Locking/Unlocking In An Emergency - Mercedes-Benz CLS 280 2008 Owner's Manual

Practical advice

Locking/unlocking in an emergency

Locking/unlocking in an emergency
Emergency key
If the vehicle can no longer be unlocked or
locked with the key or the KEYLESS GO
key*, use the emergency key element.
If you use the emergency key element to
unlock and open the driver's door or the boot
lid, the anti-theft alarm system* will be trig-
gered ( Y page 61).
There are several ways to turn off the alarm:
X
Press the or button on the key.
k j
or
X
Insert the key into the ignition lock.
or
X
Press the KEYLESS GO but-
ton* ( Y page 74).
or
X
Lock or unlock the vehicle using KEYLESS
GO*.
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Releasing and removing the emergency
key element
Release catch
1
Emergency key element
2
X
Push release catch in the direction of
1
the arrow and at the same time remove
emergency key element
2
Unlocking the vehicle
If the vehicle can no longer be unlocked cen-
trally with the key or the KEYLESS GO key*:
X
Remove the emergency key element from
Y
the key (
To unlock
$
from the key.
X
Insert the emergency key element fully into
the lock of the driver's door.
X
Turn the emergency key element anti-
clockwise to position $.
The door is unlocked.
i On right-hand-drive vehicles, turn the
emergency key element clockwise.
X
Turn the emergency key element back and
remove it.
page 266).
* optional