Sunday, November 1, 2009

Door Lock and Unlock Programming

I have been trying to verify that the programming of the door lock and unlock functions in my giant for quite some time. I really didn't have it work out right initially as I wasn't putting too much emphasis on it. I know from my reading of other Toyota cars that when you put the ignition to "ON" and depressed the brake it will lock all doors. That's function is available on the my other car as well. Similarly when you stop the car then shift the gear lever to "P" the driver door will unlock automatically.

I recently spent sometime looking into this again I think I have figured out how this work now.

To program the door to unlock when you shift the gear lever from any position to "P", do the following:
  • Shift the gear level to "P"
  • Press the unlock side (see photo below) of the door lock switch for five seconds and release

Toyota Alphard Door Lock SwitchIf this is done correctly then the doors will unlock automatically to confirm that the programming has been completed successfully.

The same procedure will also enable other doors to be unlocked if the driver door is opened within 10 seconds. Please remember to unlock and then lock the door manually after you have completed this programming.

The above procedure act like a "enable" and "disable" switch. If you feel that automatically unlock the doors when you shift the gear lever to "P" position is no a good practice from safety perspective then you can repeat the procedure again to "turn it off".

There is another mode called the "speed sensing auto lock" which enabled the function to automatically locked all doors when the car speed reach 20km/h. The procedure is as follow:

  • Put the gear level in any position except "P"
  • Press the lock side of the door lock switch for five seconds and release

I believed this will also program the doors to automatically locked when you press the brake when the ignition is in the "ON" position.

One more feature is driver door linked auto unlock. This will unlock other doors when the driver door is open within 10 seconds when the ignition is turn from "ON" to "ACC" or "LOCK" position. The procedure is as follow:

  • Put the gear level in any position except "P"
  • Press the unlock side of the door lock switch for five seconds and release

Have fun doing the programming.

18 comments:

  1. Does it work on PFL model as well?

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  2. Out of the 3 only one work on the PFL model. The one that allow you to lock the door when you press the brake once all doors are locked.

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  3. does this work for toyota estima ACR50? do you know how to deactivate the function whereby the lock open when the gear level is sihfted back to the "P" position for Estima ACR50? Tq

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  4. Hi KokLoon,

    I have not tried this on ACR50 before so I don't know if it will work. I would assume that ACR50 and the NFL Alphard should have the same programming procedure for the doors so you can try the "disable" method mentioned in the above post to see if it work on ACR50.

    Cheers

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  5. One question. Do you start the engine or push the ignition button to "ON" when doing the programming?

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  6. Hi KokLoom,

    I have replied to your email regarding the door lock programming.

    Hope it help.

    Cheers

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  7. hey there,

    can u send me the same email that u sent to KokLoom. I have the same issue here.

    thanks..

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  8. hi there. im from swak. can you send me the email as what you send to KokLoom about the lock and unlock door. TQ

    Suffian

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  9. again im sorry. forget to enclose emal add.
    pyianj@gmail.com

    -suffian

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  10. Hi,

    I have sent to your email.

    Cheers

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  11. Hi Nighto,

    can you send me the email as what you send to KokLoom about the lock and unlock door. TQ

    Anson
    (hwy_ans@yahoo.com)

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  12. Hi Anson,

    I have forwarded the email to you.

    Hope it help.

    Cheers

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  13. hai can u email/forward the email to me too

    tanx

    haslin83@yahoo.com

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  14. Hi Nighto,
    Pls send the email on how to programme the auto lock, unlock door to taurus_ric@hotmail.com

    Thanks in advance.

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    1. Hi,

      I don't have a written procedure for the programming. What I know I put it in this post. Hope it help.

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  15. Can u send the email as what you send to KokLoom about the lock and unlock door . Thank you .
    berybigbear@hotmail.com

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    1. Due to spamming issue with my email account, I lost a lot of details in my mailbox so I can't find the email I sent to KokLoom. I also don't have the original info with me now.

      Hope the info on this post still help.

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  16. Can u forward to me too

    Thanks

    ccw1310@gmail.com

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