2007 DODGE SPRINTER Owners Manual

56 Controls in detailOpening and closing
3
1Outside door handle
2Button
3Inside door handle
4Locking knobOpening / closing the sliding door from
the outside
\1To open: pull door handle1 to open
the sliding door.
\1Hold door handle1 and slide the slid-
ing door towards the rear as far as the
stop.
\1To close: pull door handle1, to re-
lease the sliding door from its detent
and, holding door handle1, pull the
door firmly towards the front until it en-
gages.
Opening / closing the sliding door from
the inside
\1To unlock: pull locking knob4 up.
Only this sliding door unlocks. The oth-
er doors remain locked.
\1To open: press button 2 to open the
unlocked sliding door.
\1Hold door handle3 and slide the slid-
ing door towards the rear as far as the
stop.
Sliding doorWarning
G
If the vehicle is parked on an incline, the slid-
ing door may move of its own accord if it is
open but not engaged. You or others could
be trapped.
Make sure that the sliding door is engaged
in the active retainer.iThe sliding door is equipped with an ac-
tive retainer, which engages the door at
the end stop when opened.
Always make sure that the open sliding
door is correctly engaged in the detent.
To open the sliding door, it is necessary
to pull the outside door handle first, or
press the button on the inside handle,
to release the sliding door from its de-
tent.
iWhen you open / close the sliding door,
you can also detent it around half way
so that it is not always necessary to
open the door to the end stop to get in
and out of the vehicle. The intermedi-
ate detent does not fully engage the
sliding door.

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Opening and closing
3
\1To close: press button 2 to release
the sliding door from its detent and,
holding door handle 3, pull the door
firmly towards the front until it engag-
es.
\1To lock: press locking knob4 down.
Only this sliding door is locked.
Electric closing aid*
Your vehicle may be equipped with an elec-
tric closing aid.
The electric closing aid helps you to close
the sliding door. Closing the door does not
require as much effort.Depending on the vehicle’s equipment,
there are electric sliding doors on the left
and / or right-hand side.
You can operate the electric sliding door as
follows:
\4Switch on the center console
\4Switch in the doorway
\4Inside door handle
\4Outside door handle
\4Remote controlOpening / closing using the switch
Observe the notes on anti-trap protection
(\2page 60).
Sliding door switch on the center console1To close the sliding door / to program
the key (\2page 59)
2To open the sliding door
Electric sliding door*iFollowing a battery disconnection or
malfunction, it is necessary to fully
close the sliding door once by pressing
and holding the switch on the center
console or in the doorway (\2page 57)
and then to fully open and close the
door once by pressing one of the
switches briefly. This restores normal
operation of the sliding door.
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58 Controls in detailOpening and closing
3
Sliding door switch in the doorway3To open / close the sliding door
\1To open the sliding door: briefly press
lower part 2 of the switch on the cen-
ter console.
\1The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door unlocks and opens,
and a signal sounds.
or
\1Briefly press switch3 in the doorway.The sliding door unlocks.
\1Briefly press switch3 in the doorway
again.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door opens and a signal
sounds.
\1To close the sliding door: briefly
press upper part 1 of the switch on
the center console or briefly press
switch 3 in the doorway.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door closes and a signal
sounds.
\1Press lower/upper part of the switch
on the center console or press
switch3 in the doorway.
The sliding door stops.
\1To lock the sliding door from inside:
press the locking knob of the sliding
door down (\2page 56).Proceed as follows in the event of unfavor-
able operating conditions, e.g. frost, ice or
heavy soiling:
\1To open the sliding door: press lower
part 2 of the switch on the center con-
sole or press and hold switch3 in the
doorway.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door unlocks and opens,
and a signal sounds.
\1To close the sliding door: press upper
part 1 of the switch on the center con-
sole or press and hold switch3 in the
doorway.
The indicator lamp in the switch flash-
es. The sliding door closes and a signal
sounds.
\1Release the switch.
The sliding door stops.
iOn vehicles with a partition, the switch
is located on the partition near the
doorway level with the inside door han-
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iThe indicator lamp in the switch on the
center console lights up whenever the
sliding door is open.

