44 Openin g and clo sing
- On a vehicle locked from the outside the
power locking system switch is inopera-
t ive.
- locking doors from the inside can help
prevent inadvertent door opening during
an accident and ca n also prevent unwant-
ed entry from the outs ide . locked doors
can, however, de lay ass istance to vehicle
occupants and hold up rescue eff orts
from the o utside in an acciden t or other
eme rgency .
a) Tips
Your vehicle is locked automatically at a
spee d of 9 mph (15 km/h) (Auto lock)
¢ page 40. You can un lock the veh icle
aga in usi ng the open ing f unct ion in the
power locking syst em switch.
Emergency locking of the doors
Each door must be locked separa tely if the
power locking system foils .
•
Fig. 40 Door : Emergency locking
An emergency lock is located on the front end
of the passenger 's door and t he rear doors
(only visible when door is open).
• Take the mechanical key out of the master
key
r=>poge 39.
• Pull the cover cap out of the opening
¢ fig . 40.
• Insert the key in the inside slot and turn it
all th e way to the right (right doo r) or left
(left door).
Once the doo r has been closed , it can no lon-
ger be opened from the outside. The door can
be opened from the ins ide by pulling the door
hand le. If the child safety lock in a rear door is
activated, you must first pu ll the door handle
on the inside . Then you can open the door
from the outside.
Opening and closing
rear Lid/trunk Lid
Fig. 4 1 Driver's door: remote rear lid release
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Fig. 4 2 Posit ion of handle in t he rear lid
Opening the rear lid
• Press t he midd le butto n cs on t he remote
contro l master key for at least one second,
or
• Pull the re lease butto n
cs in the driver's
door
r=>fig. 41 . The rear lid unlocks and
opens, or
• Press the handle on the rear lid
r=> fig. 42 .
Closing the rear lid
• Pull the rea r lid down at the grip on the in-
side and allow it to drop gent ly to close it
¢ A, .
A WARNING
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- After closing the rear lid, always pull up
on it to make sure that it is p roperly
closed . Othe rwise it could ope n suddenly
when the vehicle is moving. ,...