dead battery how do I open the hood?
 

grr...... :mad:

I recall seeing in my Porsche manual a diagram on how to hook up another car battery to get the hood open. There's a spot in the fuse box to hook it into.

Anyone have their manual close by? I'm at work right now.

You don't happen to have a battery tender that plugs into the cig lighter do you?

The hood release is electric? I thought it was just a mechanical cable deal. That's not good. I'm watching this thread now to learn how to myself.

no I don't an apparently neither does the entire New Jersey chapter of triple A.

the window has come down on the passener side and its about to rain.

1997-2000 have mechanical levers. 2001-2004 have electric switches. The jumper in the fuse box thing is for cars with electric switches.

on the phone with triple a National....

apparently I'm the first triple a member ever to need a jumpstart with a Boxster. :confused:

compounding matters is that the car is parked in a very dark street so I can't see anything. I'm trying to find this cable near the tow hook and using a flat head screw driver to flick open some lever I can't see near the hood latches next to the driver's seat.

Ah, I see. I didn't know that. Cool.



Did you get it jumped, Perfectlap?

not sure this applies to your '00 because i've got an '01. i hope it does because i'm feeling your situation.

i remember when i 1st bought talking to my salesman getting my car demo before driving out. he told me if i need to jump the battery to do this: if you open the driver side fuse panel, there's a hook point for the positive/red battery cable. the negative/black battery cable goes to that metal latch on the driver side door sill.

maybe this will help all other '01 and later. last hope if triple a doesn't help....maybe call porsche dealer or your mechanic?!?

the triple a (National) guy suggested the fuse panel solution.
Except there was no red switch at all...I might be wrong but its supposed to be right next to the spoiler switch. Maybe it was removed by the previous owner but that's just a blank hole for a fuse.

1-so after experimenting with varius size flat head screwdrivers to try and jimmy the gap in between the front and rear trunk latches (near the door sill) I gave up.
Triple A was going to take another stab at it but I wasn't confident the local tower knew what he was doing.

2-next plan, tow the car saturday morning to the local Porsche dealer.
Hours of operation 9-5.
By the way window were open luckily I live in a gated complex.
Called the dealer...guy on the phone says the whole service department took the day off!! Thank god I called ahead. :confused:

3-Called Porsche roadside assistance 800-767-7243 as of course they would naturally be capable of jumpstarting Boxsters and Carreras. They said they would open the hood and jump start the boxster for $120... I said "SOLD!!"
..after waiting for an hour plus they called me back and said sorry we don't have the equipment to open the hood as we use the same people as triple A. They suggested I go to Wal Mart and buy a "pig tail" cigarette adapter (two male ends).....Too bad Wal Mart is 10 miles away. :matchup:
Boy you would think PORSCHE road side assistance would have figured out how to do this after so many years. I told them to have a nice day...

4-Got out on foot and walked to Target. I noticed on their website they had something called the quick and easy jumper. You hook one car's cigarette lighter to another car's...of course they didn' have it on the shelf. :mad:
But they did have a Black and Decker Battery pack with a cigarette ligher attachment Model BB7B for $60.

It comes partially charged from the factory so I walked right from Target to the Boxster. Pluged it in and the door locks activated turned, I the ignition and the hood opened. There wasn't enough juice to jump the car but triple A are on the way.
They want me sign some waiver in case they fry my car jump starting it. :confused:
Do yourself a favor and buy one of these these battery packs. It has a receptacle that you can plug your cell phone car charger into in case you get the double whamy of dead battery and dead cell phone battery. It also has a lamp. I'm sure it will fit in the rear shelf compartment.


Boxster Jump Starter
http://www.blackanddecker.com//Produ...RGE/BB7B_1.jpg
http://www.blackanddecker.com//Produ...GE/BB7B_A2.jpg

This happens all the time. If you don't the owners manual, call Porsche dealer as different years have different procedures.

Glad you got it solved. I am going to go get one today.

^ SMART...

btw, it fits very snugly in the rear shelf compartment. Charge it up for 24 hours and you'll never have to beg a stranger (aka serial killer) for a jump start again.

hmm...I never really thought about that until you brought it up. I'm going to go buy one of those b&d things suggested. Thanks for being the guinea pig.;)

That was quite a hassle to get your hood open. I think I'm going to check out that B&D box, too.

Glad you got it open.