Sorcerer - 8/4/2005 1:49 PM
With 2005 models you can set "key-Dependent" this is what enables the seat memory to work in conjunction with "easy-entry" and shifts driving position dependent on which key is used to unlock start the car.
In practice, only "key-dependency" affects seat memory, whereas "easy-entry" restores the seat and/or steering wheel to the positions they were in when you previously removed the key from the ignition. (However, as long you don't move the seat and/or steering wheel after selecting a particular seat memory position [1,2 or 3], then the easy-entry feature will restore them to positions that correspond to the memory position you selected.)
Because some people have found the seat memory and easy-entry functions to be somewhat confusing in the manual, I have written a little summary which may help clarify how (I believe) these features work.
Insert key #1.
Manually adjust seat, steering wheel and rear view mirrors. Store in memory position 1.
If required, repeat for memory positions 2 and/or 3.
(The car's software has now stored the settings for key #1, positions 1, 2, and 3.)
Insert key #2.
Manually adjust seat, steering wheel and rear view mirrors. Store in memory position 1.
If required, repeat for memory positions 2 and/or 3.
(The car's software has now stored the settings for key #2, positions 1, 2, and 3.)
Because the sofware has stored SIX different settings, this means that when the owner of a particular key presses one of the seat memory buttons, the seat, wheel and mirrors are automatically adjusted, according to the number of the key in the ignition (1 or 2) and the number of the memory button selected (i.e. 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, or 2:1, 2:2, 2:3).
When the easy-entry feature is enabled, it's only function is to:
(1) move the seat and/or steering wheel out of the way when you remove the key from the ignition, and
(2) return the seats and/or steering wheel to their LAST SET POSITION, according to which key is inserted in the ignition (either #1 or #2).
In other words......because there are two keys, the car's software stores two LAST SET POSITIONS - one for each key. Now, whenever a key is inserted in the ignition, the software first checks the key, and then restores the seats and/or steering wheel to the appropriate positions memorized for that key.