Opening and closing -> Central locking button for Your Volkswagen Passat SUV Nineth Generation (2023-2025)

In the driver door: central locking button (illustration).  
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Central locking button.  
In the driver door: button for opening or closing the boot lid  
electrically (illustration).  
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Button for opening and closing the boot lid electrically.  
- unlock the vehicle.  
- lock the vehicle.  
- open or close the boot lid.  
The central locking button functions with the ignition switched on or off only when all doors are closed.  
If the  
button in the driver door is pulled, only the boot lid opens. All doors remain locked.  
If the vehicle has been locked from outside with the vehicle key, the central locking buttons do not work.  
Please note the following when using the central locking button to lock the vehicle from inside:  
The indicator lamp  
in the button lights up yellow when all doors are closed and locked.  
The anti-theft alarm will not be activated (→ Anti-theft alarm).  
The doors can be opened from the inside by pulling the door release handle. The indicator lamp  
unopened doors and boot lid remain locked and cannot be opened from the outside.  
in the button goes out. The  
In the end face of the right-hand door: locking the vehicle  
manually with the manual key.  
The front passenger door and the rear doors can be locked manually.  
The anti-theft alarm is not activated.  
1. Open the door.  
2. Insert the key bit or manual key into the slot and turn or press → Fig. 1.  
3. Check that the door is locked. To do this, pull the door handle forcefully.  
4. Have the vehicle checked immediately by a suitably qualified workshop. Volkswagen recommends using an authorised  
Volkswagen repairer.  
The manually locked door is unlocked again when the vehicle is unlocked or the door is opened from the inside.  
The doors can be unlocked and opened from the inside by pulling the door release handle.