Well my wife and daughter was in the car a few days ago. She lets her push all the buttons and flip on the lights. This time she didn't tell me that she did all that. So of course the battery goes dead. Daughter 1,
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Okay no problem. Followed the manual and used the donor battery method. I was only able to open the rear hatch. Hmm...I listened carefully and I could hear the servo in front working but the trunk still did not open. Sigh. So I searched caymanclub and found where the external wire to manually pull the trunk open. Doh! I need to take the wheel off, but how can I do that if the security thingy is in the trunk. So I jacked the car up and was able to get enough clearance to remove the plastic cover to expose the pull wire.
Got the trunk open and exposed the locking mechanism for the trunk. It seems like the servo which releases the trunk shifted. So it was not able to fully release the latch. I looked and its not attached to anything. Just sits in a little space in the corner of your trunk not screwed or even Velcroed in place. So any major jarring can dislodge the servo and you can no longer open your trunk. I understand now why you have to pull so hard on the external wire because you basically have to pull the whole servo device to get it open. Well now I have the airbag light to deal with.
Has anybody else had this problem with there trunk release mechanism?
What lights did she leave on?
I thought our cars were supposed to automatically shut off the lights if left on with the ignition off after a certain period of time…
This is sort of the case if you have the lights set to "Home". On this setting, the parking lights as well as the fog lights stay illuminated for a brief period after which they will shut off on their own.
If the battery is killed or disconnected, you may experience many warning lights. Drive the car carefully for a few miles and they will often clear themselves once they see everything is OK.
I disconnected my battery to install my radar detector and when I fired the car back up I saw so many warning I thought I might have to junk the car. PSM failure, Airbags, PASM failure, and so on. I drove the car just a hundred yards and everything went away.
In most cars Air Bag lights do not go away, since it would be a safety concern. I have had other warnings come on and go away after driving a few miles, but not an air bag light.
Your Millage May Vary ( I realize you do not have a US car)
