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■Instrument panel
Engine switch ............................................................................................................. P.22
Starting the engine/changing the modes...................................................................P.22
Emergency stop of the engine ........................................................................................P.24
When the engine will not start ....................................................................................... P.101
Warning messages*
Shift lever .................................................................................................................... P.25
Changing the shift position...............................................................................................P.25
Precautions for towing*
Meters*
Reading the meters/adjusting the instrument panel light*
Warning lights/indicator lights ...................................................................................... P.95
When a warning light turns on*
Multi-information display ...................................................................................... P.33
Display........................................................................................................................ .............. P.33
When a warning messages is displayed*
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Turns the brake hold system on
The brake hold standby indicator (green)
comes on. While the system is holding
the brakes, the brake hold operated indica-
tor (yellow) comes on.
Brake Hold
The brake hold system keeps the brake applied when the shift position is in D, M or N with
the system on and the brake pedal has been depressed to stop the vehicle. The system
releases the brake when the accelerator pedal is depressed with the shift position in D or
M to allow smooth start off.
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Vehicles with Digital Rearview Mirror
■Enabling 2-way communication with a garage door (only available for compat-
ible devices)
When enabled, 2-way communication allows yo u to check the status of the opening and
closing of a garage door throug h indicators in your vehicle.
2-way communication is only av ailable if the garage door opener motor used is a compati-
ble device. (To check device compat ibility, refer to www.homelink.com.)
1Within 5 seconds after programming the garage door opener has been completed, if
the garage door opener motor is trained to HomeLink®, both garage door operation
indicators will flash rapidly (green) and the light on the garage door opener motor will
blink twice, indicating that 2- way communication is enabled.
If the indicators do not flash, perform 2 and 3 within the first 10 presses of the HomeLink®
button after programming has been completed.
2Press a programmed HomeLink® button to operate a garage door.
3Within 1 minute of pressing the HomeLink® button, after the garage door operation
has stopped, press th e “Learn” or “Smart” button on the garage door opener motor.
Within 5 seconds of the establishment of 2-way communication with the garage door
opener, both garage door oper ation indicators in the vehicle will flash rapidly (green)
and the light on the garage door opener motor will blink twice, indicating that 2-way
communication is enabled.
■Reprogramming a single HomeLink® button
When the following procedure is performed, buttons which already have devices registered
to them can be overwritten:
1Press and hold the desired HomeLink® button.
2When the HomeLink® indicator starts flashing orange, release the HomeLink® button
and perform “Programming HomeLink®” 1 (it takes 20 seconds for the HomeLink®
indicator to start flashing).
Press the appropriate HomeLink® button. The HomeLink® indicator light should turn on.
Operating HomeLink®
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2Perform a kick operation by moving
your foot to within approximately 3.9
in. (10 cm) of the rear bumper and then
pulling it back.
• Perform the entire kick operation
within 1 second.
• The trunk lid will not start operating
while a foot is de tected under the
rear bumper.
• Operate the Hands Free Power
Trunk Lid without contacting the rear
bumper with your foot.
• If another electronic key is in the
cabin or trunk, it may take slightly
longer than normal for the operation
to begin.
Kick sensor
Hands Free Power Trunk Lid operation
detection area
3When the kick sensor detects that your foot is pulled back, a buzzer will sound and the
trunk will automatically fully open/close.
If a foot is moved under the rear bumper whil e the trunk lid is opening, the trunk lid will
stop moving.
If a foot is moved under the rear bumper whil e the trunk lid is closing, the trunk lid will
open.
■Trunk closer switch (vehicles with power trunk opener and closer)
Press the trunk closer switch.
A buzzer will sound and the trunk lid will
fully close.
Pressing the switch while the trunk lid is
closing opens the trunk lid again.
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