Mercedes-Benz SL Operator's Manual page 92

Doors
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You cannot unlock the vehicle centrally from
the inside if the vehicle has been locked with
the SmartKey or KEYLESS-GO.
You can open a door from inside the vehicle
even if it has been locked.
If the vehicle has been locked using the
locking button for the central locking, or has
been locked automatically, and a door is
opened from the inside:
the vehicle will be fully unlocked if it had
R
previously been fully unlocked
only the door which has been opened form
R
the inside is unlocked if only the driver's
door had been previously unlocked
Automatic locking feature
Disarming
:
Arming
;
To disarm: press and hold button : for
X
about five seconds until a tone sounds.
To arm: press and hold button ; for about
X
five seconds until a tone sounds.
i
If you press one of the two buttons and
do not hear a tone, the relevant setting has
already been selected.
The vehicle is locked automatically when the
ignition is switched on and the wheels are
turning.
You could therefore lock yourself out if:
the vehicle is being pushed.
R
the vehicle is being towed.
R
the vehicle is on a roller dynamometer.
R
You can also switch the automatic locking
function on and off using the on-board
computer ( page 239).
Y
Power closing
Power closing pulls the doors and trunk lid
into their locks automatically even if they are
only partly closed.
Power closing feature (doors): push the
X
door past the first detent position into the
lock.
Power closing will pull the door fully closed.
To power close the trunk lid: lightly push
X
the trunk lid closed.
The power closing function pulls the trunk
lid closed.
Unlocking the driver's door
(mechanical key)
If the vehicle can no longer be unlocked with
the SmartKey, use the mechanical key.
If you use the mechanical key to unlock and
open the driver's door, the anti-theft alarm
system will be triggered (
Take the mechanical key out of the
X
SmartKey ( page 84).
Y
Insert the mechanical key into the lock of
X
the driver's door as far as it will go.
page 79).
Y