Thank you, i 'll check it. Just not sure what you mean and what exactly i am looking at in the picture.Our 2005 Sienna has an "emergency" release for the rear hatch. It's under a removeable cover in the hatch plastic inside cover. Here's a picture (not mine) of the manual release. Pretty sure all vans have to have something like that in case of being trapped inside (same with sedans trunk lid release from the inside) as its a mandated safety requirement. You need to check a bit further on where it is on the windstar.
By "removable cover in the hatch plastic inside cover" do mean the liftgate panels? That is, one has to first remove the panels to access this emergency release?