59 Controls in detail
Opening and closing
3
Opening / closing using the inside and
outside door handles
Observe the notes on anti-trap protection
(\2page 60).
1Button
2Outside door handle\1Briefly press button1 or pull outside
door handle 2.
The sliding door opens or closes and a
signal sounds.
\1Press button1 again or pull outside
door handle 2 again.
The sliding door stops.
Opening/closing with the remote con-
trol
\1Press and hold the button for
more than half a second.
The sliding door unlocks and opens or
closes.
\1Press the button again.
The sliding door stops.
Programming the remote control
If the vehicle is equipped with 2 sliding
doors, it is only possible to program the re-
mote control for one of the sliding doors.1Switch for sliding door on left-hand
side
2Switch for sliding door on right-hand
side
\1Make sure that the doors are closed.
\1Switch on the ignition (\2page 67).
\1Press and hold the upper part of
relevant switch1 or 2 on the center
console for 5 seconds.
The indicator lamp in the switch for the
sliding door concerned flashes and a
warning tone sounds three times as
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60 Controls in detailOpening and closing
3
Anti-trap protection
If the sliding door is obstructed during the
opening procedure, it moves back in the
opposite direction slightly and stops.
If the sliding door is obstructed during the
closing procedure, it opens fully again.You can fix the rear doors in place at an an-
gle of approximately 90° or 270°.Opening the right-hand rear door from
the outside
1Handle
\1Pull handle 1.
\1Swing the rear door out to the side until
it engages.
\1Always make sure that the open rear
door is correctly engaged in the detent.Warning
G
The anti-trap protection function does not
eliminate the possibility of fingers or other
parts of the body being trapped against the
door frame and therefore does not eliminate
the risk of injury.
Always make sure that nobody is within the
operating range of the sliding door.iThe anti-trap protection is programmed
to be less sensitive when you press and
hold the switch on the center console
or the switch in the doorway than when
the door opens of its own accord.
Rear doorsWarning
G
When you open the rear door:
\4there must be sufficient clearance
\4make sure that nobody can become
trappedWarning
G
The rear lamps are concealed by more than
50% when you open the rear doors through
90° or more.
The vehicle is then not sufficiently safe-
guarded at the rear and may only be seen by
other road users when they are close to the
vehicle. This could lead to an accident.
Make sure, therefore, that the vehicle is
safeguarded at the rear in accordance with
national legal requirements, e.g. with a
warning triangle.

61 Controls in detail
Opening and closing
3
Opening the left-hand rear door from
the outside
1Release lever
\1Make sure that the right-hand rear door
is open and engaged.
\1Pull release lever1 in the direction of
the arrow.
\1Swing the rear door out to the side until
it engages.Opening the rear doors to an angle of
270°
1Door retainer
\1Open the rear door to an angle of ap-
proximately 45°.
\1Pull door retainer1 in the direction of
the arrow and hold it firmly.
\1Open the rear door beyond 90° so that
the door retainer can no longer engage.
\1Release the door retainer and open the
door to an angle of 270°.2Magnetic door retainer
\1With the rear door opened to an angle
of 270°, push it against magnetic door
retainer 2 on the side wall.
When the magnet on the rear door is in
contact with magnetic door retainer
2, the rear door is held in this posi-
tion.
Warning
G
Make sure that the traffic area is clear when
opening the rear doors beyond 90°.
You could otherwise injure yourself and
others.
\2\2

62 Controls in detailOpening and closing
3
Closing the rear doors from outside\1Close the left-hand rear door firmly
from the outside.
\1Close the right-hand rear door firmly
from the outside.
Closing the rear doors from the 90° or
270° position
\1Pull the door away from the magnetic
door retainer if necessary (\2page 61).
\1Push the rear door closed firmly from
the outside.
\1The door retainer (\2page 61) is auto-
matically released from its detent.
Opening / closing the rear door from
the inside
The opening lever is on the inside of the
right-hand rear door. If a white marking is
visible, this indicates that the rear door is
unlocked.
Rear door1Opening lever
2Catch
\1To unlock: slide catch2 to the left.
You will see a white marking. Only the
rear door is unlocked. The other doors
remain locked.
\1To open: pull opening lever1 and
open the unlocked rear door.
\1Always make sure that the open rear
door is correctly engaged in the detent.
iIf you prefer to keep door retainer1
(\2page 61) out of the loading area
when loading the vehicle, you can swiv-
el it 180° against the spring pressure
and onto the door, where it engages.
The door retainer then remains in this
position and no longer returns to its
original position.
Before closing the door, release door
retainer1 from the detent and return
it to its original position.Warning
G
Make sure that nobody can become trapped
as you close the rear door.

63 Controls in detail
Opening and closing
3
\1To close: make sure that the left-hand
rear door is closed.
\1Pull the right-hand rear door firmly
closed by the door handle.
\1To lock: slide catch2 to the right.
Only the rear door is locked.
The white marking is no longer visible.Using the central locking switch, you can
centrally lock or unlock from the inside ei-
ther the entire vehicle or the sliding doors
and rear doors only.The central locking switch is located on the
center console.
1To lock / unlock the entire vehicle
2To lock / unlock the sliding doors and
rear doorWarning
G
M a k e s u r e t h a t n o b o d y c a n b e c o m e t r a p p e d
as you close the rear door.
Locking and unlocking centrally
from the insideWarning
G
Do not leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle, even if they are secured by a child
restraint system. The children could:
\4injure themselves on parts of the vehicle
\4be severely or even fatally injured by
prolonged exposure to intense heat
If the children open a door, they could:
\4cause injury to others as a result
\4get out of the vehicle and could either
injure themselves when doing so or they
could be injured by passing vehicles
\4sustain serious injuries if they were to
fall out of the vehicle, due in particular
to the height of the passenger compart-
ment from the ground
iIf the key is in position0 or no longer in
the ignition lock, the indicator lamp in
the central locking switch lights up for
5 seconds after it is pressed. It lights
up permanently if the key is in position
1 or2 in the ignition lock.
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