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Keyless drive*– locking/unlocking
This system makes it possible to unlock and lock the vehicle without having to press anybuttons on the remote key. It is only neces-sary to have a keyless drive remote key inyour possession to operate the central lockingsystem.
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Range of the keyless drive remote key–5 ft (1.5 meters)
NOTE
• The gear selector must in the
P posi-
tion before the vehicle can be locked and the alarm can be armed.
• The buttons on the keyless driveremote key can also be used to lockand unlock the vehicle. For more infor-mation, see Remote key and key blade(p. 139).
Both of the remote keys provided with the vehicle have the keyless function, and addi-tional ones can be ordered. The system canaccommodate up to six remote keys. The red rings in the illustration indicate the area around the vehicle that is within range ofthe keyless drive antennas.
Locking the vehicle
Models with keyless drive have a pressure-sensi- tive area on the outside door handles and a rub-ber-covered button next to the trunk openingcontrol
The doors and the trunk can be locked by pressing the pressure-sensitive area on eachof the outside door handles or the rubber-covered button next to the trunk openingcontrol. The lock indicator on the dash willbegin to flash.
NOTE
On keyless drive vehicles, the gear selec- tor must be in the Park ( P) position, all
doors and the trunk must be closed andthe ignition must be switched off beforethe vehicle can be locked.
Unlocking the vehicle
• A keyless drive remote key must be on the same side of the vehicle as the doorto be opened, and be within 5 feet(1.5 meters) of the door's lock or thetrunk (see the shaded areas in the illustra-tion).
• Pull a door handle to unlock and open thedoor or press the trunk opening controlon the trunk lid.
The number of doors that are unlocked at the same time can be set in the vehicle's menusystem. Press MY CAR and go to
Car
settings
Lock settingsKeyless entry.
For a description of the menu system, see My Car – introduction (p. 70).
NOTE
In some cases, wearing thick gloves or pulling the door handle too quickly mayaffect the unlocking function. If thisoccurs, try pulling the door handle again orpull it after taking off the glove.
Related information
• Alarm indicator (p. 158)
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position of the driver's seat 2
and door mirrors
will be stored in the remote key's memory. The next time a door is opened by a person with the same remote key in his/her posses-
sion, the driver's seat and door mirrors willautomatically move to the position that theywere in when the door was most recentlylocked.
NOTE
If several people carrying remote keys approach the vehicle at the same time, thedriver's seat and door mirrors will assumethe positions they were in for the personwho opens the driver's door.
See also power seats (p. 75) for information on adjusting and storing the seat's position inthe seat memory.
NOTE
If the vehicle is locked by pressing the but- ton on one of the door handles or bypressing the lock button on the remotekey, or if it is left unlocked for more than30 minutes, the key memory function willbe deactivated. To reactivate the key's memory: • Unlock the vehicle by pulling a door handle with the remote key in yourpossession or by pressing the unlockbutton on the remote key.
Related information
•
Keyless drive*– locking/unlocking (p. 148)
• Remote key – functions (p. 142)
Keyless drive* – messages
If all of the remote keys are removed from the vehicle while the engine is running or if theignition modes (p. 73) is in mode
II and all of
the doors are closed, a message will appearin the instrument panel display and an audiblesignal will sound. When at least one remote key has been returned to the car, the message will beerased in the display and the audible signalwill stop when:
• A door has been opened and closed
• The remote key has been inserted in the ignition slot
• The
OK button has been pressed. For the
location of this button, see Informationdisplay – menu controls (p. 107)
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WARNING
People with implanted pacemakers should not allow the pacemaker to come closerthan 9 inches (22 cm) to any of the keylessdrive system's antennas. This is to helpprevent interference between the pace-maker and the keyless drive system.
Related information
• Keyless drive*– locking/unlocking (p. 148)
Locking/unlocking – from the outside
The remote key (p. 139) is used to lock/unlock all of the doors and the trunk at the sametime. Different settings for unlocking the vehi-cle can be selected, see Remote key – func-tions (p. 142). Before the vehicle can be locked from the outside with the remote key, the driver's doormust be closed. If the trunk or any other dooris open, it will be locked and the alarm will bearmed.
