Acura 3.5 RL Manual page 1229

Power Door Locks
Transmitter Test ('02-04 Models)
NOTE:
• If the doors unlock or lock with the transmitter, but
the LED on the transmitter does not come on, the
LED is faulty; replace the transmitter.
• If any door is open, you cannot lock the door with the
transmitter.
• If you unlocked the doors with the transmitter, but do
not open any of the doors within 30 seconds, the
doors relock automatically.
• The doors do not lock or unlock with the transmitter
if the ignition key is inserted in the ignition switch.
• For PANIC button and TRUNK button operation, hold
the button lor more than 1 second.
1. Press the lock or unlock button five or six times to
reset the transmitter.
• If the locks work, the transmitter is OK.
• If the locks don't work, go to step 2.
2. Open the transmitter and check for water damage.
• If you find any water damage, replace the trans-
mitter.
• If there is no water damage, go to step 3.
3. Replace the transmitter battery with a new one, and try
to lock and unlock the doors with the transmitter by
pressing the lock or unlock button five or six times.
• If the doors lock and unlock, the transmitter is OK.
• If the doors don't lock and unlock, go to step 4.
4. Reprogram the transmitter, then try to lock and
unlock the doors.
• If the doors lock and unlock, the transmitter is OK.
• If the doors don't lock and unlock, replace the
transmitter.
BATTERY
(CR2025)
Transmitter Programming
('02-04 Models)
Storing transmitter codes:
The codes of up to three transmitters can be read into
the keyless receiver unit memory. (If a fourth code is
stored, the code which was input first will be erased.)
NOTE: It is important to maintain the time limits
between the steps. Make sure the doors, hood and tail-
gate are closed.
1. Turn the ignition switch ON (II).
2. Within 1 to 4 sec., push the transmitter lock or
unlock button with the transmitter aimed at the key-
less receiver unit.
3. Within 1 to 4 sec., turn the ignition switch OFF.
4. Within 1 to 4 sec., turn the ignition switch ON (II).
5. Within 1 to 4 sec., push the transmitter lock or
unlock button with the transmitter aimed at the
receiver keyless unit.
6. Within 1 to 4 sec., turn the ignition switch OFF.
7. Within 1 to 4 sec., turn the ignition switch ON (II).
8. Within 1 to 4 sec., push the transmitter lock or
unlock button with the transmitter aimed at the key-
less receiver unit.
9. Within 1 to 4 sec., turn the ignition switch OFF.
10. Within 4 sec., turn the ignition switch ON (II).
11. Within 1 to 4 sec., push the transmitter lock or
unlock button with the transmitter aimed at the key-
less receiver unit.
12. Confirm you can hear the sound of the door lock
actuators. Within 1 to 4 sec., push the transmitter
lock or unlock button again.
13. Within 10 sec., aim the transmitters (up to three)
whose codes you want to store at the receiver, and
press the transmitter lock or unlock buttons.
Confirm that you can hear the sound of the door
lock actuators after each transmitter code is stored.
14. Turn the ignition switch OFF, and pull out the key.