Honda Pilot: Locking and Unlocking the Doors

• Key
• Locking / Unlocking the Doors from the Outside
• Locking / Unlocking the Doors from the Inside
• Childproof Door Locks

Key

This vehicle comes with the following keys: Use the keys to start and stop the engine, and lock and unlock all the doors, tailgate, and fuel fill door of the Honda Pilot 2023.

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

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.

Models with button

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

■ Built-in Key

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.

■ Key Number Tag

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.

Low Keyless Remote Signal Strength

The vehicle transmits radio waves to locate the keyless remote to start the engine; lock and unlock all the doors and the fuel fill door; and open the tailgate, and the power tailgate*.

In the following cases, starting the engine, locking/unlocking the doors/fuel fill door, or opening the tailgate/power tailgate* may be inhibited, or operation may be unstable:

• Strong radio waves are being transmitted by nearby equipment.
• You are carrying the keyless remote together with telecommunications equipment, laptop computers, cell phones, or wireless devices.
• A metallic object is touching or covering the keyless remote.

Communication between the keyless remote and the vehicle consumes the keyless remote's battery.

Battery life is about two years, but this varies depending on regularity of use.

The battery is consumed whenever the keyless remote is receiving strong radio waves. Avoid placing it near electrical appliances such as televisions and personal computers.

Locking / Unlocking the Doors from the Outside

The Honda Pilot 2023 comes with keys that allow you to lock and unlock the doors from the outside. These keys can also be used to start and stop the engine, as well as access the tailgate and fuel fill door.

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.

■ Using the Keyless Access System

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.

Locking the doors and tailgate

Touch the door lock sensor on the front or rear* doors, 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.

• 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 door handle or touch a door lock sensor wearing gloves, the door sensor may be slow to respond or may not respond by unlocking or locking the doors.
• After locking the door, you have up to two 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 two 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 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.

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 or rear* door handle:

• All doors, tailgate, and fuel fill door 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.

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

Models with puddle lights

When you go into the keyless access system working range with all the doors locked, the puddle lights come on for 30 seconds.

The lights do not come on if you have previously stayed within the range for more than two minutes, or the doors have been locked for a few days.

The feature activates again after you drive the vehicle, then lock the doors.

Models with power tailgate

You can also unlock and open the power 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 or all doors are closed and tailgate begins power close operation*, 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:

Lock Unlock Lock Unlock.

• 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.

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

Models with power tailgate walk away close

If you use the power tailgate walk away close function when all the doors are closed, the auto lock function will also be activated.

• When you walk away from the vehicle while the power tailgate is automatically closing, it will continue to lock automatically.

All models

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.

Auto lock function operation stop beeper

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.

■ Using the Remote Transmitter

Locking the doors and tailgat

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):

• The 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 tailgate unlock.

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

You can change the relock timer setting.

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

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

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.

You can customize the door unlock mode setting.

■ Unlocking the Doors Using a Key

If the unlock button of the keyless remote does not work, use the built-in key instead. The keyhole is behind the door handle.

Pull and hold the outer handle.

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

If you do not have the key on you, or if for some reason you cannot lock a door using the key, you can lock the door without it.

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.

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.

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.

You can change the lockout protection operation setting.

■ Locking the doors and tailgate (lock presetting)

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 front 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.

Models with power tailgate

WARNING

Opening or closing the power tailgate on someone's hands or fingers can cause serious injury. Make sure all hands and fingers, especially children's, are clear of the power tailgate.

All models

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.

Locking / Unlocking the Doors from the Inside

■ Using the Lock Tab

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.

■ Unlocking Using the Front Door Inner Handle

Pull the front door inner handle.

• The door unlocks and opens in one motion.

Unlocking and opening the driver's door from the inner handle unlocks all the other doors.

To avoid all the doors unlocking use the lock tab on the driver's door to unlock, then lock again before opening the door.

• This setting works for one time only.

If you do not want all the doors to unlock all the time, customize the Auto door unlock*1/Auto Door Unlock*2 setting to OFF using the driver information interface or audio/information screen.

*1: Models with 7-in. Color Touchscreen
*2: Models with 9-in. Color Touchscreen

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.

■ Using the Master Door Lock Switch

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

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

Childproof Door Locks

The childproof door locks prevent the rear doors from being opened from the inside regardless of the position of the lock tab.

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.

■ Setting the Childproof Door Locks

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.

Auto Door Locking/Unlocking

Your vehicle locks or unlocks all doors automatically when a certain condition is met.

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

■ Auto Door Locking

Drive lock mode

All doors and tailgate lock when the vehicle's speed reaches about 10 mph (15 km/h).

■ Auto Door Unlocking

Driver's door open mode

All doors and tailgate unlock when the driver's door is opened.