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YOUR RESEARCHBattery Taken Out of 996, Can't Open Hood!
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Use key
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When everything is working right, with a good battery, and you use the key to open the door you have ~10 seconds to get it into the ign before the alarm goes off.
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Use a piece of small wire to attach the pull loop to the back of the bumper plug.
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I tried to open the hood using a spare battery connected to the fuse panel and door, but forgot to leave the key iin the door and couldn't turn off the alarm.
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When everything is working right, with a good battery, and you use the key to open the door you have ~10 seconds to get it into the ign before the alarm goes off.
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I tried to open the hood using a spare battery connected to the fuse panel and door, but forgot to leave the key iin the door and couldn't turn off the alarm.
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I did all that and it worked, now the hood won't shut!
Hi,
I just did a real boner thing...my battery is dead, so I took it out and went and picked up a replacement, and not thinking, I shut the hood!
How in the world do I open it now that I don't have a battery in there?
I have a 2003 996 C4 Cab.
Thanks for all of your help in advance...
there is a battery terminal by the fuse box in the driver left footwell. hook up your battery to it w a booster cable and you should be able to open the trunk via the switch.
ToolPants...that was my trick...food in the trunk on SuperBowl sunday, mechanical trunk release, not electronic.....food stayed in there three days till I finally had to take off the front bumper to get at the latch. Now I know where all the backup emergency release wires are. Hard lesson.
I had a similar problem a cpl months ago, except my battery was completely dead. did some research on this forum found out that all I had to do was hook up my new battery to one of those fuse terminals, let it sit for a few minutes then my hood opened...I was so happy
I have posted this occasionally (when the subject comes up) since I found it on RennTech the first few days I had my car ..... 4 years ago. It has saved me.
When you have a little time on your hands, follow drivers' manual instructions and remove your pax side headlight. In that void, you will find the wire/manual release running to the front latch. With the headlight out of the way, it is easy to reroute it from behind the right front wheel well liner to behind your bumper.
From there, route it through the hole for the tow hook .... and out the front of the car. Use a piece of small wire to attach the pull loop to the back of the bumper plug. Reinsert plug.
Next time you have a hood emergency, just pop out the plug, fish out the wire loop and pull to pop the hood.
Don't forget to attach the negative to the door latch and leave the key in the door lock....alarm may sound, if so, just turn the key to disable (don't ask why I know this one..)
Good luck
I've got a similar problem as NC996. My battery is completely dead. I tried to open the hood using a spare battery connected to the fuse panel and door, but forgot to leave the key iin the door and couldn't turn off the alarm. I've repeat the procedure several times starting with putting the key in the door and then connecting the battery but still can't turn the alarm off. Any more suggestions?
On my 07 Cayman, I took the drivers side marker light off and see a yellow cable. Can someone confirm that is the emergency hood latch cable before I yank on it? I tried pulling on it with a wire coat hanger but its not budging. Thanks in advance....!!
Put the key in the ignition and turn it.
When everything is working right, with a good battery, and you use the key to open the door you have ~10 seconds to get it into the ign before the alarm goes off.
either the struts or if its the locking mechanism, maybe the hood actuator? i actually had a hood actuator fail with dairy products in the frunk on football sunday hahaha.... agreed above. HARD lesson learned to search for the release cable in the right fender when I was a noob.
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