Cold Start Rough Idle

[916MKIIIx2]

Ordered filter will put it on thursday when I have a little bit of extra time, but before that, my god damn hatch stopped working today... I of course can't get to the fuel filter without access to the metal plate in the back of the car, anyone know how to release the latch without being able to use the pulley cable or key? Also the trim on the back hatch seems to be on the other side of the latch making it impossible to remove without cutting a slit... I'd like to avoid this... help meeeee...

I think I found an old post that might have had pictures of underneath the center plastic panel in the rear hatch, they have been deleted or moved... anyone might know where those pics went? Or could possibly take some so im not so blindly trying to stuff my fat ass underneath the hatch while its closed ;;