Originally Posted by
ambidextrous
It depends on where the problem is. If the pneumatic lock/unlock isn't working, the emergency release won't work either.
That would be a design that had not been thought out properly, an emergency release must work at all times and that includes when the ignition is OFF.
The release must work at all times, period.
Police officer to a kidnap victim “ Why did you not pull the emergency release?”, “ I tried but the ignition was OFF”.