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Op e nin g and c lo s ing
When a door is unlocked, the driver 's door is
a lways unlocked as we ll. It depends on the
settings in the central locking menu in the
MMI whether the entire vehicle is unlocked or
only certain doors ¢
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Tips
If your vehicle has been stand ing for an ex-
tended period, please note the following:
- The proximity sensors are deactivated af-
ter a few days to save power. You then
have to pull on the door handle once to
unlock the vehicle and a second time to
open the veh icle.
- To prevent the battery from being dis-
charged and to preserve your veh icle's
ability to start for as long as possible,
the energy management
system gradu-
a lly switches off unnecessary conven-
ience funct io ns. It is possible that you
will not be able to unlock your vehicle us-
ing these convenience functions.
Locking the vehicle
Appl ies t o vehicles: with Convenience key
The vehicle can be locked without operating
the master key.
Fig. 45 Conveni ence key: Locking th e ve hi cle
.. Move the se lector lever to the P position .
.. Press the locking button in the door handle
to lock the vehicle¢ ,&. . Do not reach inside
the door handle .
The vehicle can be locked at any door. The au-
thor ized master key on ly has to be within a
range of about 5 feet (1.5 meters) from the
pa rticular door .
The selec t or lever must be in the P position,
otherwise the vehicle cannot be locked .
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WARNING
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- When you lock your vehicle from o utside,
nobody - espec ia lly children - shou ld re-
main inside the vehicle. Remember,
when you lock the vehicle from the out-
side the windows cannot be opened from
the inside.
- When you leave the veh icle, always re-
move the ign ition key and take it with
you. This will prevent passengers (chil-
d ren, fo r exa mple) fr om accidentally be-
ing locked in t he vehicle shou ld they acci-
denta lly press the power locking switch
in the front doors.
- Do not leave ch ildren inside the vehicle
unsupervised. In an emergency it would
be impossible to open the doors from
the outside witho ut the key.
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Tips
It is not possible to re-open t he doo r fo r a
brief pe riod directly after closing it. This
allows you to ensure that the doo rs are
properly locked.
Anti-theft
alarm
system
The anti-theft alarm triggers an alarm if any-
one attempts to break into the vehicle.
The anti-theft alarm system triggers an audi-
ble ala rm and turns on the emergency flashe r
if an unautho rized interfe rence with the veh i-
cle is sensed by the sys t em.
How is the anti-theft alarm system
switched on?
The anti-theft alarm system is switched on
whe n you lock the ve hicle. The system is act i-
vated approximate ly 30 seconds after t he ve-
hicle is locked. The indicato r light on top of
the door trim start flashing rapid ly for 30 sec -
onds and then blink slowly.
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