key Acura RL 2005 Owner's Guide

If your vehicle’s battery goes dead or
is disconnected, you can open the
trunk f rom the rear seat by pulling
the trunk release handle. Reach the
handle through the trunk pass-
through.
Keep the trunk lid closed at all times
while driving to avoid damaging the
lid, and to prevent exhaust gas f rom
getting into the interior. Seeon page .
Press and hold the trunk release
button on the remote.
If the doors are unlocked, press
the trunk release button on the
trunk lid. Press the trunk release button on
the driver’s door.
Youcanopenthetrunkinanyof
f our ways: If the doors are locked, press the
boot release button on the boot lid
with the remote in keyless Access
operating range.
To close the trunk, press down on
the trunk lid.
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Trunk
Carbon
Monoxide Hazard
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TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON TRUNK RELEASE HANDLE

The childproof door locks are
designed to prevent children seated
in the rear f rom accidentally opening
the rear doors. Each rear door has a
lock lever near the edge. With the
lever in the LOCK position, the door
cannot be opened f rom the inside
regardless of the position of the lock
tab. To open the door, pull the lock
tab up, and use the outside door
handle.
As a saf ety f eature, your vehicle has
a release lever on the right corner in
the trunk so the trunk can be opened
f rom the inside. To open the trunk,
push the release lever to the lef t.
Parents should decide if their
children should be shown how to use
this feature.
For more inf ormation about child
saf ety, see page .
To protect items in the trunk, you
can disable the trunk-release button
on the driver’s door, the trunk lid,
andtheremote.Todothis,turnoff
the trunk main switch in the glove
box, lock the glove box, and lock the
trunk pass-through cover with the
built-in key.
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T runk, Childproof Door L ocks
Childproof Door L ocks
Emergency T runk Opener
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LEVER
TRUNK MAIN SWITCH
RELEASE
LEVER

The rear seat armrest is in the
center of the rear seat. Pivot it down
to use it.Open the cover by pushing the knob
and pulling the cover down. To close
the cover, swing it up, and push
f irmly on the top. Make sure it
latches properly.Make sure all items in the trunk and
those extending through the pass-
through are secured.
For security, this cover can be
locked and unlocked only with the
built-in key. To lock the cover, insert
thekey,andturnitclockwise.
Never drive with this cover open and
the trunk lid open.
See
on
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Rear Seat Armrest
Trunk Pass-through Cover
Carbon Monoxide Hazard
Seats
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COVER
KNOB

Press any button on the control
panel: MEMO, 1, or 2.
Adjust the outside mirrors. Shif t out of Park. Push any of the adjustment
switches f or the seat or steering
wheel.
If you select a memorized position
without pushing the ignition switch
knob or inserting the built-in key in
the ignition switch, only the seat and
outside mirrors will adjust. To get
the system to also adjust the steering
wheel, push and turn the ignition
switch or insert the built-in key in
the ignition switch. You will hear two
beeps when it is complete. You can use the adjustment switches
to change the positions of the seat,
steering wheel, or outside mirrors
af ter they are in their memorized
position. If you change the
memorized position, the indicator in
the memory button will go out. To
keep this driving position f or later
use, you must store it in the driving
position memory.
To stop the system’s automatic
adjustment, do any of the f ollowing:
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Your vehicle has the Keyless Access
System. When you carry the remote
with you, you can lock/unlock the
door(s), unlock the trunk, and start
the engine without using the built-in
key.
The system may not work if:Thebatteryof theremoteisweak.
You carry a cell phone, a laptop
computer, or other electrical
device near the remote. There is strong electrical current
nearby.
The remote is covered by metal.
A vehicle is being operated with a
transmitter nearby.
When the remote battery is dead. Protect the remote and the built-in
key f rom direct sunlight, high
temperature, and high humidity.
Always keep the remote and the
built-in key away from any magnetic
material.
Youshouldhavereceivedakey
number tag with your built-in key.
You will need this key number if you
ever have to get a lost key replaced.
UseonlyAcura-approvedkeyblanks.
When the vehicle battery is dead.
Make sure the driver always carries
the remote/built-in key set. Do not drop the remote or the
built-in key, and do not set heavy
objects on them.
The built-in keys do not contain
batteries. Keep the remote and the built-in key
away f rom liquids. If they get wet,
dry them immediately with a sof t
cloth.
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This remote is used to lock/unlockthe doors and unlock the trunk.
When you carry the remote, you can
lock/unlock the doors, unlock the
trunk, and start the engine without a
key.
You can lock/unlock the doors
within a about 32 inches (about 80
cm) radius f rom the outside door
handle.
The f ollowing keys come with your
vehicle. Refer to page for how to
separate the keys.
This key is used to lock/unlock the
doors, glove box, trunk pass-through
cover, and to start the engine (af ter
you remove the ignition switch cover,
see page ).
Youcanopenthetrunkwithina
about32inches (about 80cm) radius fromthetrunkreleaseswitch.
It is above or below the vehicle,
even when it is within its operating
range. It is too close to the vehicle.
Theremotemaynotworkif: Anyone can lock/unlock a door or
open the trunk if the remote is
within the operating range of the
door or the trunk.
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Keys
K eyless A ccess System
Built -in K ey
K eyless A ccess Remot e
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BUILT-IN KEYS OPERATING
RANGE
KEY NUMBER TAG KEYLESS ACCESS
REMOTES

