Opening and closing
this. Move the lid slowly to reduce the
amount of force needed .
- When the trailer socket is being used (for
example, for a bicycle rack), the luggage
compartment lid can be opened and closed
using the handle or the foot motion activa
tion (vehicles with convenience key*) .
Opening/closing the luggage compartment
lid with foot motion activation (kicking
movement)
Applies to: vehicles with convenience key and sensor-control
led luggage compartment lid
Fig. 31 Rear of th e ve hicle: fo ot move ment
You can open and close the luggage compar t
ment lid wi th foot mo tion activation.
Requirements: you must be carrying your vehicle
key with you. You must be standing at the center
behind the lugg age compartment lid. You should
be approximately 8 in (20 cm) from the rear of
the vehicle . T he ignition must be switched off .
Make sure you have firm footing .
- Move your foot back and forth below the bump
er
Q fig . 31. Do not touch the bumper. The lug
gage compartment lid will open/close once the system detects the movement .
The luggage compartmen t lid will only open/
close if you perform the movement as described.
This prevents the luggage compartment lid from opening or closing due to similar movements,
such as when you walk between the rear of the
vehicle and your garage door .
The closing of the luggage compartment lid is in
dicated by a warning signal and can be canceled by making the described movement again .
The foot movement does not lock the vehicle .
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General information
In some situations, the function may be limited
or temporarily unavailable . This may happen if:
- the luggage compartment lid was closed imme
diately before
- you park close to a hedge and the branches
move back and forth under the vehicle for a
long period of time
-you clean your vehicle, for example with a pres
sure washer or in a car wash
- there is heavy rain
- the bumper is very dirty, for example after driv -
ing on salt-covered roads
- there is interference to the radio signal from
the vehicle key, such as from cell phones or re
mote controls
.&,. WARNING
- Pay careful attention when closing the lug
gage compartment lid. Otherwise, you could
cause serious injury to yourself or others de
spite the pinch protection.
- To reduce the risk of pinching injuries, al
ways make sure that no one is in the operat
ing area of the luggage compartment lid ; in
cluding the hinge areas and the upper and
lower edge of the luggage compartment lid .
- Never drive with the luggage compartment
lid ajar or open, because poisonous gases
can enter the vehicle interior and create the
risk of asphyxiation.
- If there is a luggage rack (such as a bicycle
rack) on the luggage compartment lid, the
luggage compartment lid may not open
completely under certain circumstances or it
could close by itself if open due to the extra
weight. To reduce the risk of injury, the open luggage compartment lid must there
fore have additional support or the cargo
must first be removed from the rack.
