Mitsubishi ECLIPSE CROSS 2017 Owner's Manual page 39

: Operating range
NOTE
l Even if it is within the operating range, if the
keyless operation key is in a small item
holder such as the glove box, on top of the
instrument panel, door pocket or in the lug-
gage area, it may be impossible to start the
engine.
l If a keyless operation key is too close to the
door or door window, it may be possible to
start the engine or change the operation
mode even when the key is outside the vehi-
cle.
To operate using the keyless
operation function
A- Driver's or front passenger's door lock/
unlock switch
B- Tailgate lock switch
C- Tailgate open switch
Locking the doors and tailgate
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When you are carrying the keyless operation
key, if you press the driver's or front passen-
ger's door lock/unlock switch (A), or the tail-
gate lock switch (B) within the operating
range, the doors and the tailgate are locked.
The turn-signal lamps will blink once.
Also refer to Locking and unlocking:3-16,
3-18, 3-21.
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Keyless operation system*
NOTE
Be sure to have the keyless operation key
with you before locking the vehicle. Even if
the keyless operation key is left in the vehi-
cle in the glove box or other small storage
compartment, near the instrument panel, or
in the luggage compartment, the vehicle may
be locked depending on the radio waves and
other conditions in the surrounding environ-
ment, trapping the key inside the vehicle.
For vehicles equipped with the mirror retrac-
tor switch, the outside rear-view mirrors au-
tomatically retract when all the doors and
tailgate are locked using the keyless opera-
tion function.
Refer to 6-10.
For vehicles equipped with the Dead Lock
System, pressing the driver's or front pas-
senger's door lock/unlock switch (A), or the
tailgate lock switch (B) two times in succes-
sion causes the Dead Lock System to be set.
(Refer to 3-19.)
The keyless operation function does not op-
erate under the following conditions:
• The keyless operation key is inside the
vehicle.
The operation mode is not in OFF.
•
• A door or the tailgate is open or ajar.
The tailgate open switch (C) can be used to
check that the vehicle is locked properly.
Press the tailgate open switch within approx-
imately 3 seconds of locking the vehicle. If
you wait longer than 3 seconds and press the
tailgate open switch, the doors and tailgate
will be unlocked.
Locking and unlocking
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