DODGE SPRINTER 2007 2.G Workshop Manual

51 Controls in detail
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Controls in detail
Opening and closing ............52
Key positions ............67
Seats ............68
Steering wheel adjustment ............76
Lighting ............77
Instrument cluster ............84
Operating system without steering wheel buttons ............87
Operating system with steering wheel buttons* ............89
Driving and parking ......... 110
Automatic transmission ......... 121
Good visibility ......... 125
Tempmatic ......... 129
Auxiliary heating/ventilation* ......... 139
Open air ......... 144
Driving systems ......... 147
Operating the vehicle ......... 154
Transporting ......... 156
Features ......... 164

52 Controls in detailOpening and closing
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\3 Opening and closingIncluded with your vehicle are 2 or 4* re-
mote keyless entry transmitters with a
folding mechanical key.Keys which were not included with delivery
must be activated at an authorized Sprint-
er Dealer before they can be used.
The remote keyless entry transmitter
transmits in all directions. It does not have
to be pointed at the vehicle.
The remote keyless entry transmitter has
an average range of about 32 ft
(about 10 m). Always verify the correct op-
eration of the remote keyless entry trans-
mitter by checking whether the locking
knobs on the driver's and co-driver's doors
move down and whether the turn signals
flash.
The remote control unlocks the driver's
door and/or all doors centrally. If pro-
grammed as a factory setting, it locks the
following centrally:
\4the driver’s and co-driver’s door
\4the sliding doors
\4the rear doorsThe remote keyless entry transmitter will
not function when there is a vehicle key in-
serted in the ignition lock.Remote control with keyiUSA only:
This device complies with Part 15 of
the FCC rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful
interference, and
(2) this device must accept any inter-
ference received, including interfer-
ence that may cause undesired
operation.
Any unauthorized modification to this
device could void the user’s authority
to operate the equipment.iCanada only:
This device complies with RSS-210 of
Industry Canada.
iIf the driver’s or co-driver’s door is not
completely closed, the respective door
is not locked.
If one sliding door or rear door is not
completely closed, all doors of the load
compartment are not locked.

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Remote control with key1 To unlock the sliding doors and
rear doors and opens or closes the
electric sliding door*
2ΠUnlocking button
3‹ Locking button
4Release button for mechanical key
5Battery check lamp.As a precaution, both remote controls
should always be carried.
Checking the batteries
\1Press theŒ or‹ button for
longer than 2 seconds.
The battery check lamp 5 comes on
briefly to indicate that the remote con-
trol batteries are in order.
Change the batteries immediately if the
lamp does not light up briefly during
check (\2page 315).
Warning
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Do not leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle, even if they are secured by a child
restraint system.
The children could:
\4injure themselves on parts of the vehicle
\4unlock the door on vehicles with an elec-
tric sliding door by pressing the central
locking button, and then open the doors
and thereby injure other persons
\4get out of the vehicle and could either
injure themselves when doing so or they
could be injured by passing vehicles
\4be severely or even fatally injured by
prolonged exposure to intense heat
!Do not expose the key to high levels of
electromagnetic radiation, otherwise
this may interfere with the functions of
the key.
Protect the key from moisture to pre-
vent malfunctions.
iTo prevent theft, only use the remote
control in the immediate vicinity of the
vehicle.
In an emergency, the driver’s door and
rear door can also be unlocked manual-
ly using the key.iIf the batteries are checked within
signal range of the vehicle, pressing the
Œ or‹ button will lock or un-
lock the vehicle accordingly.

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Locking and unlocking the vehicle with
the remote control
Unlocking the driver's door
\1Press theΠbutton.
The turn signals flash once.
The anti-theft alarm system (ATA)* is
deactivated.
Unlocking the vehicle centrally
\1Unlock the driver's door.
\1Press theΠbutton within 2 sec-
onds again.
The turn signals flash once.Locking the vehicle centrally
\1Press the‹ button.
The turn signals flash three times if:
\4the drive authorization system or
the anti-theft alarm system (ATA)*
is activated
\4all the doors are closed
Unlocking the sliding doors and the rear
door*
When the vehicle is locked, the but-
ton can only be used to unlock the sliding
doors and the rear door.
\1Press the button.
The turn signals flash once.
Opening the electric sliding doors
\1Press and hold the button.
The turn signals flash once.Locking and unlocking the vehicle with
the key
If the doors can no longer be locked or un-
locked with the remote control, you can
lock and unlock the driver's door and the
rear doors with the key.
Unlocking the vehicle
Driver's door1To lock
2To unlock
iIf you unlock the vehicle using the key
and do not open a door within 40 sec-
onds, the vehicle locks again automati-
cally.
iMake sure that the locking knobs have
dropped down.
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Rear door1To lock
2To unlock
\1Insert the key all the way into the door
lock and turn it in direction2.
The door is unlocked.The alarm can be disabled in the following
ways:
\1Press the Πbutton on the remote
control.
or
\1Insert the key into the ignition lock.
Locking the vehicle
Only the driver's door and the rear doors
can be locked with the key.
\1For all other doors, press the locking
knob down.
\1Close the doors.
The doors are locked.
\1Insert the key all the way into the rear
door lock and turn it to the left.
The rear doors are locked.
\1Insert the key all the way into the driv-
er’s door lock and turn it to the right.
The driver’s door is locked.You can open the driver’s / co-driver’s door
from the inside at any time, even if it is
locked.
1Inside door handle
2Locking knob
\1Pull door handle 1.
The door opens.
iThe anti-theft alarm system (ATA) is
triggered when you open the vehicle
using the key.
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Opening the driver’s or co-driver’s
door from the inside

