Doors - Alfa Romeo 166 Booklet

DOORS

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKING
The automatic door locking function acti-
vates automatically when the car speed
exceeds 20 km/h.
This function can be deactivated and re-
activated by the following procedure, to
be carried out with the car at a standstill,
key at STOP and doors closed:
- turn the key to MAR
- keep button (A-fig. 20) on the cen-
tral console pressed until completing a full
centralised door locking cycle (opening
and closing or vice versa).
fig. 16
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WARNING
Before opening a door
ensure that this can be
done safely.
OPENING/CLOSING FROM
OUTSIDE
Front doors
– To open the door, turn the key (clock-
wise for the driver's door, counter-clock-
wise for the passenger's door) and then
remove the key and pull the handle (A-
fig. 16).
fig. 17
IMPORTANT Depending on the ver-
sions/markets the lock for the key may
only be present on the driver's door.
– To close the door, turn the key in the
opposite direction.
Rear doors
– To open the door, only with the inner
knob (A-fig. 17) raised, pull the open-
ing handle (B-fig. 18).
– To close the door in safety, press the
button (A-fig. 17) also with the door
open, then close it.
fig. 18