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Closing rear lid/ trunk lid
"' Press the close button in the open rear lid
~
fig. 40. The trunk lid moves to the closed
posit ion by itself and soft close locks it auto-
matically~ &_ .
"' The closing process
is stopp ed imm ediatel y
if the close button in the rear lid is pressed
again.
"' By push ing the button again, the rear lid is
opened again .
Saving the opening angle of the rear lid
"' Bring the rear lid manua lly or automatically
to the desired opening position and leave it
in th is position.
"' Press the button in the rear lid ~ fig . 40 for
at least four seconds in order to save the de-
sired opening position. The position ca n only
be saved start ing at a certain level.
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WARNING
- Never close the rear lid inattentively or
without checking fi rst . Altho ugh the
closing force of the rear lid is lim ited,
yo u can st ill ser iously injure yourself or
others.
- Always ensure that no one is w ith in
range of the rear lid when it is moving, in
part icular close to the hinges and the up-
per and lower edges - fingers or hands
can be pinched.
- To help prevent po isonous exhaust gas
from being d rawn into the vehicle, al-
ways keep the rear lid closed while driv-
ing. Never transport objects larger than
those which fit completely into the lug-
gage area, because t hen the rear lid can-
not be fully closed.
- Never leave you r vehicle unattended es-
pecially with the rea r lid left open . A
child could crawl into the car th rough the
luggage compa rtment and pull the lid
shut, becom ing trapped and unab le to
get out. To reduce the risk of persona l in-
jury, never let children play in or around
your vehicle. Always keep the rear lid as
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Opening
and clo s in g
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well as the vehicle doors closed when not
in use.
- If there is a luggage rack or bicycle rack
mounted on the rear lid, it may not be
ab le to open completely or an opened
rear lid may close by itself because of the
added weight. So the open rear lid must
be supported or the weight must be re-
moved from the luggage rac k first.
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Tips
- If the rear lid is open or not properly
locked when the ign ition is turned on,
the door and rear lid warning~ page 22
appears in the instrument cluster dis-
play.
- The automatic rear lid opening/clos ing
process can be stopped by ho ld ing the
re a r lid w ith your hand. The lid can then
be further opened/closed
by ha nd.
- If there is a mechan ica l problem wit h the
automatic rear lid
opening process
or
t here is an obstruction, the process is
stop ped immediately.
- If there is a mechan ica l problem wit h au-
tomatic closing
fo r the rea r lid or there
is an obstr uction, it opens again slightly
right away . Chec k to see why the rear lid
cou ld not be closed before attempting
to
close it again.
- If the rear lid on a locked vehicle is un-
locked with the midd le button~
o n the
remote key, the rear lid is automat ically
locked again immed iate ly after closing.
This is indicated by the turn signals
blinking.
- The followi ng applies to vehicles equ ip-
ped w ith the Convenience key* feature: if
the remote control key is left in the lug-
gage compa rtment, luggage comp ar t-
ment w ill aut om at ically unlo ck itsel f af-
ter you lock the vehicle. This preven t s
you from unintentionally locking you r
key in the luggage compartment.
- If the vehicle battery charge drops be low
a certain level, you can sti ll open or close
the rear lid manually, however, you w ill
need to apply more force to close it.
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