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Opening
and closing
Central
locking
General description
The power locking system locks or unlocks all
doors and the rear lid simultaneously.
You can lock and unlock the vehicle centrally. You
have the following choices:
- Remote master key ¢ page 32,
- Door handles with convenience key*
~page 32,
- Lock cylinder at the dr iver's door ¢ page 34,
or
- Power locking switch ins ide ¢ page 33.
Automatic locking
The automat ic locking feature locks all the vehi-
cle doors and the rear lid when you drive faster
than 9 mph (15 km/h) .
The car is unlocked again once the ign ition key is
removed . In addition, the vehicle can be unlocked
if the opening function in the power locki ng sys-
tem sw itch or at one of the door levers is actuat-
ed. The Auto Lock funct io n can be tu rned on and
off in t he rad io or MMI* ¢ page 34.
Addit ionally, in the event of a crash with airbag
deployment the doors are automatically un-
locked to allow access to the veh icle.
Selective unlocking
When you lock the vehicle, the power locking sys-
tem will lock the doors and the rear lid . When
unlocking, you can set in the rad io or MMI*
whether only the d river's doo r o r the entire vehi-
cle shou ld be un locked ¢ page 34.
Anti-theft alarm w arning system
If the anti-theft alarm war ning system detects a
break-in into the vehicle, acoust ic and visual
warn ing signals a re triggered.
The anti-theft warning system is activated auto-
mat ically when you lock the vehicle. It is deact i-
vated when unlocking using the remote key, with
the mechanical key, and w hen you switch o n the
ignit ion.
Op e ning and cl os ing
The alarm also t urns off when the alarm cycle has
expi red.
Turn signals
When you unl ock the veh icle, the turn s ignals
flash twice, when you lock it once. If they do not
flash, one of the doors, the luggage compa rt-
ment lid or the hood is not locked or the ignition
is still switched on.
Unintentionally locking yourself out
In the following cases there safeguards to pre-
ven t you locking your remo t e mas t er key in the
vehicle:
- The vehicle does not lock w ith the power lock-
ing sw itch ¢ page 33 if the d river 's doo r is
open.
- On veh icles with convenience key*, if the most
re cent ly used master key is in the luggage com-
pa rtment, the rear lid is a utomatically unlocked
aga in after it is closed.
Do not lock your veh icle w ith the remote master
key or conven ience key* until all doors and t he
rea r lid are closed . In t his way you avoid loc king
yoursel f out acc identally .
A
WARNING
=
- When you leave the vehicle, always remove
the ignition key and take it with you. This
will prevent passengers (children, fo r exam-
ple) from accidenta lly being locked in the
veh icle should they accidentally press the
power locking sw itch in the front doors.
- Do not leave children ins ide the veh icle un-
supervised. In an emergency it would be im-
possible to open the doors from the outside
without the key.
(D
Tips
- In the event of a crash wit h airbag dep loy-
ment all locked doors will be automatically
unlocked to give access to the vehicle occ u-
pants from the outside.
- If the power locking system sho uld mal-
function, you can lock the driver's door us-
ing the mechan ica l key ¢ page 34 .
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