SmartKey - Did you know...
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: none
With the SmartKey on you, one simply has to come up and touch the inside of the door handle for the Driver door to unlock. I usually am doing this, just as I'm pulling the door handle open. But you don't have to pull the door handle for it to unlock. Just touch the back of the door handle.
Also:
The default is to only unlock the Driver door, but usually I'm with other people and I'd like all the doors to unlock without me having to grab the remote and hit unlock while walking up to the car. So you can program it to do this.
Simply walk up to your driver door, and hold the LOCK / UNLOCK buttons down together (on the SmartKey until the Car beeps, now if you lock it, walk away, come back and touch the door handle, ALL doors will unlock.
Many would chose only to have the Driver Door unlock, but it's nice to know that you have options.
Also:
The default is to only unlock the Driver door, but usually I'm with other people and I'd like all the doors to unlock without me having to grab the remote and hit unlock while walking up to the car. So you can program it to do this.
Simply walk up to your driver door, and hold the LOCK / UNLOCK buttons down together (on the SmartKey until the Car beeps, now if you lock it, walk away, come back and touch the door handle, ALL doors will unlock.
Many would chose only to have the Driver Door unlock, but it's nice to know that you have options.
You've discovered you don't have to pull the handle to unlock, just grab it.
Did you know you don't even have to touch it? Just slide your hand between the handle and the door and it'll unlock.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: NO
It shouldn't matter since the windows stop automatically if they detect an obstacle. What's next, garage doors that won't close remotely?
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Australia
Not only can you use the remote to close the windows on Australian spec cars, you can also hold in the lock button on the door handle to close the windows.
Lead Lap
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Los AngePittsInaFranciTonionativille
This probably means there's some way to toggle it into doing that. There's no way Toyota would build two different control modules, and install one in US-spec and one in world-spec.
CL Community Team
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: NJ
Could be the same control module with different software flashed into the controller, though more likely an option settable with the factory scan tool.
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From: Los AngePittsInaFranciTonionativille
The same control module with a different flash BIOS/ROM/whatever is still a different part, since Toyota wouldn't flash it after its in the vehicle. Which means its something someone somewhere can change...Javy, I looked on TIS, albeit for a limited time since I was at work and lots of execs walk by my cubicle...can you take a look? I found a listing somewhere of all the things a scan tool can set.
