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I've attached a section of the page from the owner's manual detailing how to close the lid manually.
Here's the deal - the switches are under the lid of the trunk - open the lid, stick your head in so you can see the underneath of the lid and look up.
There are two switches, one that allows you to retract the pulldown pawl (the pin that actually engages the lock mechanism), the other allows you to retract the handle.
Retracting the pulldown pawl only allows you to correct a trunk that will LATCH, but not pull down flush and tight. If your trunk won't latch, possibly the latching mechanism, which is in the "sill" portion of the trunk opening is malfunctioning.
The latch itself is a "C" shaped "arm", which rotates towards the front of the car when the pawl contacts the arm. As the trunk is closed, the pawl presses into the base of the "C", and the latch rotates forward about 90 degrees until it latches into place. The "C" catches the loop in the pawl, and that's what holds the trunk closed.
Once the trunk "latches", a signal is sent to the closing assist pump, which retracts the pawl into the lid, pulling the trunk flush.
If your lid won't latch at all, check the latch mechanism.
If you can't see the "C" looking up at you, try pressing on the latch release (the whole key cylinder in the trunk is the latch release) - if the latch is set properly, you should feel some resistance as the key cylinder presses against the latch release. If not, put the key in the cylinder and rotate towards the unlock position, then back to vertical and remove the key. Try it again - the latch mechanism should pop open. If it doesn't try moving it with your finger to see if it will rotate open. If it still doesn't work - something's broke.
If you can see the "C" looking up at you, try pressing down on it to rotate it forward and see if it catches closed. There should be a very positive "click" once the latch rotates about 90 degrees towards the front of the car. If it won't catch, then the latch is ver-broken.
You can also test the closing mechanism by switching off the trunk lights. If you look inside the trunk on the sill, behind the latch, you should see a yellow rectangular socket. Rotate the socket upwards until it clicks into place horizontally. (You may need to use a car key to do this.) When you do this, the trunk lights will go out, the trunk handle will retract and the pawl will be pulled in. Press the socket the other direction and everything should go back to where it was before. As the pawl is extended you should hear an audible click when it reaches full travel.
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