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Keys and doors/PIN Code Access (models with “keyless access with push–button start system”)

& Registering a PIN code
! Preparation
1. Close all doors (including the trunk).
2. Press and hold the “ ” button on the
access key. Then all doors (including the
trunk) will be locked.
3. Keep the “ ” button pressed, and
press the trunk lid opener button within 5
seconds after step 2.
4. Press and hold the above button for
more than 5 seconds. Then a chirp will
sound.
5. Press the “ ” button on the access key
while the chirp sounds.
Then the chirp will stop and the preparation is complete.

NOTE
If you do not press the “ ” button on
the access key, the chirp will sound for
30 seconds. In this case, the preparation for registering a PIN code does not
complete even if the chirp stops.

! Registration
For example, to register “32468” as the
PIN code, perform the following procedure.
1. Press the trunk lid opener button three
times.
2. After a buzzer (ding) sounds once,
press the trunk lid opener button twice.
3. After a buzzer (ding) sounds once,
press the trunk lid opener button four
times.
4. After a buzzer (ding) sounds once,
press the trunk lid opener button six times.
5. After a buzzer (ding) sounds once,
press the trunk lid opener button eight
times.
6. Perform steps 1 to 5 again within
approximately 30 seconds after the buzzer starts sounding intermittently.
7. All doors will be unlocked and locked.
Then the PIN code will be registered.

NOTE
. If you make an error during the
registration procedure, open the driver’s door and then close it. Then, start
over from the procedure described in
“Preparation”.
. To protect your vehicle from theft,
you cannot register “00000”, “11111” to

“99999” or “12345” as a PIN code.
. Do not register your vehicle license
plate number or simple numbers such
as “11122” or “12121” as a PIN code.
Doing so will increase the risk of
vehicle theft.
. When you try to register “22222”,
the registered PIN code will be deleted.
You cannot unlock the doors by PIN
Code Access until a new code is
registered.
. After registering a new PIN code,
make sure that you can unlock the
doors using the PIN code.
. When you delete the PIN code while
the keyless access function is disabled, the keyless access function will
be enabled.
. Reregister the PIN code in the
following case.
– when you forget the PIN code
– when you want to change the PIN
code