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Opening and closing
CONTROLS
▷ The passenger unlocks the vehicle with his or
her own vehicle key, but another person is
driving.
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Doors/Key"
4.
▷ The driver unlocks the vehicle via Comfort
Access and has multiple vehicle keys with
him or her.
▷ The driver changes, but the vehicle is not
locked and unlocked.
The text next to the symbol indicates the cur‐
rent setting.
▷ Multiple vehicle keys are located outside of
the vehicle.
5. Select the desired setting:
▷ "Tailgate"
The tailgate is unlocked.
▷ "Tailgate and door(s)"
The tailgate and the doors are unlocked.
Adjusting
General information
Depending on the package and country version,
various settings are available for the vehicle key
functions.
Confirmation signals from the vehicle
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Doors/Key"
These settings are stored for the driver profile,
refer to page 73, currently used.
4. Deactivate or activate the desired confirma‐
tion signals.
Unlocking
Doors
▷ "Flash for lock/unlock"
Via iDrive:
Unlocking is signaled by two flashes, lock‐
ing by one.
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Doors/Key"
▷ With alarm system:
"Acoustic signal for lock/unlock"
Unlocking is signaled by one honk of the
horn.
4.
"Driver's door" or
"All doors"
5. Select the desired setting:
▷ "Driver's door only"
Automatic locking
Only the driver's door is unlocked. Press‐
ing again unlocks the entire vehicle.
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
▷ "All doors"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Doors/Key"
The entire vehicle is unlocked.
4. Select the desired setting:
▷ "Lock automatically"
Tailgate
Depending on the vehicle equipment and coun‐
try version, this setting may not be offered.
The vehicle locks automatically after a
while if no door is opened after unlocking.
▷ "Lock after starting to drive"
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Opening and closing
CONTROLS
The vehicle locks automatically after you
drive off.
▷ Changes in the vehicle tilt, for instance during
attempts at stealing a wheel.
▷ Disconnected battery voltage.
Automatic unlocking
Via iDrive:
▷ Improper use of the socket for Onboard Diag‐
nosis.
▷ Locking the vehicle while a device is con‐
nected to the socket for the OBD Onboard-
Diagnosis. For socket for the OBD Onboard
Diagnosis, refer to page 225.
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Doors/Key"
4. "Unlock at end of trip"
The alarm system signals these changes visually
and acoustically:
After the engine is switched off by pressing
the Start/Stop button, the locked vehicle is
automatically unlocked.
▷ Acoustic alarm:
Depending on local regulations, the acoustic
alarm may be suppressed.
Without alarm system: headlight
courtesy delay feature/stationary
climate control
▷ Visual alarm:
By flashing of the hazard warning system and
headlights, where required.
Via iDrive:
Do not modify the system to ensure function of
the alarm system.
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Doors/Key"
Switching on/off
When you lock and unlock the vehicle with the
vehicle key or Comfort Access, the alarm system
will also switch on or off at the same time.
4.
"Pathway lighting"
Or:
"Comfort climate control"
5. Select the desired function:
▷ "Pathway lighting"
Opening the doors with the alarm
system switched on
The alarm system is triggered when a door is
opened if the door was unlocked using the
integrated key in the door lock.
Headlight courtesy delay feature
▷ "Comfort climate control"
Stationary climate control
Switching off the alarm, refer to page 78.
Opening the tailgate with the alarm
system switched on
Alarm system
The tailgate can be opened even when the alarm
system is switched on.
General information
When the vehicle is locked, the vehicle alarm
system reacts to the following changes:
After the tailgate is closed, it is locked and moni‐
tored again provided the doors are locked. The
hazard warning system flashes once.
▷ Unauthorized opening of a door, the hood or
the tailgate.
▷ Movements in the car's interior.
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