Battery dead, cannot open the trunk

[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...