Automatic Locking - BMW 3 SERIES Owner's Manual

Controls

Automatic locking

You can also set the situations in which the car
locks:
For operating principle, refer to page 82.
1. Switch on the ignition, refer to page 57.
2. Briefly press button 1 in the turn signal/high
beam lever up or down repeatedly until the
symbol appears in the display, accompa-
nied by the word "SET".
3. Press button 2.
Briefly press button 1 in the turn signal/high
4.
beam lever down repeatedly until the sym-
bol appears in the display.
5. Press button 2.
6. Use button 1 to select:
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The central locking system automati-
cally locks the vehicle after some time if
no door has been opened.
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Opening and closing
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The central locking system automati-
cally locks the vehicle as soon as you
drive off.
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The central locking system automati-
cally locks the vehicle after some time if
no door has been opened, or as soon as
you drive off.
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The central locking system remains
unlocked.
7. Press button 2.
The setting is stored for the remote control
currently in use.
Unlocking and opening doors
> Either unlock the doors together using the
button for the central locking system and
then pull the door handle above the armrest
or
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pull on the door handle of each door twice:
the first time unlocks the door, the second
time opens it.
Locking
> Use the central locking button to lock all of
the doors simultaneously, or
> press down the safety lock button of a door.
To prevent you from being locked out, the
open driver's door cannot be locked using
the lock button.
Persons or animals in a parked vehicle
could lock the doors from the inside. You
should therefore take the remote control with
you when you leave the vehicle so that the latter
can be opened from outside.<