2018 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Owners Manual

Emergency closing and opening

NOTICE
To help prevent vehicle damage, carefully remove and properly reinstall parts after emergency locking or unlocking.
Manually unlocking and locking the driver door

Fig. 175 Door handle on driver door: Concealed lock cylinder (if applicable).

The anti-theft alarm system, when installed, is not activated when the vehicle is locked manually
with the key bit ⇒  Anti-theft alarm system.
Manually locking the passenger doors

Fig. 176 On the front side of the right rear door: Manual lock, covered by a rubber seal.

Fig. 177 On the front side of the right rear door: Locking the vehicle with the key bit in the vehicle key.

x Have the vehicle checked immediately by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or an authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.
The vehicle doors can be unlocked and opened separately from inside the vehicle by pulling the
door handle to open the door ⇒  Power locking system.
Opening the luggage compartment lid from inside the luggage
compartment

Fig. 178 Behind the rear seat backrest: Release of the rear seat back.

Fig. 179 Opening the luggage compartment lid from inside the luggage compartment.

The release lever glows in the dark to help it be seen in low-light conditions.
Emergency release for the fuel filler flap

Before you try to use emergency closing procedures to close the power sunroof, please wait several minutes to make sure that the motor has not been temporarily turned off by the overheating protection feature.
If you must perform an emergency closing, please do so in the following order:
1. Remove the cover in direction of the arrow ⇒ fig. 180.
2. Insert a commercially available 1/6 in. (4 mm) Allen wrench5 into the hexagonal head screw
⇒ fig. 181 (1).
3. Turn the wrench counterclockwise to close the power sunroof.
4. Install the cover again.
5. Have the power sunroof checked by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or an authorized Volkswagen Service Facility. Emergency closing may cause the power sunroof and its pinch pro-tection to malfunction.
Emergency release for the selector lever lock

Fig. 182 Removing the selector gate cover.

Fig. 183 Releasing the selector lever lock.
5 Not included with the vehicle tool kit.

Vehicle tool kit