Automatic locking feature, Locking the vehicle (emergency key element), Lock – Mercedes-Benz 2013 GLS Class User Manual
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If the vehicle has been locked using the lock-
ing button for the central locking, or has been
locked automatically, and a door is opened
from the inside:
R
the vehicle will be fully unlocked if it had
previously been fully unlocked
R
only the door which has been opened form
the inside is unlocked if only the driver's
door had been previously unlocked
Automatic locking feature
X
To deactivate: press and hold button :
for approximately five seconds until a tone
sounds.
X
To activate: press and hold button ; for
approximately five seconds until a tone
sounds.
i
If you press one of the two buttons and
do not hear a tone, the relevant setting has
already been selected.
The vehicle is locked automatically when the
ignition is switched on and the wheels are
turning.
You could therefore be locked out if:
R
the vehicle is being pushed.
R
the vehicle is being towed.
R
the vehicle is being tested on a dynamom-
eter.
You can also switch the automatic locking
function on and off using the on-board com-
puter (
Unlocking the driver's door (emer-
gency key element)
If the vehicle can no longer be unlocked with
the key, use the emergency key element.
X
Take the emergency key element out of the
key (
X
Insert the emergency key element into the
lock of the driver's door as far as it will go.
1
To unlock
X
Turn the emergency key element anti-
clockwise to position 1.
The door is unlocked.
i
On right-hand-drive vehicles, turn the
emergency key element clockwise.
X
Turn the emergency key element back and
remove it.
X
Insert the emergency key element into the
key.
If you use the emergency key element to
unlock and open the driver's door, the anti-
theft alarm system will be triggered
(
Locking the vehicle (emergency key
element)
If the vehicle can no longer be locked with the
key, use the emergency key element.
X
Open the driver's door.
X
Close the front-passenger door, the rear
doors and the boot lid/tailgate.
X
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