: With the key in your possession and the brake pedal depressed, check that pressing the engine switch releases the steering wheel lock and starts the engine control system.
HINT
* The engine control system can be started only when the engine switch indicator illumination in green.
* Even when not depressing the brake pedal, continually pressing the engine switch for 15 seconds when the engine switch is on (ACC) can start the engine control system.
(2) When the engine control system is running: With the key in your possession, check that pressing the engine switch stops the engine control system and activates the steering wheel lock.
HINT
The shift lever must be in P to be able to stop the engine control system.
(3) Inspect the detection area of the entry ignition operation (front seat). Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration. When the key is in either of the 2 locations in the illustration, check that the engine control system can start.
NOTICE:
The engine control system cannot be started when the key is on the instrument panel or rear package tray, or in the glove box.
(4) Inspect the detection area of the entry ignition operation (rear 1 seat). Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration. When the key is in either of the 2 locations in the illustration, check that the engine control system can start.
NOTICE:
The engine control system cannot be started when the key is on the instrument panel or rear package tray, or in the glove box.
(5) Inspect the detection area of the entry ignition operation (rear 2 seat). Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration. When the key is in either of the 2 locations in the illustration, check that the engine control system can start.
NOTICE:
The engine control system cannot be started when the key is on the instrument panel or rear package tray, or in the glove box.
(g) Check the key lock-in prevention function.
NOTICE:
To prevent key lock-in, perform the inspection with one of the door windows open.
(1) Place the key in the vehicle with all doors locked. Check that, when all the doors are locked through keyless operation (move the lock knob to the lock position and then close the door), the wireless buzzer sounds for 2 seconds and all the doors are unlocked.
NOTICE:
If the key in inside a metal storage item, such as a metal briefcase or metal box, the key will not be able to be detected by the system.
(h) Check the key cancel function.
(1) While the engine switch is on (IG), check that the back door opener switch is the only switch in the smart key system that can be operated.
(2) While the key cancel function (smart key system cancel function) is on, check that all functions in the smart key system cannot be operated.
(i) Check the answer-back function (hazard warning light flashing and buzzer sounding).
(j) Check that the key reminder warning buzzer sounds.
(1) Carry the key in the vehicle and close the driver side door. Then turn the engine switch off or on (ACC).
(2) Open the driver side door and check that the buzzer sounds intermittently.
(k) Check that the key reminder warning buzzer stops.
(1) When the buzzer is sounding, check that the buzzer stops sounding if either of the following are performed:
* Close the driver side door (front door courtesy light switch is off).
* Turn the engine switch on (IG).