well geez Mister... you always find a funny to anything i ask... kinda funny... yeah i stay away from alrge bodies of water haha... and well my friends would prolly find a way to keep me in there if they decided to lock me in the cargo area lol cause they are that devious!!!

...yeah, alot of times, my attempt at humor fails,
but trust me on this one, it was all said in fun, at
least it was meant that way....

The reason that its been difficult for ME to take
this seriously, is because....if this was a trunk or
a sealed, separate cargo area, then I agree with
your concern 100%....but, with the way our
cargo areas are designed, the chance of getting
"locked" in there and be unable to get out, is for
all practical purposes, non-existant or near
impossible...the odds on that happening is
infintesimal....If that happens, it was just your
time to go...imho. But, if this is a concern of
yours, I do respect that......sense of safety is an
individual thing....

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haha.... your humor always makes me laugh.... especially as i sit here at work....
But no, it isnt really a concern... just a gripe i guess... i thought about that with my element too cause it didnt have an emergency release in the back. I just thought that with everything else they are thinking and adding to cars... ya know... bluetooth... garage door openers..blah blah that they would think about hatch emergency openers... who knows??? haha

Strangely enough, I think it found for you.
I was checking the owner manual for something else and find something about the lift gate release (in case of a discharged battery).

It is page 3-21 of the owner manual.

Is it what you were looking for?

i dont know, i will look when i get in the car today after work... might be what i was curious about... Thanks!!

YAH Pescakl!!!! I looked over the weekend and guess what??? You found it!!! Though we were helping someone move this weekend i didnt get to play with it to seee how it worked... but from reading that part in the book... that looks like what i was curious about... funny thing is... i have pulled that panel off before, but didnt see what i was looking at.. RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF MY EYES!!! HaHa

Glad to have helped.

Go and get locked inside now, crazy girl!

UPDATE
been really busy, going to be beach in a couple weeks so tryin to get everything together and have a yard sale too... so havent had time to lock myself back there yet haha!!!
I will post everything i took along with me on here when i get back, since i fit soooo much when i went to nashville... i know im going to have to have more since we are takin the kid with us..... will enclose packing list later haha