The handle of each f ront door has a
sensor. That sensor works with the
remote so you can automatically
unlock/lock the door(s).If you do not open any of the doors
within 30 seconds, they will
automatically relock.
The unlock sensors do not operate
when:
Theremoteisnotwithinthe
operating range.
To change the ‘‘DOOR UNLOCK
MODE’’ setting, see page . If a remote is within operating range
while you wash your vehicle or when
it is raining heavily, the door sensors
may respond by unlocking the doors.
When you unlock the door(s), some
exterior lights blink twice and the
system beeps twice.
To change the ‘‘KEYLESS ACCESS
LIGHT FLASH’’ setting, see page
.
To change the ‘‘KEYLESS ACCESS
BEEP’’ setting, see page . The remote is too close to the
vehicle.
By def ault, only the driver’s door
unlocks when you grab its handle. All the doors unlock when you grab
the handle of the f ront passenger’s
door.
When the doors are unlocked.
The vehicle battery is dead. Theremotebatteryisdead.
If you grab the handle of the f ront
door by the hand with glove, the
door sensor may delay to respond or
not respond by unlocking the doors. 90
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Unlocking the Door(s)
K eyless A ccess System
Inst rument s and Cont rols
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Each f ront door has a LOCK/
UNLOCK f eature.
When you touch the door lock
sensor of the f ront door by the hand,
all the doors and the trunk will lock.If you touch the door lock sensor of
the f ront door by the hand with glove,
the door sensor may delay to
respond or not respond by locking
the doors.
Theremoteisnotwithinthe
operating range.
The lock sensors do not operate if :
The built-in key is in the ignition
switch. The doors are open.
The ignition switch is not in the
LOCK (0) position.
The remote is too close to the
vehicle.
The vehicle battery is dead. Theremotebatteryisdead.
When you lock the doors, some
exterior lights blink once and the system beeps once. When you
cannot set the security system
because the trunk or hood is open,
no exterior light blinks and/or no
beeper sounds.
Bef ore locking the doors, make sure
theremoteisnotinsidethevehicle. If a remote is within operating range
while you wash your vehicle or when
it is raining heavily, the door sensors
may respond by locking the doors. Within 2 seconds of touching the
handle to lock the doors or locking
the doors with remote, pull the
handletomakesurethedoorsare
actually locked. The door unlock
sensors do not operate f or about 2
seconds af ter the doors are locked. To change the ‘‘KEYLESS ACCESS
BEEP’’ setting, see page . To change the ‘‘KEYLESS ACCESS
LIGHT FLASH’’ setting, see page
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DOOR LOCK SENSOR

Bef ore closing the trunk, make sure
theremoteisnotinthetrunk.
If you close the trunk when the
remote is in it, the system beeps, and
the trunk reopens.
When you close the trunk with all
doors locked, the trunk will lock.
When you unlock all the doors with
the remote, built-in key or power
door lock master switch, the trunk
will unlock.
Use the pull handle when you close
the trunk.
If you open a door, pull its lock tab,
and shut it when the remote is inside
the vehicle, all the doors unlock.
Make sure you carry the remote
with you when you lock the doors.
K eyless A ccess System
Locking the TrunkDoor L ock Prevent ion
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PULL HANDLE

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To change the ‘‘SECURITY
RELOCK TIMER’’ setting, see page
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Pressthisbuttonfor
about 1 second to open the trunk.
You cannot open the trunk if the
built-in key is in the ignition or the
ignition switch is in any position
except the LOCK (0) position. You
cannot open the trunk with the
remote if the trunk main switch is
turned off. To change the ‘‘KEYLESS LOCK
ACKNOWLEDGMENT’’ setting, see
page .
Pressthisbuttonfor
about 2 seconds to attract attention:
thehornwillsoundandtheexterior
lights will f lash f or about 30 seconds.
To cancel panic mode, press any
other button on the remote.
You cannot lock the doors if any
door, the trunk, or the hood is not
f ully closed if the built-in key is in
the ignition switch, or if the ignition
switch is in any position except the
LOCK (0) position.
Press this button once
to unlock the driver’s door. Press it
twice to unlock the other doors.
Some exterior lights will f lash twice
each time you press the button. The
ceiling light (if the ceiling light
switch is in the DOOR position) will
come on when you press the
UNLOCK button. If you do not open
anydoorswithin30seconds,the
ceiling light f ades out. If you relock
the doors with the remote before 30
seconds have elapsed, the ceiling
light will go of f immediately.
If you unlock the doors with the
remote, but do not open any doors
within 30 seconds, the doors
automatically relock and the security
system sets. To change the ‘‘INTERIOR LIGHT
DIMMING TIME,’’ see page . To change the ‘‘DOOR LOCK
MODE’’ setting, see page .
When you cannot set the security
system because the trunk or hood is
open, no exterior light blinks and/or
no beeps.
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TRUNK
PA NIC
UNL OCK
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