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MyKey™

Standard Settings

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

Not every vehicle includes the features

listed below. If your vehicle has this

equipment, then you cannot change the

following settings when using a MyKey:

MyKey allows you to program keys with

restricted driving modes to promote good

driving habits. You can program the

restrictions to all keys except one. Any keys

that you did not program are administrator

keys or admin keys.

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Seatbelt reminder or Belt-Minder™.

MyKey mutes the audio system until

drivers, and in some instances,

You can use admin keys to:

passengers, fasten their seatbelts.

Note: If your vehicle includes an

AM/FM radio or a very basic audio

system, then the radio may not mute.

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Create a MyKey with certain vehicle

restrictions.

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Program certain MyKey settings.

Clear all MyKey restrictions.

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Earlier low-fuel warning. The low-fuel

warning activates earlier for MyKey

drivers, giving them more time to refuel.

After you program a MyKey, you can view

the following information through the

information display:

Certain driver alerts, stability systems

or parking aids turn on automatically

when you use the MyKey system. For

example, Blind Spot Information

System (BLIS), cross traffic alert, lane

departure warning or forward collision

warning. Note: MyKey drivers may be

able to turn the lane departure warning

feature off, but this feature turns back

on automatically with every new key

cycle.

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The total number of admin keys and

MyKeys for your vehicle.

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The total distance a MyKey driver

traveled with your vehicle.

Note: Every MyKey receives the same

restrictions and settings. You cannot

program them individually.

Note: For vehicles equipped with a

push-button start switch: When both a

MyKey and an admin key are present when

you start your vehicle, the system recognizes

the admin key only.

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Restricted touchscreen operation in

some markets. For example, MyKey

may prevent manual navigation

destination input while the vehicle is in

any gear other than park (P) or when

the vehicle reaches a certain rate of

speed.

Satellite radio adult content

restrictions, if this feature is available

in your market.

Optional Settings

You can configure certain vehicle feature

settings when you first create a MyKey. You

can also change the settings afterward

with an admin key.

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Note: Not every feature applies to every

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Various vehicle speed reminders so

vehicle in every market. When they are

available for your vehicle, then they appear

in your information display, providing

choices to switch them on or off, or to select

a more specific setting.

MyKey drivers know when their vehicle

speed approaches the limits. Warnings

appear in your information display and

a tone sounds when the MyKey drivers

exceed the set vehicle speed.

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The audio system's maximum volume

limits to 45% so MyKey drivers can

concentrate on the road. A message

appears in the information display

when MyKey drivers attempt to exceed

the limited volume. MyKey also

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Various vehicle speed limits so the

MyKey driver cannot exceed certain

speeds. The information display shows

warnings followed by an audible tone

when the MyKey driver reaches the set

speed. You cannot override the set

speed by fully depressing the

disables the automatic volume control.

Note: If your vehicle includes an

AM/FM radio or a very basic audio

system, then the radio may not limit.

accelerator pedal.

WARNING: Do not set MyKey

maximum speed limit to a limit that will

prevent the driver from maintaining a

safe speed considering posted speed

limits and prevailing road conditions. The

driver is always responsible to drive in

accordance with local laws and

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Always on setting. This setting forces

certain features to remain on and

active for MyKey drivers. For example,

E911 or emergency assistance and the

do not disturb features stay on even if

a MyKey driver uses the feature's

control to switch it off. When selected,

you will not be able to turn off Advance

Trac or traction control (if your vehicle

has this feature).

prevailing conditions. Failure to do so

could result in accident or injury.

CREATING A MYKEY

Use the touchscreen to create a MyKey:

1. Insert the key you want to program into

the ignition. If your vehicle has a

push-button start, place the remote

control into the backup slot. See

Starting a Gasoline Engine (page

173).

2. Switch the ignition on.

3. Access the main menu in the

touchscreen and then scroll through

the menus to change the settings of

your MyKey. From the MyKey menu,

select the option Create MyKey. See

Settings (page 464).

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4. Press Yes if you want to create the key

CLEARING ALL MYKEYS

as a MyKey. A confirmation message

appears on the screen.

When you clear your MyKeys, you remove

all restrictions and return all MyKeys to

their original admin key status at once. To

clear all MyKeys of all MyKey settings, use

the touchscreen.

5. Switch the ignition off.

You have successfully created a MyKey.

Make sure you label it so you can

distinguish it from the admin keys.

1. Switch the ignition on using an admin

You can also program configurable

key.

settings for the key.

2. Access the main menu in the

touchscreen and then scroll through

the menus to begin clearing your

MyKey programming. See Settings

(page 464).

Programming and Changing

Configurable Settings

Use the touchscreen to access your

configurable MyKey settings.

3. Follow the instructions in the display.

1. Switch the ignition on using an admin

key or the remote control you want to

program.

2. Access the main menu in the

information display and then scroll

through the menus to change the

settings of your MyKey. See Settings

(page 464).

4. A confirmation message appears in the

display after you finish clearing your

MyKeys.

Note: When you clear your MyKeys, you

remove all restrictions and return all MyKeys

to their original admin key status. You

cannot remove the MyKey restrictions

individually.

3. Follow the instructions in the

touchscreen.

CHECKING MYKEY SYSTEM

STATUS

You can find information about your

programmed MyKeys by using the

touchscreen. See Settings (page 464).

The programmed restrictions apply when

you switch the vehicle off, open and close

the driver door and restart your vehicle with

the programmed key or remote control.

Note: You can clear or change your MyKey

settings at any time during the same key

cycle as you created the MyKey. Once you

have switched the vehicle off, however, you

need an admin key to change or clear your

MyKey settings. When you make any

changes to your MyKey settings, you change

the settings for every MyKey. You cannot

make individual changes to apply to specific

MyKeys.

MyKey Distance

Tracks the distance when drivers use a

MyKey. The only way to delete the

accumulated distance is by using an admin

key to clear all MyKeys. If the distance does

not accumulate as expected, then the

intended user is not using the MyKey, or an

admin key user recently cleared and then

recreated a MyKey.

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