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Originally Posted by Nimbus117
I wish you had sent your 11 year old over to me! I'm not sure if your liners the same as mine but it attaches to the front bumper so is pretty big, realistically you need to remove the wheel and the the liner on a 2003 - except I couldn't as the jack was in the front trunk.
In the end I discovered my charger was the problem, it is one of these smart ones that wont put out any power if it doesn't detects some voltage. I used a 12v battery connected to the tab in the fuse box and the door striker and then the trunk opened upon pressing the switch. A battery maintainer plugged into the cigarette lighter will not open the trunk if the negative lead is disconnected.
Hope this may be of help to others.
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I had similar experience. in my case, a DEAD battery.
I have a battery tender by YUASA. but it will not "connect" if the battery voltage is less than 9V as well as when the voltage exceeds some 14+ Volts. it is expecting a battery to be in the circuit.
the cigarette charger connection is home grown using an old cell phone adapter.
I managed to put a 12V DC wall plug module and attached the leads in parallel with the battery tender till the car battery voltage came up to about 10V. at this time, the battery tender turned on and started "charging" the battery.
I have a fear that the auto electronics is expecting a very stable voltage off the battery. and by attaching battery charger or battery tender to a car with the battery removed, the electronics may become damaged due to fluctuating or over/under voltage. my fear