Audi A3 Sedan 2015 Owner's Manual page 36

3 4 Openin g and c lo s ing
• To open the luggage compartment lid, press
and hold the © ~ button for at least one
second .
• To tr igger the alarm, press the red iPANICI
button @ . The vehicle horn and emergency
flashers turn on .
• To turn off the alarm, press the red IPANICI
button @ again .
If the vehicle is unlocked and a door or the
luggage compartment lid are not opened
within 45 seconds, the vehicle locks aga in au-
tomatically. This feature prevents the vehicle
from being accidentally left un locked over a
long period of time. This does not apply when
you push the @ i""I button for at least one
second.
Fo r vehicles w ith safet y cent ral locking (selec-
tive unlocking) ¢ page 3 7, only the d river's
door and the fue l filler door are opened by
pressing the @ ~ button once, and the ent ire
vehicle unlocks wh en the button is pressed
twice.
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Tips
- Only use the remote control key or con-
venience key within view of the vehicle.
- Do not use the remote control if you are
inside the car, otherwise you may unin-
tentionally lock the vehicle, and then you
would set off the anti-theft alarm when
you open a door. In case this happens
anyhow, push the unlock button@ .
- The vehicle can only be locked when the
se lector lever is in the P posit ion.
- Use the panic funct ion only if you are in
an emergency situation.
- Additional remote control key or conven -
ience key functions¢ page 39, Con-
venience opening/closing .
Locking and unlocking with convenience
key
Applies to vehicles: with convenience key
The front doors and the luggage compart-
ment lid can be unlocked and locked without
using the remo te control key.
Fig. 20 Driver 's door : locking t he vehicle with the con-
venience key
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• To unlock the door automatically, grasp the
driver's or front passenger's door handle
¢ fig. 20
• To open the door, pull the door hand le .
• To unlock or open the luggage compartment
lid, press the handle in the luggage com-
partment lid
q page 37, fig. 24 .
• To lock the vehicle, bring the selector lever
into the P position (automatic transm is-
sion), close the door and touch the sensor
on t he d river's doo r hand le one time. Do not
hold the door handle while doing this.
Only the front doors and luggage compart-
ment lid can be unlocked or locked . The re-
mote control key must be with in a range of
abo ut 5
ft
(1.5 m) from the door o r the rear
lid. It makes no d ifference whethe r the re-
mote control key is in your jacket pocket,
purse or briefcase.
If you ho ld the doo r hand le wh ile locking , th is
ca n prevent the locking funct ion.
The door cannot be opened for a brief period
directly after locking it . This allows you the
oppo rtun ity to check that the driver's doo r is
locked.
The sett ings in the MMI specify if the ent ire
vehicle or one of the doors is unlocked
¢ page 36.