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"'To lock the vehicle, close the door and touch
the sensor in the door hand le
once ¢ fig. 23
¢ A in General description on page 31 . Do not
reach inside the door handle.
The vehicle can be locked and unlocked at any
door. The remote control key cannot be more
than 1.5 m away from the door hand le. It makes
no difference whether the master key is in your
jacket pocket or in your brief case .
If you g rip the door handle while locking, this can
adversely affect the locking function.
It is not possible to re -open the door for a brief
pe riod directly after closing it . This allows yo u to
ensure that the doors are properly locked .
It depends o n the se ttings i n the radio or MM I*
whether the entire vehicle is un locked or one o f
the doors ¢
page 36.
A WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS ¢ A in Gener·
al description on page 31.
@ Tips
I f your vehicle has been stand ing fo r an ex ­
tended period, please note the following:
- The proximity sensors are deac tivated after
a few days to save power. Yo u then have to
pull on the door handle once to unlock the
vehicle and a second time to open the vehi­
cle.
- To prevent the battery from being dis­
charged and to preserve your veh icle's abili­
ty to start for as long as possible, the ener­
gy management system g radually switc hes
off unnecessary convenience functions. It is poss ible that you w ill not be ab le to unlock
you r vehicle using these convenie nce func­
tions .
- Fo r Decla rat ion of Compliance to Uni ted
Sta tes FCC a nd Industry Canada regulations
~ page 24 7.
Open ing and clo sing
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from
inside
F ig. 2 4 Driver's door; power lock ing sw itch
"' Press the button@ to lock the vehicle¢_& .
"' Press the button@ to unlock the vehicle
¢fig. 24 .
If you lock the veh icle using the power loc king
swit ch, p lease note the following:
- If a door is open, the veh icle cannot be locked
using the power locking system switch .
- You cannot open the doors or the rear lid from
the
outside (increased security, for example
when you are stopped at a red light) .
- The diodes in the power locking switch illumi­
nate when a ll the doors are closed and locked .
- You can unlock and open the doors from the in­
side by pulling on the door hand le .
- If you have a crash and the airbag is activated,
the doors automa tically unlock .
A WARNING
-- The power lock ing switch works with the ig-
n ition off and automatically locks the entire
veh icle when it is actuated.
- On a vehicle locked from the outside the
power locking sy stem switch is inoperative .
- Locked doors make it more difficult for
emerge ncy worke rs to get into the veh icle,
which puts liv es at r isk. Do not leave anyone
be hind in the vehi cle, especially children .
@ Tips
Your vehicle is locked a utomat ically at a speed
of9 mph ( 15 km/h) (Auto Loc k)
¢ page 31.
You can unlock the veh icle aga in using the .,.
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