2012 TOYOTA PRIUS PLUS Owners Manual

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Unlocking and locking the doors
Front door handles (including front passenger door handle if
equipped with entry function)
Grip the handle to unlock the
doors.
Make sure to touch the sensor on
the back of the handle.
The doors cannot be unlocked for
3 seconds after the doors are
locked.
Touch the lock sensor (the
indentation on the upper part of
the door handle) to lock the
doors.

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PRIUS +_OM_OM47821E_(EE)Back door (vehicles with entry function of front and back doors)
Press the unlock button to
unlock all the doors.
The doors cannot be unlocked for
3 seconds after the doors are
locked.
Press the lock button to lock all
the doors.

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Antenna location and effective range
Antenna location
Vehicles with entry function of driver’s door
Antennas outside the cabin
Antennas inside the cabin
Vehicles with entry function of front and back doors
Antennas outside the cabin
Antennas inside the cabin
Antenna outside the luggage
compartment

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PRIUS +_OM_OM47821E_(EE)Effective range (areas within which the electronic key is
detected)
Vehicles with entry function of driver’s door
When locking or unlocking
the door
The system can be operated
when the electronic key is
within about 0.7 m (2.3 ft.) of
driver’s door handle.
When starting the hybrid
system or changing
“POWER” switch modes
The system can be operated
when the electronic key is
inside the vehicle.

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PRIUS +_OM_OM47821E_(EE)Vehicles with entry function of front and back doors
When locking or unlocking
the doors
The system can be operated
when the electronic key is
within about 0.7 m (2.3 ft.) of
either of the outside front
door handle and back door
opener switch. (Only the
doors detecting the key can
be operated.)
When starting the hybrid
system or changing
“POWER” switch modes
The system can be operated
when the electronic key is
inside the vehicle.

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Operation signals
The emergency flashers flash to indicate that the doors have been locked/
unlocked. (Locked: Once; Unlocked: Twice)
When the door cannot be locked by the lock sensor on the upper part
of the door handle
If the door will not lock even when the
topside sensor area is touched, try touch-
ing both the topside and underside sen-
sor areas at the same time.

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Alarms and warning lights
A combination of exterior and interior alarms as well as warning lights are
used to prevent theft of the vehicle and accidents resulting from erroneous
operation. Take appropriate measures depending on which warning light
comes on. (P. 479)
The following table describes circumstances and correction procedures
when only alarms are sounded.
AlarmSituationCorrection procedure
Exterior alarm
sounds once for
5 secondsAn attempt was made to
lock the doors using the
entry function while the
electronic key was still
inside the passenger com-
partment
Retrieve the elec-
tronic key from the
passenger compart-
ment and lock the
doors again An attempt was made to
lock either front door by
opening a door and putting
the inside lock button into
the lock position, then
closing the door by pulling
the outside door handle
with the electronic key still
inside the vehicle
An attempt was made to
lock the vehicle while a
door is openClose all of the doors
and lock the doors
again

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Security feature
If a door is not opened within approximately 30 seconds after the vehicle is
unlocked, the security feature automatically locks the vehicle again.
Battery-saving function
The battery-saving function will be activated in order to prevent the elec-
tronic key battery and the 12-volt battery from being discharged while the
vehicle is not in operation for a long time.
In the following situations, the smart entry & start system may take some
time to unlock the doors.
• The electronic key has been left in an area of approximately 2 m (6 ft.)
of the outside of the vehicle for 10 minutes or longer.
• The smart entry & start system has not been used for 5 days or longer.
If the smart entry & start system has not been used for 14 days or longer,
the doors cannot be unlocked at any doors except the driver’s door. In
this case, take hold of the driver’s door handle, or use the wireless
remote control or the mechanical key, to unlock the doors.
AlarmSituationCorrection procedure
Interior alarm
pings continu-
ouslyThe “POWER” switch was
turned to ACCESSORY
mode while the driver’s
door was open (or the
driver’s door was opened
while the “POWER” switch
was in ACCESSORY
mode)Close the driver’s
door, or turn the
“POWER” switch off
The driver’s door is open
with the shift position in RClose the driver’s
door, shift the shift
position to P, or turn
the “POWER” switch
off