2023 Honda HR-V Owners Manual - Locking and Unlocking the Doors

Use the keys to start and stop the engine, and lock and unlock all the doors, tailgate, and fuel fill door.

All the keys have an immobilizer system. The immobilizer system helps protect against vehicle theft.

Immobilizer System

Follow the advice below to prevent damage to the keys:

• Do not leave the keys in direct sunlight, or in locations with high temperature or high humidity.
• Do not drop the keys or set heavy objects on them.
• Keep the keys away from liquids, dust and sand.
• Do not take the keys apart except for replacing the battery.

If the circuits in the keys are damaged, the engine may not start, and the remote transmitter may not work.
If the keys do not work properly, have them inspected by a dealer.

You can remotely start the engine using the remote engine start.

Remote Engine Start*

The built-in key can be used to unlock the doors when the keyless remote battery becomes weak and the power door unlock operation is disabled.

To remove the built-in key, push the release button and then pull out the key. To reinstall the built-in key, push the built-in key into the keyless remote until it clicks.

Contains a number that you will need if you purchase a replacement key.

Keep the key number tag separate from the key in a safe place outside of your vehicle.
If you wish to purchase an additional key, contact a dealer.

If you lose your key and you cannot start the engine, contact a dealer.

If the interior light switch is in the door activated position, the interior light comes on when you unlock the doors and tailgate.
No doors opened: The light fades out after 30 seconds.
Doors and tailgate relocked: The light goes off immediately.

Interior Lights

When you carry the keyless remote, you can lock/unlock the doors and fuel fill door, and open the tailgate.
You can lock/unlock the doors, fuel fill door, and tailgate within a radius of about 32 inches (80 cm) of the outside door handle or tailgate outer handle.

If you do not open a door or the tailgate within 30 seconds of unlocking the vehicle with the keyless access system, the doors and tailgate will automatically relock.

You can lock or unlock doors using the keyless access system only when the power mode is in VEHICLE OFF.
 

• Do not leave the keyless remote in the vehicle when you get out. Carry it with you.
• Even if you are not carrying the keyless remote, you can lock/unlock the doors and tailgate while someone else with the remote is within range.
• The door may be unlocked if the door handle is covered with water in heavy rain or in a car wash if the keyless remote is within range.
• If you grip a front door handle or touch the front door lock sensor wearing gloves, the door sensor may be slow to respond or may not respond by locking/unlocking the doors.
• After locking the door, you have up to 2 seconds during which you can pull the door handle to confirm whether the door is locked. If you need to unlock the door immediately after locking it, wait at least 2 seconds before gripping the handle, otherwise the door will not unlock.
• The door might not open if you pull it immediately after gripping the door handle. Grip the handle again and confirm that the door is unlocked before pulling the handle.
• Even within the 32 inches (80 cm) radius, you may not be able to lock/unlock the doors and tailgate with the keyless remote if it is above or below the outside handle.
• The keyless remote may not operate if it is too close to the door, door glass and tailgate.

The light flash, beep, and door unlock mode settings can be customized using the driver information interface or audio/information screen.

Settings*

How to Customize the Vehicle Settings

The keyless access system will not lock the vehicle when a door is open.

Locking the doors and tailgate

Touch the door lock sensor on the front door or press the lock button on the tailgate.

• All the doors, fuel fill door, and tailgate lock and the security system sets.
• Some exterior lights flash once and the beeper sounds once.

Unlocking the doors and tailgate

Grab the driver’s door handle:

• The driver’s door and fuel fill door unlock.
• Some exterior lights flash twice and the beeper sounds twice.

Grab the front passenger’s door handle:

• All the doors and the tailgate unlock.
• Some exterior lights flash twice and the beeper sounds twice.

Press the tailgate outer handle:

• The tailgate unlocks.
• Some exterior lights flash twice and the beeper sounds twice.

  Opening/Closing the Tailgate

Locking the doors and tailgate (Walk away auto lock^®)

When you walk away from the vehicle with all doors and tailgate closed while carrying the keyless remote, the doors and tailgate will automatically lock.
The auto lock function activates when all doors and tailgate are closed, and the keyless remote is within about 5 feet (1.5 m) radius of the outside door handle or tailgate outer handle.
Exit vehicle while carrying keyless remote and close door(s) and tailgate.

1. While within about 5 feet (1.5 m) radius of the vehicle.
   • The beeper sounds; the auto lock function will be activated.
2. Carry the keyless remote beyond about 5 feet (1.5 m) from the vehicle and remain outside this range for 2 or more seconds.
   • Some exterior lights flash; the beeper sounds; all doors and tailgate will then lock.

To temporarily deactivate the function:

1. Set the power mode to OFF.
2. Open the driver’s door.
3. Using the master door lock switch, operate the lock as follows:
   LockUnlockLockUnlock.
   • The beeper sounds and the function is deactivated.

To restore the function:

• Set the power mode to ON.
• Lock the vehicle without using the auto lock function
• With the keyless remote on you, move out of the auto lock function operation range.
• Open any door.

The auto lock function is set to OFF as the factory default setting. The auto lock function can be set to ON using the driver information interface or audio/information screen.
If you set the auto lock function to ON using the driver information interface or audio/information screen, only the remote transmitter that was used to unlock the driver’s door prior to the setting change can activate auto lock.

