Front Trunk Locked - battery dead, security locked????

[BirdDog]

Before you drop a new battery in, pull the drivers seat and remove the immobilizer. Open the case, remove the board inside, and get it bone dry before you put it back in the car. You also need to get that carpet around where it sits dry. This could take days, or longer if it's been sitting with water in it. I guess if you can get the carpet dry to the touch (like with a shop vac) you could seal up the immobilizer (AFTER its dry) in a plastic bag for now.

You may have already fried your immobilizer, but there's a chance you haven't, and because of the cost to replace or repair it, you should make every effort to ensure you don't do more damage to it. If it is damaged, contact forum member Qmulus to see if he can repair it for you. Alternately, there's ECU Doctors in FL.

SO, don't apply power until you are sure the immobilizer and everything around it is totally, 100%, swear on your mother, dry.

Cancun - you might be able to tow it there (check with ferry).

[Marty97]

Thank you! I was able to pull the cable from behind the fuse box and popped it open. Charging the battery right now and thanks to the advise below I will make sure everything is dry before attempting to fire anything up. Have a feeling I might be taking a trip on a tow truck on the ferry to get it fixed

[Geof3]

Originally Posted by Marty97

Thank you! I was able to pull the cable from behind the fuse box and popped it open. Charging the battery right now and thanks to the advise below I will make sure everything is dry before attempting to fire anything up. Have a feeling I might be taking a trip on a tow truck on the ferry to get it fixed

Cable from behind the fuse box? That’s not what the above is talking about. There is a box under the drivers seat called the immobilizer. It controls pretty much all of the systems of the car, to one degree or another. This is the box that he referred too. Leave the fuse box alone.

[Marty97]

Originally Posted by Geof3

Cable from behind the fuse box? That’s not what the above is talking about. There is a box under the drivers seat called the immobilizer. It controls pretty much all of the systems of the car, to one degree or another. This is the box that he referred too. Leave the fuse box alone.

No worries.. the cable to open the frunk is located behind the fuse box (easier than accessing the emergency frunk cable).. simple tug on the cable opened the frunk allowing me to get to the battery to charge it. Now i start work on removing the seat and checking the immobilizer which was replaced about 5 years ago - hoping it's salvageable. Sorry for any confusion, addressing several issues on this and have a feeling i'll be running into a few other unknowns shorty

[Geof3]

Originally Posted by Marty97

No worries.. the cable to open the frunk is located behind the fuse box (easier than accessing the emergency frunk cable).. simple tug on the cable opened the frunk allowing me to get to the battery to charge it. Now i start work on removing the seat and checking the immobilizer which was replaced about 5 years ago - hoping it's salvageable. Sorry for any confusion, addressing several issues on this and have a feeling i'll be running into a few other unknowns shorty

Ah, I think older models have a different setup? Mine is an 02 that doesn’t have a cable from the interior switch it is electronic. I simply pulled my left hand (passenger) headlight and relocated the cable pull down to where the tow bolt goes, I don’t think I have a cable behind the fuse box.

[tanque55]

02 model doesn't have the cable for the frunck.

[Boxtar]

Originally Posted by tanque55

02 model doesn't have the cable for the frunck.

Mine does.