NOTE
Be sure the remote key is outside of the vehicle before the other doors/trunk areclosed to help avoid locking the remoteinside the vehicle.
If the vehicle is equipped with the optional keyless drive system, all doors/trunk must beclosed before the vehicle can be locked. The first press on the unlock button unlocks the driver's door and a second press unlocksthe other doors and the trunk (see alsoremote key and key blade (p. 139)). This set-ting can be changed in the menu system. SeeMY CAR
(p. 70) for a description.
If the locks repeatedly do not react when theunlock button is pressed, it may be necessaryto replace the battery in the remote, seeRemote key – replacing the battery (p. 146). In this case the vehicle can be unlocked withthe detachable key blade (p. 145).
Related information
•
Locking/unlocking – from inside (p. 153)
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Manual locking
In certain situations (e.g., if there is no electri- cal current in the vehicle), the doors can belocked manually. The detachable key blade (p. 144) can be used in the lock cylinder in the driver's doorto lock that door. The other doors do not have lock cylinders and the slot on the rear edge of each doorhas to be used to lock it. This will lock thedoor from the outside but it can still beopened from inside the vehicle. To do so:
Manually locking a door
–Insert the key blade into the slot and turn it 90 degrees to lock that door (the slot ina particular door locks that door only).
In the horizontal position, the door cannot be opened from the outside.
In the vertical position, the door can be opened from the inside and the outside.
NOTE
If the manual child safety lock (p. 57) is activated for a rear side door and that dooris also locked manually, the door cannotbe opened from the outside or inside. Thedoor can only be unlocked with the remotekey or the central locking button.
Related information
•Remote key – replacing the battery (p. 146)
Locking/unlocking – from inside
The lock buttons on the door panel can be used to lock or unlock all doors and the trunk at the same time. Press
to lock and to unlock.
From inside the vehicle (central locking button)
Central locking button
The lock buttons on the door panel can be used to lock or unlock all doors and the trunk at the same time. Press
to lock and to unlock.
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UnlockingThe vehicle can be unlocked from inside the vehicle in two ways:• By pressing the unlock button
.
• The
front doors can be unlocked and
opened by pulling the door handle once. The rear doors can be unlocked by pull-
ing the door handle once and opened bypulling the handle again.
Locking
• Press the lock button after the front
doors have been closed.
• Press the lock button
: all of the
doors that are closed will lock.
• Each door can be locked individually with the lock button on the respective doors.The door must be closed first.
Alternative locking when parkingThe central locking button on the driver's door can also be used to lock the vehiclewhen 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 theremote key in the passenger compartment.To help avoid this, lock the vehicle fromthe outside by pressing the lock button onthe remote key. If the vehicle is locked using the central locking button, be sure that the remote keyis in your possession before closing thedoor.
Indicator light in the lock buttonsThere are two versions of the central locking system that affect the indicator light in thedriver's door central locking button. If only the driver's door has a central locking
button:
• If the light is on, this indicates that all of the doors are locked.
If there are central locking buttons in both
front doors and electric lock buttons in the rear side doors: • If a light is on in one of the buttons, this means that only that door is locked.When the lights are on in all of the but-tons, all of the doors are locked.
Lock buttons in the rear side doors
The indicator light in the button is on when the door is locked
The button in each of the rear side doors locks that door only. To unlock the door:
• The door can be unlocked by pulling the door handle once and opened by pullingthe handle again.
Automatic relockingIf the doors are unlocked, the locks will auto- matically reengage (re-lock) and the alarm willre-arm after 2 minutes unless a door or thetrunk has been opened.
Automatic lockingWhen the vehicle starts to move, the doorsand trunk can be locked automatically. Thisfeature can be turned on or off by pressing
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MY CAR
and going to
Car settingsLock
settings
Automatic door locking.