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1Outside door handle
2Button
3Inside door handle
4Locking knobOpening / closing the sliding door from
the outside
\1To open: pull door handle1 to open
the sliding door.
\1Hold door handle1 and slide the slid-
ing door towards the rear as far as the
stop.
\1To close: pull door handle1, to re-
lease the sliding door from its detent
and, holding door handle1, pull the
door firmly towards the front until it en-
gages.
Opening / closing the sliding door from
the inside
\1To unlock: pull locking knob4 up.
Only this sliding door unlocks. The oth-
er doors remain locked.
\1To open: press button 2 to open the
unlocked sliding door.
\1Hold door handle3 and slide the slid-
ing door towards the rear as far as the
stop.
Sliding doorWarning
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If the vehicle is parked on an incline, the slid-
ing door may move of its own accord if it is
open but not engaged. You or others could
be trapped.
Make sure that the sliding door is engaged
in the active retainer.iThe sliding door is equipped with an ac-
tive retainer, which engages the door at
the end stop when opened.
Always make sure that the open sliding
door is correctly engaged in the detent.
To open the sliding door, it is necessary
to pull the outside door handle first, or
press the button on the inside handle,
to release the sliding door from its de-
tent.
iWhen you open / close the sliding door,
you can also detent it around half way
so that it is not always necessary to
open the door to the end stop to get in
and out of the vehicle. The intermedi-
ate detent does not fully engage the
sliding door.

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\1To close: press button 2 to release
the sliding door from its detent and,
holding door handle 3, pull the door
firmly towards the front until it engag-
es.
\1To lock: press locking knob4 down.
Only this sliding door is locked.
Electric closing aid*
Your vehicle may be equipped with an elec-
tric closing aid.
The electric closing aid helps you to close
the sliding door. Closing the door does not
require as much effort.Depending on the vehicle’s equipment,
there are electric sliding doors on the left
and / or right-hand side.
You can operate the electric sliding door as
follows:
\4Switch on the center console
\4Switch in the doorway
\4Inside door handle
\4Outside door handle
\4Remote controlOpening / closing using the switch
Observe the notes on anti-trap protection
(\2page 60).
Sliding door switch on the center console1To close the sliding door / to program
the key (\2page 59)
2To open the sliding door
Electric sliding door*iFollowing a battery disconnection or
malfunction, it is necessary to fully
close the sliding door once by pressing
and holding the switch on the center
console or in the doorway (\2page 57)
and then to fully open and close the
door once by pressing one of the
switches briefly. This restores normal
operation of the sliding door.
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Sliding door switch in the doorway3To open / close the sliding door
\1To open the sliding door: briefly press
lower part 2 of the switch on the cen-
ter console.
\1The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door unlocks and opens,
and a signal sounds.
or
\1Briefly press switch3 in the doorway.The sliding door unlocks.
\1Briefly press switch3 in the doorway
again.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door opens and a signal
sounds.
\1To close the sliding door: briefly
press upper part 1 of the switch on
the center console or briefly press
switch 3 in the doorway.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door closes and a signal
sounds.
\1Press lower/upper part of the switch
on the center console or press
switch3 in the doorway.
The sliding door stops.
\1To lock the sliding door from inside:
press the locking knob of the sliding
door down (\2page 56).Proceed as follows in the event of unfavor-
able operating conditions, e.g. frost, ice or
heavy soiling:
\1To open the sliding door: press lower
part 2 of the switch on the center con-
sole or press and hold switch3 in the
doorway.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door unlocks and opens,
and a signal sounds.
\1To close the sliding door: press upper
part 1 of the switch on the center con-
sole or press and hold switch3 in the
doorway.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door closes and a signal
sounds.
\1Release the switch.
The sliding door stops.
iOn vehicles with a partition, the switch
is located on the partition near the
doorway level with the inside door han-
dle.N72.16-2119-31
iThe indicator lamp in the switch on the
center console lights up whenever the
sliding door is open.

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Opening / closing using the inside and
outside door handles
Observe the notes on anti-trap protection
(\2page 60).
1Button
2Outside door handle\1Briefly press button1 or pull outside
door handle 2.
The sliding door opens or closes and a
signal sounds.
\1Press button1 again or pull outside
door handle 2 again.
The sliding door stops.
Opening/closing with the remote con-
trol
\1Press and hold the button for
more than half a second.
The sliding door unlocks and opens or
closes.
\1Press the button again.
The sliding door stops.
Programming the remote control
If the vehicle is equipped with 2 sliding
doors, it is only possible to program the re-
mote control for one of the sliding doors.1Switch for sliding door on left-hand
side
2Switch for sliding door on right-hand
side
\1Make sure that the doors are closed.
\1Switch on the ignition (\2page 67).
\1Press and hold the upper part of
relevant switch1 or 2 on the center
console for 5 seconds.
The indicator lamp in the switch for the
sliding door concerned flashes and a
warning tone sounds three times as
confirmation. N72.16-2118-31
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