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WARNING
- Never close the rear lid inattentively or
without checking first. Although the
closing force of the rear lid is limited,
you can stfll ser iously injure yourself or
ot he rs.
- Always ensure that no one is within
range of the rear lid when it is mov ing, in
part icu lar close to the hinges and the up-
per and lower edges - fingers or hands
can be pinched.
- To help preven t po isonous exha ust gas
from being drawn 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 then the rear lid can-
not be fully closed.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended es-
pecially with the rear lid left open. A
child could crawl into the car through the
luggage compartment
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
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
able 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 rack first .
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Tips
- When the vehicle is locked, the rear lid
can be unlocked separately by pressing
the button
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on the master key. When
the rear lid is closed aga in, it locks auto-
matically.
- The following applies to veh icles equip-
ped with the conve nience key* feature: if
the remote contro l key is left in the lug-
gage compartment,
luggage compart-
ment will a utomat ica lly unlock itse lf af-
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ter you lock the vehicle. This prevents
you from unintentionally locking your
key in the luggage compartment.
- If the vehicle battery charge drops be -
low a certain level, you can still open or
close the rear lid manually, however, you
will need to apply more force to close it.
Sedan: Rear lid emergency release
Applies to vehicles: with fixed rear seat backrest
Fig. 31 Rear bench seat: e mergency release cable
On vehicles with fixed seat backrest *, the rear
lid can be opened from the rear bench seat us-
ing the emergency release .
.,. Ca refully pull the left side of the rear bench
seat out of its retainer until you can reach
the release cable ¢ fig . 31 .
.,. Remove the adhesive tape @ .
.,. Pull on the loop ® until the rear lid releas-
es.
.,. Tape the release cable back in place and
press the bench seat back into its reta iner.
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WARNING
After opening the rear lid using the emer-
gency release in veh icles with a fixed rear
seat backrest, make sure the bra cket under
the rear bench seat ¢ fig. 31 locks secure ly
into the mounting eyelet again.
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