Locking and unlocking
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from the inside
The switch on the driver's door armrest can be used to lock or unlock all doors and the tailgate, and to set the alarm.
Each door can also be locked with the lock button on the respective door and opened by pulling the door handle on the door.
Alternative locking when parking The central locking button on the driver's door can also be used to lock the vehicle when you leave it. To do so:
1. Open the door.
2. Press the lock section of the button.
3. Close the door. This will lock the vehicle
completely and arm the alarm.
NOTE
Please be aware that locking the vehicle in
this way makes it possible to lock the
remote key in the passenger compartment.
To help avoid this, lock the vehicle from the
outside by pressing the lock button on the
remote key.
If the vehicle is locked using the central
locking button, be sure that the remote key
is in your possession before closing the
door.
Automatic locking
The function locks the doors automatically when the vehicle's speed exceeds approximately 5 mph (7 km/h). The doors will then remain locked until a door in opened from the inside or if all of the doors are unlocked from the control panel in the driver's door.
This function can be activated/deactivated from the control panel in the driver's door.
Activating/deactivating automatic locking
1. Turn the ignition key to position I or II.
2. Press the READ button on the left-side
steering wheel lever to erase any messages
that may be displayed in the information
display.
3. Depress the central locking button on the
control panel until a new message about
the locking status is displayed.
The message AUTOLOCK ON (the doors will be locked when the vehicle begins to move) or AUTOLOCK OFF will be displayed.
Locking the glove compartment
The glove compartment can be locked with the master key.
Unlocking the tailgate
The tailgate lock is incorporated in the central locking system and is locked or unlocked when all doors are locked/unlocked.
The tailgate can be unlocked by:
• Pressing UNLOCK on the remote key
twice.
• Using the central locking button on the
driver's door.
• Pressing the remote key's tailgate unlock
button (see the illustration).
• Relock the tailgate using the remote's
LOCK button.
Automatic relocking
If you use the tailgate unlock button to unlock the tailgate without opening it, it will automatically relock after approximately 2 minutes.
NOTE
If you open the tailgate and close it again, it
will remain unlocked and the alarm will not
be rearmed. Press the lock button on the
remote key to relock the tailgate and rearm
the alarm.
See also:
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1. Press MENU.
2. Select Adv. settings.
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