Maserati Ghibli Owner's Manual page 82

Before Starting
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With the ignition device in RUN
position, the red symbol
image of the car with the boot lid
open will display on the instrument
cluster. Once the boot lid is closed,
both symbol and image will disappear
from the display.
With the ignition device in the OFF
position, the boot lid open symbol and
message will display until closure.
See "Passive Entry System" in this
section for more information on boot
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lid operation with the "Passive Entry"
function.
Power Boot Lid/Hands Free
Operation ( )
Automatic opening and closing
movement of the power boot
lid/Hands Free is driven by electric
actuators and a motorized latch
ensuring lid locking upon closing.
Power boot lid/Hands Free can be
opened from outside pressing twice
and the
within five seconds the button
the key fob or from inside pressing the
button on the front dome console.
The button on key fob and
button on front dome console not only
on
allows user to completely open the
power boot lid/Hands Free, but also to
stop it at any intermediate position by
pressing the button again at anytime
you wish to stop the opening process.
In addition to these commands, it is
possible to open and close the power
boot lid/Hands Free by simply moving
your foot under the rear bumper. In
this latter case, the lid will be opened
and closed only if the "Passive Entry"
system acknowledges the presence of
the key fob within 1 m (3.3 ft) of the
boot lid.
Power boot lid/Hand Free uses the
button in between the license plate
lights, indicated in figure, to activate
the opening once the car has been
unlocked by the key fob or by the
"Passive Entry" function.