Toyota Highlander (2018 year). Manual - part 26

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Wireless remote control

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Vehicles without a smart key system

Locks all the doors

Check that the door is securely
locked.

Unlocks the door

Pressing the button unlocks the
driver’s door. Pressing the but-
ton again within 5 seconds
unlocks the other doors.

Press and hold to open the win-
dows and moon roof.

* 

(

→P. 174, 177)

*

: This setting must be customized at your Toyota dealer.

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Vehicles with a smart key system

Locks all the doors

Check that the door is securely
locked.

Unlocks the door

Pressing the button unlocks the
driver’s door. Pressing the but-
ton again within 5 seconds
unlocks the other doors.

Press and hold to open the win-
dows and moon roof.

* 

(

→P. 174, 177)

*

: This setting must be customized at your Toyota dealer.

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Key

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Vehicles without a smart key system

Locks all the doors

Turn and hold to close the win-
dows and moon roof.

* 

(

→P. 174, 177)

Unlocks the door

Turning the key unlocks the
driver's door. Turning the key
again within 5 seconds unlocks
the other doors.

Turn and hold to open the windows and moon roof.

* 

(

→P. 174, 177)

*

: This setting must be customized at your Toyota dealer.

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Vehicles with a smart key system

The doors can also be locked and unlocked with the mechanical
key. (

→P. 635)

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Operation signals

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Doors: A buzzer sounds and the emergency flashers flash to indicate that
the doors have been locked/unlocked using the entry function or wireless
remote control. (Locked: once; Unlocked: twice)

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Windows and moon roof: A buzzer sounds to indicate that the windows and
moon roof are operating.

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Security feature
If a door is not opened within approximately 60 seconds after the doors are
unlocked using the entry function or wireless remote control, the security fea-
ture automatically locks the doors again.

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When the door cannot be locked by the lock sensor on the upper part of
the front door handle (vehicles with a smart key system)

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Door lock buzzer (vehicles with a smart key system)
If an attempt to lock the doors using the entry function or wireless remote
control is made when a door is not fully closed, a buzzer will sound continu-
ously for 5 seconds. Fully close the door to stop the buzzer, and lock the
doors again.

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Wireless reservation lock (vehicles without a smart key system)
If a door is not fully closed and the wireless remote control is used to lock the
doors, the doors other than the open door will be locked. The open door will
be locked after it is fully closed.

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Power back door reservation lock (vehicles with a power back door)

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Vehicles without a smart key system

If the wireless remote control is used to lock the doors while the power back
door is closing with all side doors fully closed, the side doors are locked. The
back door will be locked when it is fully closed.

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Vehicles with a smart key system

If the wireless remote control is used to lock the doors while the power back
door is closing with all side doors fully closed, a buzzer will sound and the
emergency flashers will flash to indicate that the reservation lock is activated.
At this time the side doors are locked. The back door will be locked when it is
fully closed.

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Alarm (if equipped)
Locking the doors will set the alarm system. (

→P. 82)

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If the smart key system or the wireless remote control does not operate
properly
Vehicles with a smart key system: Use the mechanical key to lock and unlock
the doors. (

→P. 635)

Replace the key battery with a new one if it is depleted. (

→P. 549)

If the door will not lock even when the top-
side sensor area is touched, try touching
both the topside and underside sensor
areas at the same time.

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Door lock switch

Locks all the doors

Unlocks all the doors

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Inside lock buttons

Locks the doors

Unlocks the doors

The front doors can be opened
by pulling the inside handle
even if the lock buttons are in
the lock position.

Move the inside lock button to the lock position.

Close the door.

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Vehicles without a smart key system

The door cannot be locked if the key is in the engine switch.

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Vehicles with a smart key system

The door cannot be locked if the engine switch is in ACCESSORY or
IGNITION ON mode, or the electronic key is left inside the vehicle.

The key may not be detected correctly and the door may be locked.

Unlocking and locking the doors from the inside

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Locking the front doors from the outside without a key

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