How to completely lock up?

[busstop]

Hi,

I got my '06 Prius a week ago, and I need to park on the street. Seems that when I lock all the side doors by clicking the key, the hatch unlocks. Then, when I lock the hatch, the front doors unlock. I tried this about five times this evening before giving up.

Is there some trick I'm missing? I checked the manual, and while it gives instructions to lock the door, it doesn't say anything about the hatch.

Thx.

[marjam]

With your package you must have smart key. To lock the car press the black button on the front door handles or the hatch. If smart car is turned off (the switch is under the steering column) you should be able to lock all the doors by pressing lock on the key fob. Pressing the interior lock button with a door open does sometimes unlock other things. The reason is so that you can not lock the car unintentionally. All the doors and hatch lock at the same time with SKS or the key fob, you do not have to lock anything separately.

[ttayloriii]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(busstop @ Jul 26 2006, 08:47 PM) [snapback]292917[/snapback]</div>

Hi,

I got my '06 Prius a week ago, and I need to park on the street. Seems that when I lock all the side doors by clicking the key, the hatch unlocks. Then, when I lock the hatch, the front doors unlock. I tried this about five times this evening before giving up.

Is there some trick I'm missing? I checked the manual, and while it gives instructions to lock the door, it doesn't say anything about the hatch.

Thx.
[/b]

The hatch locks with the doors. When you are "locking" the hatch, the SKS unlocks all the doors, bc they were locked to begin with. If you approach the hatch with all the doors locked, and touch the handle, it will unlock all doors. If you approach from the passenger side, also, all doors and hatch unlock. It is all explained in the manual. There is a thread that describes how to change these patterns or look in the manual.

[Ichabod]

Yes, it's actually in the manual how to change the unlock pattern. I almost always have a passenger, so I set mine to unlock all doors when I touch any.

One possibility for your mystery locking pattern: If you have SKS and you lock your doors by either fob button or smart button, and then walk over to another door to check whether they're unlocked, they'll unlock for you if you have the key with you... not that I think you'd be THAT silly

[Tideland Prius]

Btw, there's no #9 for 2006.

Also, I think what you're doing is that you lock the doors then you test to see if the hatch is lock and you unlock it via SKS. Then, when you lock the hatch and go to the front doors to see if they're locked, you unlock the doors again via SKS. So, if you're paranoid, lock the hatch, then *check* the door locks (don't touch the handle) and see if they're locked.

[IsrAmeriPrius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Jul 27 2006, 12:25 AM) [snapback]293043[/snapback]</div>

So, if you're paranoid, lock the hatch, then *check* the door locks (don't touch the handle) and see if they're locked.
[/b]

I check the rear doors, since they are not wired for the SKS.

[fphinney]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ Jul 28 2006, 05:29 PM) [snapback]294102[/snapback]</div>

I check the rear doors, since they are not wired for the SKS. [/b]

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IsrAmeriPrius -

Well DUH!

Hey - - I appreciate the fact that you took the time to explain the obvious. I too, have checked my doors to see if they are locked (with the fob in my pocket) & been puzzled. WHY didn't I think to check the back doors to see if the car is locked? Mainly because I hardly ever open them in normal use?

THANKS again,

[ceric]

Actually, if you lock the doors thru SKS, you can pull the front door handles within a couple seconds to check if it is indeed locked. The SKS would be inactive when it was just put into action. If you walk to the rear hatch, the couple of seconds pass, you go into a see-saw situation. Check the rear door handles if the time has elapsed, but the front doors is also OK within a couple seconds. Try it.

[8AA]

What color is the Toyota emblem on the back of your keyfob? SKS equipped cars have a silver and black emblem and non-SKS cars have an all black emblem.

[richard schumacher]

If you want to confirm this a few times until you trust it: lock the car, put the key fob 30 feet away from the car, THEN walk back and try the doors and hatch. You will find that they are all locked.