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Op e nin g and c lo s ing
Opening
and closing
Power
locking
system
General description
The power locking system locks or unlocks all
doors and the rear lid simultaneously.
You can lock and unlock the vehicle centrally.
You have the following choices:
- Remote master key ~ page 35,
- Door handles with convenience key*
~page 36,
- Lock cylinder at the dr iver's door
~ page 38, or
- Power loc king switch inside ~ page 36.
Automatic locking
The automatic locking feature locks all the ve-
hicle doors and the rear lid when you drive
faster than 9 mph (15 km/h) .
The car is unlocked again once the ignition key
is removed. In addition, the veh icle can be un -
locked if the opening function in the power
locking system switch or at one of the door
leve rs is actuated. The Auto Lock function can
be turned on and off in the rad io or MMI*
~ page 37 .
Addit ionally, in the event of a crash with a ir-
bag deployment the doors are automatically
un locked to all ow access to the veh icle.
Selective unlocking
When you lock the vehicle, the power locking
system w ill lock the doors and the rear lid.
When unlocking, you can set in the rad io or
MMI* whether only the dr iver's door or the
enti re vehicle should be unlocked
~ page 37 .
Anti -th eft alarm warning system
If the anti-theft alarm warning system de-
tects a break- in into the vehicle, acoust ic and
visua l wa rning signals are triggered.
The anti -theft warn ing system is act ivated au -
tomatically when you lock the vehicle .
It
is de-
activated when unlocking using the remote
key, with the mechanica l key, and when you
switch on the ignition.
The alarm a lso t urns off when t he a la rm cycle
has expired.
Turn signals
When you unlock the veh icle, the turn s ignals
flash twice , when you lock it once . If they do
not flash, one of the doo rs, the luggage com -
partment lid or t he hood is not locked or t he
ignition is st ill sw itched on.
Unint entionally locking yourself out
In the follow ing cases there safegua rds to
prevent you lock ing you r remote master key in
the vehicle:
- The vehicle does not lock w ith the power
lock ing switch ~ page 36 if the drive r's
door is open .
- On veh ides with convenience key*, if the
most recently used master key is in the lug-
gage compa rtment, the rear lid is automat i-
cally un locked again after it is closed.
Do not lock your veh icle w ith the remote mas-
ter key or convenience key* unt il all doors and
the rea r lid a re closed . In this way you avoid
locking yourself out accidentally .
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WARNING
-
- When you leave the veh icle, alw ays re -
move the ignition key and take it with
you . This will prevent passengers (chil-
dren, for example) from acc identally be-
ing locked in the vehicle should they acci-
dentally press the power locking switch
in the front doors .
- Do not leave ch ildren inside the vehicle
unsuperv ised. In an emergency it would
be imposs ible to open the doors from
the outside without the key.
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Tips
- In the event of a crash with airbag de-
ployment all locked doors will be auto-
matically unlocked to give access to the
vehicle occupants from the outside.
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