Subaru Forester 2016 Owner's Manual page 113

Locking with the door lock
sensor
1) Door lock sensor
Carry the access key, close all doors
including the rear gate and touch the door
lock sensor on the door handle. All doors
including the rear gate will be locked. Also,
an electronic chirp will sound once and the
hazard warning flashers will flash once.
NOTE
After touching the door lock sensor to
lock all of the doors (including the rear
gate), if you touch the door lock sensor
once more to attempt the lock opera-
tion without first unlocking the doors,
nothing will happen, even if the door
lock sensor is touched. In this case,
perform the unlocking operation once
Keys and doors/Keyless access with push button start system
first. You can then touch the door lock
sensor to lock the doors.
Locking with the rear lock button
1) Rear lock button
Carry the access key, close all doors
including the rear gate and press the rear
lock button. The rear gate and all doors
will be locked. Also, an electronic chirp will
sound once and the hazard warning
flashers will flash once.
Power saving function
The keyless access function will be
disabled in the following cases to protect
the access key battery and the vehicle
battery.
Case 1: When the keyless access func-
tion and the remote keyless entry system
have not been used for 2 weeks or longer
while all doors are locked
Case 2: When the access key has been
left in the operating range for 10 minutes
or longer while all doors are locked
Recovery from power saving
mode
When one of the following is operated, the
keyless access function will be recovered.
Case 1:
. Turn the ignition switch to the ON
position
. Unlock the doors by operating any
procedure other than gripping the front
passenger s door handle
. Lock the doors
. Open a door and then close it
Case 2:
. Unlock the doors by gripping the door
handle
. Unlock the doors by pressing the rear
gate opener button
. Lock the doors by touching the door
lock sensor
. Lock or unlock the doors by using the
remote keyless entry system
. Lock or unlock the doors by using the
power door locking switch
. Open either of the front doors
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