42 Op e nin g and clo sing
readiness light, located in the upper part of
the driver's door panel, will start to blink.
- The vehicle interior lights turn off.
Unlocking and locking with Conven ience
key*
On vehicles which are equipped with the Con-
venience key*
authorization system, the
doors are unlocked without a key by means of
a proximity sensor in the door handle. The
doors are similarly locked without a key using
the locking button. Each door has a proximity
sensor and a locking button .
Autom atic locking
The automatic locking feature locks all the ve-
hicle doors and the rear lid when you drive
faster than 9 mph (15 km/h). This function
can be turned on and off in the MMI
Central
locking
Menu c:> page 44.
You can unlock the vehicle from the inside by:
- removing the key from the ignit ion switch
(the vehicle will automat ically unlock itself)
or
- pressing the unlock part of the power lock
switch @or
- pulling the door handle (twice to open the
rear doors).
Unintent ionall y locking yourself out
In the following cases there safeguards to
prevent you locking your remote master key in
the vehicle:
- The vehicle does not lock with the power
locking switch
c:> page 44 if the driver's
door is open.
- On vehicles with Convenience key*, if the
most recently used master key is in the lug-
gage compartment, the rear lid is automati-
cally unlocked aga in after it is closed.
Do not lock your vehicle with the
remot e mas-
t er key or Convenience key*
until all doors
and the rea r lid are closed. In t his way you
avoid locking yourse lf out accidenta lly.
A WARNING
- When you lock your vehicle from outside,
nobody- espec ially children - should re-
main inside the vehicle. Remember,
when you lock the vehicle from the out-
side t he windows cannot be opened from
the inside.
- When you leave the vehicle, always re-
move the ignition key and take it with
you. This will prevent passengers (chil-
dren, for example) from accidentally be-
ing locked in the vehicle should they acci-
dentally press the power locking switch
in the front doors.
- Do not leave children inside the vehicle
unsupervised. In an emergency it would
be imposs ible to open the doors from
the outside without the key.
(D Tips
- In the event of a crash with airbag de-
ployment all locked doors will be auto-
matically unlocked to give access to the
vehicle occupants from the outside.
- If the power locking system sho uld mal-
function, you can lock each door individ-
ually using the vehicle key
c:> page 45 .
- If the power locking system shou ld fa il,
you can still open the fuel tank flap in an
emergency
c:> page 2 52 .
- You are well advised not to keep valua-
bles inside an unattended vehicle, visible
or not. Even a properly locked vehicle
cannot provide the secur ity of a safe .
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