Cadillac escalade 2000 User Manual

If your vehicle has a tailgate, you must raise the rear
glass before lowering the tailgate.

Use your key to open the glass from the outside. Then
lift the glass up.

To release the glass from the inside, use the electric
tailgate glass release switch on the instrument panel. For
more information, see “Tailgate, Glass Release” in 
the Index.

To open the tailgate, lift up on the handle while pulling
the tailgate toward you.

Close the tailgate before closing the rear glass. After
closing the tailgate, make sure the tailgate is securely
latched by pulling it toward you. After closing the rear
glass, pull up on its handle to make sure it is locked.

To open the rear panel doors, you must open the
passenger’s side panel door first. If the door is locked,
use your key to unlock it.

To open the passenger’s side panel door, pull up on the
handle and pull the door open.

To open the driver’s side door, first open the passenger’s
side panel door. Then, pull the handle on the left door
edge outward and pull the door open.

The rear doors have a check assembly to keep them
from fully opening during normal use.

To fully open either rear door, you must release the check
strap. Use the following steps to release the check strap:

1. Open the door part way until the white mark on the

check strap is fully outside the door edge. If the end
of the strap catches the pin on the door, the door is
open too far.

2. Then, hold the strap at

the white mark, pull the
strap toward you and
open the door all 
the way.

To re

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engage the door check strap, just close the door

and the strap will catch the pin.