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Question about opening the front hood with dead battery
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The pull cable is on the right when you are sitting in the drivers seat, left when standing in front of the car. |
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Thanks again for the info Rick
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There's a hot link in the fuse box for jumping the car with enough power to pop the hood. I've used the hood release cable, it's inboard of the right headlight and mine doesn't require removing the wheel. Using a plug into the lighter might week, I think it would require having the ignition on or at the very least in accessory mode (key on, key off, don't pull the key out.)
The AAA service guy had no problem getting into the trunk by jumping to the fuse box, btw. When all else fails, check your owners manual. Mine is an 01 base boxster.
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Brian Lamberts Tucson AZ Last edited by Brian in Tucson; 12-28-2018 at 07:26 AM.. |
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2004 Boxster S.
I jumped the fuse box today, using jumper cables. Attach the neg to the door latch little metal bar. The positive to the C3 fuse inside the fuse box. Other end to the pos and neg terminals of a small 12v motorcycle battery. ( I happened to have one handy) Interior lights came on. Good sign. Hit the lid switch and bingo it opened. That still left the dead battery. Jumped it off a Honda Civic after letting the Civic charge the Boxster for 5- 10 min at 3000rpm's. Boxster fired. Took the Boxster for a nice fast ride for 30 min. Problem solved. Still not sure what drained my new battery to begin with. Left the key in the ignition in my garage for 6 days. Didn't drive it. Could that be the problem? Won't do that again. |
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