On-Vehicle Inspection

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CHECK SMART KEY SYSTEM OPERATION INSPECTION

Inspect the entry door unlock function.
1. Use the wireless lock operation to lock all the doors. With the key in your possession, touch a door's outside handle (touch sensor) and check that all doors unlock.
2. Step 1: Inspect the entry door unlock operation's detection area. Hold the key at the same height as the door's outside handle (approximately 80 cm (2.6 ft) from the ground). Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration below (Fig.1). Check that when the key is brought within 70 to 100 cm (2.3 to 3.3 ft) of the vehicle, the system enters unlock standby mode. Unlock standby mode is signified by the key's red LED illumination.
  
  Fig 1: Identifying Distance Between Door Lock And Key
  Courtesy of © TOYOTA, LICENSE AGREEMENT TMS1002
3. Step 2: Once the system enters unlock standby mode, touch the outside handle's sensor within 3 seconds. Check that the door unlocks.
4. Repeat steps (1) and (2) for the remaining doors.
5. Step 3: Inspect the door oscillator's response sensitivity. Wear protective gloves, set the system to unlock standby mode, and check that touching the highlighted area in the illustration with your index finger causes the door to unlock.
  
  Fig 2: Inspecting Door Oscillator'S Response Sensitivity
  Courtesy of © TOYOTA, LICENSE AGREEMENT TMS1002
  
  NOTE:
  When touching the highlighted area, tapping too quickly or having extended contact may not trigger the sensor. In such a case, the door will not unlock.
6. Repeat step (3) for the remaining doors.
Inspect the entry door lock function.
1. Step 1: Close all of the vehicle's doors and set the system to unlock standby mode. With the key in your possession outside of the vehicle, check that pressing the lock switch locks all the doors.
2. Step 2: Inspect the door lock operation's detection area and the vehicle interior's wireless door lock receiver for wave leaks. Hold the key at a height of 0.1 m (10 cm (0.33 ft) above the lower edge of the window frame). Pay attention to the direction and position of the key in the illustration below Fig.3. Check that when the key is approximately 20 cm (0.6 ft) from the vehicle and the lock switch is pressed, all the doors lock and the warning buzzer (for when the key is left) does not sound.
  
  Fig 3: Identifying Distance Between Door Lock And Key
  Courtesy of © TOYOTA, LICENSE AGREEMENT TMS1002
  
  NOTE:
  If the warning buzzer sounds, the vehicle interior's wireless door lock receiver may have a wave leak.
  
  HINT:
  
  Due to the key being unable to communicate with the system within 20 cm (0.65 ft) from the outside handle, do not press the lock switch with the same hand that is holding the key. The doors will not lock.
3. Repeat steps (1) and (2) for the remaining doors.
Inspect the entry trunk open function.
1. Close the luggage compartment door. With the key in your possession, check that pressing the luggage compartment open switch (trunk open switch) opens the luggage compartment door.
2. Inspect the entry trunk open operation's detection area. Hold the smart key at the same height as the luggage electrical key switch (trunk open switch) (approximately 80 cm (2.6 ft) from the ground) and align it with the luggage open switch of the rear of the vehicle. Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration below Fig.4. Check that when the key is brought within 70 to 100 cm (2.3 to 3.3 ft) of the vehicle, pressing the luggage compartment open switch opens the luggage compartment door.
  
  Fig 4: Identifying Distance Between Rear Luggage Open Switch And Key
  Courtesy of © TOYOTA, LICENSE AGREEMENT TMS1002
Inspect the push button start function.
1. With the key in your possession, check that turning the engine switch on starts the engine.
2. With the key in your possession, check that turning the engine switch from on (IG) to on (ACC) or OFF stops the engine.
3. Inspect the push button start operation's detection area. Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration below Fig.5. Check that the engine can be started. When the key is in either of the two locations in the illustration.
  
  Fig 5: Identifying Inspection Position And Key
  Courtesy of © TOYOTA, LICENSE AGREEMENT TMS1002
  
  NOTE:
  The engine cannot be started when the key is on the instrument panel or package tray, or in the glove box.
Inspect the prevention of key confinement.
1. Place the key into the trunk. Check that: 1) all doors locked and closing the luggage compartment door triggers the key's wireless door lock buzzer (which lasts approximately 20 seconds), and 2) pressing the luggage compartment open switch opens the luggage compartment door.
2. Inspect the key lock-in prevention's detection area. Pay attention to the direction of the key in the illustration below Fig.5. When the key is in either of the two locations in the illustration, check that: 1) closing the luggage compartment door sounds the key's wireless door lock buzzer, and 2) pressing the luggage compartment open switch opens the luggage compartment door.
  
  Fig 6: Identifying Distance Between Trunk And Key
  Courtesy of © TOYOTA, LICENSE AGREEMENT TMS1002
  NOTE:
  - If the key is inside a metal briefcase, metal box or any other metal storage item, the key will not be able to be detected by the system.
  - "Prevention of key confinement" function activates only when all the doors are locked.
3. Inspect the key lock-in prevention's detection area and the luggage compartment interior's luggage tuner for wave leaks. Hold the key at the same height as the lower edge of the luggage compartment door and align it with the center of the rear of the vehicle. Pay attention to the direction and position of the key in the illustration below Fig.7. Check that when the key is 10 cm (0.33 ft) or more away from the vehicle's rear bumper, the key's wireless door lock buzzer does not sound.
  
  Fig 7: Identifying Distance Between Luggage Compartment Lower Edge And Key
  Courtesy of © TOYOTA, LICENSE AGREEMENT TMS1002
  
  HINT:
  
  If the warning buzzer sounds, the trunk interior's luggage tuner may have a wave leak.
Inspect the key cancel function.
1. While the engine switch is on (IG), check that the luggage compartment open switch is the only switch in the smart key system that can be operated.

Inspect the indicator function.

Condition	Indicator
Engine switch is ON (IG) mode and vehicle interior check is OK	Illuminates
Engine switch is OFF mode and one of the doors is open	Blinks
Engine switch is ON (IG) / ACC and all doors are locked	Off

HINT:

In cases where an illuminated condition and a blinking condition are both satisfied, the indicator will illuminate.

Inspect the answer-back (hazard warning light flashing or buzzer sounding) function.

Operation	Hazard Warning Light	Buzzer
Entry door lock function	Flashes once	Sounds once
Entry door unlock function	Flashes twice	Sounds twice
Entry trunk open function	Does not flash	Does not sounds

Smart key system diagnosis mode:

HINT:

The smart key system diagnostic mode can be used to check that the key and each tuner operate normally without removing the tuners from the vehicle.
The smart key system diagnostic mode check is performed with Techstream.

Connect Techstream to the DLC3.
Turn the engine switch on (IG).

Select each "Item" and bring the key up to the action area in which the system can detect the key.

If the system functions normally, the wireless door lock buzzer sounds once.

Tester Display	Tuner
D+Overhead	Cabin
P+Overhead	Cabin
Dr+Overhead	Cabin
Pr+Overhead	Cabin
Fr+Overhead	Cabin
Rr+Overhead	Cabin
In-Lug+In-Lug	Luggage
Lugg+Overhead	Cabin
Lugg+In-Lug	Luggage
In-Bdor+Overhead	Cabin
Bdor+Overhead	Cabin
Immobi+Amp	Transponder key amplifier