we get used to the opening ease of the electric lock, quickly forget about eons ago when we had to manually open the doors and then we are stuck!

anyway, as i was reminded while changing my battery there is a black tab about 2" above where the gate opens as you are looking from the inside. On my 2006 3.0 it is located on the left (again from inside view). If you push this tab, it will invert into the gate and 'flip' open. This tab is attached to the cable that is the emergency open for the top portion. A short, stern pull will release the top portion of the gate (glass). The bottom can be opened by pulling back the plastic and sticking a flat head screw driver to release the lock mechanism. You should be able to visually see this lever on the mechanism. Instructions and pics are located in the Bentley manual. Don't have a pic or I'd post.

Hope that helps out.--- And for anyone frequently traveling with family members especially younger ones it may be a good thing to point out the upper gate release. It does zero damage to anything to engage it and isn't a bad safety measure to know its whereabouts and how to use, if needed.

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