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How to change selective unlocking on a 2024 Nissan Qashqai

2 min readReviewed 25 October 2026

2024UK

CHECK YOUR CAR2024 Nissan Qashqai, United Kingdom; J12 manual, petrol/Xtronic or manual variants as specified. Optional equipment is required where stated.

This guide covers the request-button feature described by the J12 manual. Approach unlocking and trim-specific equipment can change the available behavior.

THE QUICK ANSWER

Selective Unlock controls whether a driver-door request-button press releases only that door or all doors. With selective unlocking on, another request within one minute releases all doors. The option is located in the instrument-display Vehicle Settings menu.

Step by step

1Open the vehicle menuPark and use the steering-wheel scroll dial to open Settings, then Vehicle Settings.
2Choose lockingOpen Locking and select Selective Unlock if that equipment-dependent option is shown.
3Set your preferenceEnable it for driver-door-first entry, or disable it for all-door unlocking from one request-button operation.
4Test entryLock the vehicle with the key outside it, then check the driver-door request button and passenger-door behavior.

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Common questions

How do passengers unlock when selective unlocking is on?+

The cited setting releases all doors when the request switch is operated again within one minute.

SOURCES & SCOPE

Where this guide comes from

Written from the official references below, reviewed on 25 October 2026. This is a source-based guide, not a claim of hands-on vehicle testing.

Nissan official owner manual — Qashqai ↗

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