30 Opening and closing
Power locking system
General description
The power locking system locks or unlocks all
doors simultaneously.
The power locking system in your vehicle in-
corporates the fo ll owing funct ions:
- Central locking function
- Remote cont rol feature q page 29 .
- Anti -Theft Alarm Syst em q page 34.
All the doors and t he fron t lid are locked by
the central locking system when you lock the
vehicle.
The unlocking and locking mode* can be
changed in t he driver info rmation system
qpage22.
Unlocking the vehicle
You can unlock the vehicle from outs ide either
by using the remote control
or by insert ing
and turning the key in t he driver's door lock.
When you
unlock your vehicle:
- The anti-theft alarm system is deactivated
br iefly.
- The vehicle inter ior lights ill uminate for ap-
proximate ly 30 seconds.
- All turn signal lights will f lash twice w hen
the car is unlocked.
- After unloc king the vehicle, you have 30 sec-
onds t o open a door or the front lid. After 30
seconds, the vehicle automatically locks and
the ant i-theft alarm system activates again.
The front lid can be locked or unlocked eit her
by using the remote control
or by insert ing
and turning the key in the driver's door lock.
Unlocking the vehicle w ith the remote control
c::::5 will only unlock the front lid, t o open it,
the lid handle needs to be pressed.
Locking the vehicle
You can lock the vehicle from outside either by
using the remote control
or by insert ing and
turning the key in t he drivers's door lock.
When you lock the vehicle:
- All doors and the front lid are locked.
- All turn signal lights wi ll flash once when
the car is locked.
- The ant i-theft alarm system is act ivat ed.
The horn of the anti -theft alarm system wi ll
sound and the anti-theft alarm system read-
iness light, located in the center of the in-
strument panel below the w indshield on the
right side of the air vent, will start to blink.
- The vehicle interior lights turn off.
Automatic locking*
The aut omat ic locking f eat ure locks all t he ve-
hicle doors and the fron t lid when you drive
faster than
9 mph (15 km/h).
You can unl ock t he vehicle from t he inside by:
- remov ing the key from the igni t ion swit ch
(the vehicle w ill automatically unlock itself)
or
- pressing the un lock part of the power lock
switch
ll:D or
pull ing the door handle (to open the door).
If you wish, you can have an autho rized Aud i
dealer convert your power door lock system to
automat ic locking.
Unintentionally locking yourself out
The vehicle does not lock with t he centra l
locking switch
¢ page 32 if the driver's door
is open .
Do not lock your vehicle w ith t he
remote mas-
ter key
unt il all doors and t he front lid are
closed. In this way you avoid locking yourse lf
out accidentally .
_& WARNING
- When you lock your vehicle from outside,
nobody- especially children - shou ld re-
main inside the vehicle. Remember,
when you lock th e vehicle from the out-
side t he wi ndows cannot be opened from
the inside.
- W hen you leave t he vehicle, always re-
move the ign ition key and take it with
you. This will prevent passengers (chil-
dren, f or example) fr om accidenta lly be-
ing locked in t he vehicle should t hey
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