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Keyless Access Only Works On One Door - 2016 Toyota Tacoma Long-Term Road Test
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Keyless Access Only Works On One Door - 2016 Toyota Tacoma Long-Term Road Test
Toyota Smart Key is available on the 2016 Toyota Tacoma, but it only works on the driver door.
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Seriously though, did you see the post on the rear parking sensors of the 235 BMW that they posted here last week? That was NOT an excellent system, to say the least...
Here it is, in case you missed it: http://www.edmunds.com/bmw/2-series/2015/long-term-road-test/2015-bmw-m235i-sensitive-sensors.html
I do wonder, given all the "infotainment" and "connected vehicle" features in a modern car/truck, why there isn't a driver-programmable option to change this setting? It's certainly not a technical challenge to integrate it.
I'm not sure you understand how these keyless systems work. As it is now in practically every car with keyless access, only the doors on the side of the car the key is on will unlock when you pull the handle. Furthermore, once you touch the handle all the doors unlock. This is not intentional design. This is just Toyota being incredibly cheap.
Page 566 of the owners manual is your friend in truth. This is just a simple setting. The amount of joy taken by several posters over the WRONG assumption of an editor is quite telling. Of course I doubt the editors or the posters pointing fingers saying "CHEAP" will come back and say they were wrong.
I believe the thing that has people shaking their heads is that if you try to enter from the passenger-side front door, it doesn't have a proximity handle, and that that's cheap. It IS cheap. I have never ever seen a car with key- or fob-less entry that doesn't have it on both front doors.
Since you seem to rely on your knowledge of the owner's manual, here it is straight from the horse's mouth:
◆ Smart key system (if equipped)
Carry the electronic key to enable this function.
Grip the driver’s door handle
to unlock the door.
Make sure to touch the sensor
on the back of the handle.
The doors cannot be unlocked
for 3 seconds after the doors are
locked.
Touch the lock sensor (the indentation on the upper part or lower
part of the driver’s door handle) to lock the doors.
Check that the door is securely locked.
See those references that only mention the driver's door handle? That is the point of this article.
I have reviewed the post and the video about the parking sensors and I do not see what the editor is complaining about. There is clearly stuff you don't want to run into in front of the car, including a TREE. So the sensors are working perfectly. All my BMWs work this way, I don't see what the problem is. I disagree with you, it IS an excellent system that works extremely well.
I thought, "Okay, maybe Edmunds purchased a mid-level version that is "cheap" for testing." So, I go to the first post in their experiences and lo and behold:
"We purchased the truck from Carson Toyota, which knocked $500 from the sticker price for a total of $35,079." To me, this isn't terribly a bottom model Tacoma.
I purchased my current vehicle, my first with proximity key, for about $1,300 more; and it opens both the front driver and passenger doors based on touch only; (shocked me when I first used it... very convenient). If I want all four doors, looks like I'd need to move up to a luxury version, MDX -- no thanks.
It's hard to believe that Toyota's system doesn't open both the front driver and passenger doors; especially at this price; just cost cutting on their end.
But I do kind of agree if you're gonna put the option on the vehicle, at least make it POSSIBLE to work from both sides.