Related information
• Locking/unlocking – from the outside (p. 152)
• Alarm – general information (p. 157)
• Remote key – functions (p. 142)
Locking/unlocking – glove compartment
The glove compartment can only be locked and unlocked using the detachable key bladein the remote key. For information on remov-ing the key blade from the remote key, seeDetachable key blade – detaching/reinserting(p. 144).
Insert the key blade in the glove compart- ment lock.
Turn the key blade 90 degrees clockwise.
Remove the key blade from the lock.
Locking/unlocking – trunk
The trunk can be locked, unlocked and opened in several ways.
Trunk unlock button on the remote key
–Press the trunk unlock button on the remote key.
Press once: This unlocks but does not open
the trunk. The trunk can then be opened bypressing the rubber plate near the trunk lock.If the trunk is not opened within two minutesit will automatically relock and the alarm willbe rearmed. Press twice: This both unlocks the trunk and
pops it open slightly.
NOTE
Any excess weight (snow, etc.) on the trunk lid may prevent it from opening.
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The alarm indicator (p. 158) light on thedashboard will stop flashing to indicate that the alarm is not monitoring the entire vehicle. When the trunk is closed again (which has to be done manually), it will have to be relockedand the alarm rearmed by pressing the lockbutton on the remote key.
Unlocking/opening the trunk from the
passenger compartment
–Press the button on the lighting panel (1) to unlock and pop open the trunk
NOTE
The taillights will illuminate automatically for a short period when the trunk has beenopened.
Opening the trunk manually
The trunk is held closed by an electronic locking mechanism. To open:
1. Press lightly on the rubberized plate under the handle to release the lock.
2. Lift the handle to open the trunk lid.
CAUTION
• When pressing the rubberized plate, only light pressure is necessary torelease the trunk's electronic lockingmechanism.
• When opening the trunk lid, pull it upusing the handle. Too much pressureon the rubberized plate can damageits electrical connections.
Locking the trunk with the remote key–Press the lock button on the remote key. The alarm indicator on the dashboard will begin flashing to show that the vehicle islocked and that the alarm has been armed.
NOTE
•
If the doors are locked while the trunk is open, the trunk will remain unlockeduntil the vehicle is relocked by press-ing the Lock button on the remote key.
• On keyless drive vehicles, the gearselector must be in the Park (
P) posi-
tion, all doors and the trunk must beclosed and the ignition must beswitched off before the vehicle can belocked.
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Opening the trunk from the inside (U.S. models only)
The vehicle is equipped with a florescent han- dle on the inside of the trunk lid, which canbe used in an emergency situation to openthe trunk from the inside. Pull the handledown to release the trunk lid. After use, thehandle must be pushed back into its originalposition before the trunk can be closed. This handle is not intended to be used to anchor the trunk lid when long loads arebeing transported.
WARNING
•Keep vehicle doors and trunk locked and keep keys out of a child’s reach.Unsupervised children could lockthemselves in an open trunk and riskinjury. Children should be taught not toplay in vehicles.
• On hot days, the temperature in thetrunk or vehicle interior can rise veryquickly. Exposure of people to thesehigh temperatures for even a shortperiod of time can cause heat-relatedinjury or death. Small children are par-ticularly at risk.
Related information
•
Locking/unlocking – from inside (p. 153)
• Locking/unlocking – from the outside (p. 152)
Alarm – general information
The alarm system provides a warning if an attempt is made to break into the vehicle. The alarm is automatically armed (p. 158) whenever the vehicle is locked with theremote key. When armed, the alarm continuously monitors a number of points on the vehicle. The follow-ing conditions will trigger the alarm:
• The hood is forced open.
• The trunk is forced open
• A door is forced open.
• The ignition slot is tampered with.
• An attempt is made to start the vehicle with a non-approved key (a key notcoded to the car's ignition).
• The battery is disconnected (while thealarm is armed).
• The siren is disconnected when the alarmis disarmed.
A message will appear in the information dis- play if a fault should occur in the alarm sys-tem. Contact a trained and qualified Volvoservice technician.
NOTE
Do not attempt to repair any of the compo- nents in the alarm system yourself. Thiscould affect the insurance policy on thevehicle.