2019 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER back door

1153-1. Key information
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Operation of each component
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Vehicles without a smart key system
Locks the doors (P. 122)
Unlocks the doors ( P. 122)
Opens the front side windows
and moon roof
* (  P. 122)
Sounds the alarm ( P. 116)
Opens and closes the power
back door (if equipped)
(  P. 130)
*: This setting must be customized at your Toyota dealer.
Vehicles with a smart key system
Locks the doors ( P. 122)
Unlocks the doors ( P. 122)
Models available with one
touch opening/closing on the
front side windows:
Opens the front side windows
and moon roof
* (  P. 122)
Models available with one
touch opening/closing on all
side windows:
Opens all side windows and
moon roof
* (  P. 1 2 2 )
Opens and closes the power back door (P. 130)
Sounds the alarm ( P. 116)
*: This setting must be customized at your Toyota dealer.
Wireless remote control
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Operation of each component
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◆Entry function (vehicles with a smart key system)
Carry the electronic key to enable this function.
Front doors
Grip the driver’s door handle
to unlock the door. Grip the
passenger's door handle to
unlock all the doors.
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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.
*: The door unlock settings can be changed. (P. 127)
Touch the lock sensor (indentation on the upper part of the doo r
handle) to lock all the doors.
Check that the door is securely locked.
Back door
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.
Check that the door is securely
locked.
Side doors
Unlocking and locking the doors from the outside
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When the door cannot be locked by the lock sensor on the upper part of
the front door handle (veh icles with a smart key system)
■ Door lock buzzer (vehicles with a smart key system)
If an attempt to lock the doors using the entry function or wir eless 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, a nd lock the
doors again.
■ Wireless reservation lock (vehicles without a smart key system)
If a door is not fully closed and the wireless remote control i s used to lock the
doors, the doors other than the open door will be locked. The o pen door will
be locked after it is fully closed.
■ Power back door reservation lo ck (vehicles with a power back do or)
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 door s are locked. The
back door will be locked when it is fully closed.
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 l ocked when it is
fully closed.
■ Alarm (if equipped)
Locking the doors will set the alarm system. ( P. 88)
■ 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 loc k and unlock
the doors. ( P. 637)
Replace the key battery with a new one if it is depleted. ( P. 551)
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.

1293-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
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Operation of each component
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Door lock switch
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P. 1 2 5
■Entry function (vehicles with a smart key system)
 P. 1 2 1
■Wireless remote control
P. 1 2 2
■Key
P. 1 2 3
Press and hold the switch to open
or close the back door, when the
back door is unlocked.
Pressing the switch while the back
door is opening/closing stops the
operation.
To operate the back door again,
press and hold the switch. The
back door will then move in the
opposite direction.
Back door
The back door can be locked/unl ocked and opened/closed by
the following procedures.
Locking and unlocking the back door
Opening/closing the back door fro m inside the vehicle (vehicles
with a power back door)

1303-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
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◆Back door opener
Vehicles without a power
back door
Raise the back door while
pressing up the back door
opener switch.
Vehicles with a power back
door
When the back door is
unlocked: Press the back door
opener switch.
When the back door is locked (veh icles with a smart key system):
While carrying the electronic k ey on your person, press and hol d
the back door opener switch.
Pressing the switch while the back door is opening/closing stop s the
operation.
◆Wireless remote control (vehic les with a power back door)
Vehicles without a smart key system
Opens and closes the power
back door (press and hold)
Pressing the button while the
back door is opening/closing
stops the operation.
To operate the back door again,
press and hold the button. The
back door will then move in the
opposite direction.
Opening the back door from outside the vehicle

1313-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
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Operation of each component
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Vehicles with a smart key system
Opens and closes the power
back door (press and hold)
Pressing the button while the
back door is opening/closing
stops the operation.
To operate the back door again,
press and hold the button. The
back door will then move in the
opposite direction.
Quickly press and release the
switch to close the back door.
Pressing the switch while the back
door is opening/closing stops the
operation.
To operate the back door again,
quickly press and release the
switch. The back door will then
move in the opposite direction. (If
the back door is stopped at a posi-
tion close to the fully closed posi-
tion, the back door will only open
when the switch is quickly pressed
and released.)
Lower the back door using the
back door handle.
Vehicles without a power back
door
Make sure to push the back door
down from the outsi de to close it.
Vehicles with a power back
door
The back door closing assist will activate and the back door will fully
close automatically.
Power back door switch (vehic les with a power back door)
When closing the back door

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Turn the main switch in the glove
box off to disable the power back
door system.On (enabled)
Off (disabled)
The open position of the powe r back door can be adjusted.
Open the back door and adjust it to the desired position.
Press and hold the power back door switch on the back door
approximately 2 seconds un til a buzzer sounds 4 times.
■Luggage compartment light
The luggage compartment light turns on when the back door or gl ass hatch is
opened with the luggage compartment light switch on.
Canceling the power back door system (vehicles with a power
back door)
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Adjusting the open position of the back door (vehicles with a
power back door)
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Off
When the engine switch is turned off, the
light will go off automatically after 20 min-
utes.
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1333-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors
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Operation of each component
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After the back door has b een opened and then closed
Lock the back door again as the back door will not lock automat ically.
■ If the back door opener is inoperative
The back door can be unlocked from the inside.
Move the lever for the back door motor.
Vehicles without a power back door
Vehicles with a power back door Remove the cover on the back door
trim.
Use a cloth to prevent scratches.
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