Battery dead, cannot open the trunk

[Fuzzuki]

Some people redirect the wire some other place.

I can pull my headlight out without tools. That's where it is.

If yours has never been relocated it, you will need to take the passenger side wheel off to access it.

[Pdwight]

My fuse box connection would not work for me when my battery died for some reason. I used a phillips screwdriver with tape around the shaft except the point, connected the ground at the door jamb and the positive on the phillips and touched it to the inside connection point on the lighter.....instantly the lights came in the dash and I hit trunk open and it popped open. I then disconnected everything and got a new battery.

[Mig]

When my battery died, I put power from another vehicle to the cigarette lighter. You can get enough power through the cigarette lighter to deactivate the hood locking mechanism.

I used the cords that came with my trickle charger to get power to the cigarette lighter. My trickle charger came with three cords: cigarette lighter, alligator clips, and ring terminals.

I simply connected the alligator clip harmess to the cigarette lighter harmess enabling me to connct regular jumper cables.

NOTE: the polarity will be reversed so make sure to connect your battery correctly.

It may sound crazy, but you can hook up jumper cables to a cigarette lighter and not damage your car.

I now carry this little harnes with me at all times. Just in case...

[mikefocke]

Cig lighter is not for starting the car, just for powering the lock.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by mikefocke

Cig lighter is not for starting the car, just for powering the lock.

This worked for me as well a couple of times on my '07 987 CS and also on a friends '07 911

I used 12V light that was already dead, cut the light portion off and applied 12V from an extra battery and managed to open the front trunk, since I was never able to find the emergency cable

[99 Boxcutter]

Originally Posted by Fuzzuki

Some people redirect the wire some other place.

I can pull my headlight out without tools. That's where it is.

If yours has never been relocated it, you will need to take the passenger side wheel off to access it.

How is it possible to remove the headlight without tools? :dance: