Emergency Operation Of The Ignition Key Lock

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In the event of insufficient or non-existent battery positive voltage, the ignition key can be removed using the emergency operation.

Push a ball-point pen, for example, into the opening next to the key, turn the ignition key to position 0 and pull out.

Fig 1: Removing Ignition Key
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Key in position 0, press release -arrow- and pull key out.

Fig 2: Pressing Key
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