Mercedes-Benz 2016 Sprinter Operator's Manual page 71

Opening the rear doors to an angle of
180° or 270°
Door retainer (example: right rear door)
Open the rear door to about 45°.
X
Pull and hold door retainer : in the direction
X
of the arrow.
Open the rear door more than 90°, so that the
X
door retainer cannot engage.
Release the door retainer and open the door
X
to an angle of 180° or 270°.
Magnetic door retainer
With the rear door opened to an angle of
X
270°, push it against magnetic door
retainer ; on the side wall.
When the magnet on the rear door is in con-
tact with magnetic door retainer ;, the rear
door is held in this position.
i
Vehicles with 270° pivoting rear doors:
If door retainer : malfunctions while loading,
you can swivel it 180° against the spring force
and onto the door and engage it. The door
retainer remains in this position and will not
swivel back to its original position.
Before closing the door, release door
retainer : from the detent and return it to its
original position.
Closing the rear doors from the outside
Pull the rear door away from magnetic door
X
retainer.
Close the left-hand rear door firmly from the
X
outside.
Close the right-hand rear door firmly from the
X
outside.
Opening/closing from the inside
Release the lever on the inside of the right rear door
A white section on latch ; indicates that the
rear door is unlocked.
i
You can only open the locked rear doors
from the inside if the child-proof locks have
not been activated.
To unlock: slide latch ; to the left.
X
You will see a white marking.
Only the rear door unlocks. All other doors
that were previously locked remain locked.
To open: pull opening lever : and open the
X
unlocked rear door.
Swing the rear door to the side until it
X
engages.
To close: make sure that the left-hand rear
X
door is closed.
Pull the rear door firmly by the door handle to
X
close it.
To lock: slide latch ; to the right.
X
The white section is no longer visible.
Only the rear door is locked. All other doors
that were previously unlocked remain
unlocked.
Rear doors
69
Z