109 . . .–Section 1HOOD RELEASEUse the hood release handle,located near the driver's door, toopen the hood. See Section 4 formore information.TRUNK LID LOCK RELEASEWith this option you can open thetrunk from inside your vehicle.See "Trunk Area" later in thissection.PARKING BRAKE RELEASEYour vehicle is equipped witheither a manual parking brake oran electric parking brake.If your vehicle is equipped with amanual parking brake, the parkingbrake release is on the left side ofthe instrument panel. Pull thehandle to release the parkingbrake.If your vehicle is equipped with anelectric parking brake, the parkingbrake switch sets and releases theparking brake.The electric parking brake switch islocated at the base of the gear shiftlever.To release the parking brake, turnthe ignition switch to the onposition. Press and hold the regu-lar brake pedal down. Then, pushthe parking brake switch briefly.See "Parking Brake" in Section 3 formore information on how toproperly set and release theparking brake.AKENG40_CTS Page 109 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:47 AM