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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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What am I missing!! Yesterday I was washing the 2010 RX. When the water from the hose hit the passenger side window, a warning buzzer came on-the same buzz that you get when the rear hatch is activated. It turned off when I opened the passenger door and repeated the same buzz each time I sprayed with water.

I sprayed water on the driver side window-same thing and buzzer stopped when I opened door!. Sprayed water on the windshield,rear seat door glass and rear window glass with no buzzer going off. Key FOB was inside car-what I am missing?
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did you opt for the glass breakage sensor?
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Owner manual PAGE 35.

Do you think this makes sense? This may buzz or flash... Next time you can try to take your key fob away off your RX and see if it's acting the same.



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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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rxets, your a genius. i think thats it. i dont know why they took away the button, i would have liked that better
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What is that feature for? so you cant open the door when you are in car wash?
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Mine drives me nuts when washing, doors locking, unlocking.
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Originally Posted by The G Man
What is that feature for? so you cant open the door when you are in car wash?
the new smart access doesnt have the black button to lock the car door anymore like the on LS, GS, IS and ES and features the new touch sensitive top and bottom of the door handle to lock the car.

the circled green indent is used to lock and i guess the water pressure when washing the car is making it lock over and over again

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Curious... water pressure or water/moisture triggers the sensor or water/moisture interferes the current insides that dots.

I can understand touch screen on TV/LCD, but dunno the car door's.

What's the mechanism or theory on this technology? Thanks.
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I had the same thing happen to me, it's crazy. Also, learned if you hide the key under the rear bumper, the doors will stay locked, but rear hatch (door) will stay unlocked.
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Why don't you just keep the FOB in the house away from the car?
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They should have put the lock button on the bottom of the handle.
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lol its on both the top and th bottom, i think it would have been better if they made you swipe your finger
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lol its on both the top and th bottom, i think it would have been better if they made you swipe your finger
This seems to make life more difficult. How many ppl can successfully and simply use/pass the fingerprint reader on their laptops?
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On other cars with keyless ignition, the lock button is either on the side or bottom of the door handle. Did the RX designer forgotten about the law of gravity?
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What is that feature for? so you cant open the door when you are in car wash?
Without the owners manual in my hand, I think it works off breaking a laser beam while the key fob is on your person (or very near). If that's so, then the large stream of water is breaking the beam and fooling it. Kind of makes sense even.
My 450h won't be here for another 10 days approx so I don't have a manual but I'm interested as I'll have the same system.
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