Settings*

How to Customize the Vehicle Settings

After the auto lock function has been activated, when you stay within the locking/unlocking operation range, the indicator on the keyless remote will continue to flash until the doors and tailgate are locked.

When you stay beside the vehicle within the operation range, the doors and tailgate will automatically lock approximately 30 seconds after the auto lock function activating beeper sounds.

When you open a door or tailgate after the auto lock function activating beeper sounds, the auto lock function will be canceled.

Under the following circumstances, the auto-lock function will not activate:

• The keyless remote is inside the vehicle.
  • The beeper will not sound.
• The keyless remote is taken out of its operational range before all the doors are closed.
  • The beeper will sound.

The auto lock function does not operate when any of the following conditions are met.

• The keyless remote is inside the vehicle.
• A door, tailgate or the hood is not closed.
• The power mode is set to any mode other than OFF.
• The keyless remote is not located within a radius of about 5 feet (1.5 m) from the vehicle when you get out of the vehicle and close the doors and tailgate.

After the auto lock function has been activated, the auto lock operation stop beeper sounds for approximately two seconds in the following cases.

• The keyless remote is put inside the vehicle through a window.
• You are located too close to the vehicle.
• The keyless remote is put inside the tailgate.

If the warning beeper sounds, check that you are carrying the keyless remote. Then, open/close a door and confirm the auto lock activation beeper sounds once.

The vehicle will automatically lock after you lock the doors in advance then close the doors and tailgate.

Activate lock presetting after closing the driver’s door.

 

1. Touch the door lock sensor on the driver’s door* or press the lock button on the remote transmitter.
   • Alert sounds and lock presetting is activated.
2. Close all doors and the tailgate.
   • Some exterior lights flash and a beeper sounds when vehicle locks.

Make sure the doors and tailgate are locked before moving away from the vehicle.

Lock presetting will be reset if a door or the tailgate is opened before the vehicle has locked completely.

Before locking a door, make sure that the key is not inside the vehicle.

You can turn this function on and off.

Settings*

How to Customize the Vehicle Settings

Locking the doors and tailgate

Press the lock button.

Once:

• Some exterior lights flash, all the doors, fuel fill door, and tailgate lock, and the security system sets.

Twice (within five seconds after the first push):

• A beeper sounds and verifies the security system is set.

Unlocking the doors and tailgate

Press the unlock button.

Once:

• Some exterior lights flash twice, and the driver’s door and fuel fill door unlock.

Twice:

• The remaining doors and the tailgate unlock.

If you do not open a door or the tailgate within 30 seconds of unlocking the vehicle with the remote transmitter, the doors and tailgate will automatically relock.

The remote transmitter uses low-power signals, so the operating range may vary depending on the surroundings.

The remote transmitter will not lock the vehicle when a door is open.

You can lock or unlock doors using the remote transmitter only when the power mode is in VEHICLE OFF.

If the distance at which the remote transmitter works varies, the battery is probably low.
If the LED does not come on when you press a button, the battery is dead.

Replacing the Remote Battery

Insert the built-in key into the key cylinder from below the handle and then turn it.

When unlocking, the driver’s door unlocks first. Turn the key a second time within a few seconds to unlock the remaining doors and the tailgate.

If the lock button of the keyless remote does not work, refer to the following.

Locking a Door Without Using a Key

Locking the front doors

Push the lock tab forward 1 or push the master door lock switch in the lock direction 2, and close the door.

Locking the rear doors

Push the lock tab forward and close the door.

Models with keyless access system

Lockout protection function

If the vehicle cannot detect the keyless remote, lockout protection activates.

• A beeper sounds, some exterior lights flash, the doors unlock, and a message appears on the driver information interface.
• This allows you to open a door in case the keyless remote is still inside the vehicle.

If you do not open a door, all doors relock after 15 seconds.

To avoid non-detection, make sure to keep the keyless remote away from cell phones and other devices that may cause signal interference.

 

Models without keyless access system

Lockout prevention system

The doors and the tailgate cannot be locked when the keyless remote is inside the vehicle.

When you lock the driver’s door, all the other doors and tailgate lock at the same time.
Before locking a door, make sure that the key is not inside the vehicle.

You can change the lockout protection operation setting.

Settings*

How to Customize the Vehicle Settings

Locking a door

Push the lock tab forward.

Unlocking a door

Pull the lock tab rearward.

When you lock the door using the lock tab on the driver’s door, all of the other doors and the tailgate lock at the same time.
When you unlock the door using the lock tab on the driver’s door, only the driver’s door will unlock.

Pull the front door inner handle.

• The door unlocks and opens in one motion.

The front door inner handles are designed to allow front seat occupants to open the door in one motion. However, this feature requires that front seat occupants never pull a front door inner handle while the vehicle is in motion.

Children should always ride in a rear seat where childproof door locks are provided.

Childproof Door Locks

Press the master door lock switch in as shown to lock or unlock all the doors, fuel fill door, and tailgate.

When you lock/unlock either of the front doors using the master door lock switch, all the other doors, fuel fill door, and tailgate lock/unlock at the same time.

To open the door from the inside when the childproof door lock is on, put the lock tab in the unlock position, lower the rear window, put your hand out of the window, and pull the outside door handle.

Slide the lever in the rear door to the lock position, and close the door.

When opening the door

Open the door using the outside door handle.

You can turn off or change to another auto door locking/unlocking setting using the driver information interface or audio/information screen.

Settings*

How to Customize the Vehicle Settings