Mercedes-Benz 2009 CLS-Class Operator's Manual page 77

be locked or the engine started via the KEY-
LESS-GO system.
If the SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO is
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removed from the vehicle (e.g. if a passen-
ger exits the vehicle with the SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO)
when pressing the KEYLESS-GO start/
-
stop button or trying to lock the vehicle
with the lock button on an outside door
handle the message Key Not
Detected appears in the multifunction
display
with the engine running, the message
-
Key Not Detected
appears in the mul-
tifunction display while driving off
Find the SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO or
change its present location immediately
(e.g. place it on the front passenger seat or
insert it in shirt pocket).
If you have started the engine with the KEY-
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LESS-GO start/stop button, you can turn it
off again by
pressing the KEYLESS-GO start/stop
-
button
inserting the SmartKey into the starter
-
switch when the vehicle is at a standstill
and the automatic transmission is in park
position P
The vehicle could be inadvertently
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unlocked if the SmartKey with KEYLESS-
GO is within 3 ft (1 m) of the vehicle and
an outside door handle is splashed with
-
water
or
you attempt to clean an outside door
-
handle
Remember that the engine can be started
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by anyone with a SmartKey with KEYLESS-
GO that is left inside the vehicle.
Possibility 1 (One SmartKey with KEY-
LESS-GO in the vehicle, one SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO outside the vehicle):
If you leave the SmartKey with KEYLESS-
GO behind when exiting and locking the
vehicle, no message appears in the multi-
function display.
Possibility 2 (One SmartKey with KEY-
LESS-GO in the vehicle, no SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO outside the vehicle):
When exiting and trying to lock the vehicle,
the message Key Detected In Vehicle
appears in the multifunction display. The
vehicle will not be locked.
Controls in detail
Locking and unlocking
Factory setting
X
Global unlocking: Pull an outside door
handle.
The vehicle will lock again automatically
and rearm the anti-theft alarm system
within approximately 40 seconds if neither
door nor trunk is opened.
Lock button on the outside door handle
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X
Global locking: Press lock button
outside door handle.
Selective setting
If you frequently travel alone, you may wish
to reprogram the SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO
so when you pull the driver's outside door
on an
1
Z
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