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I am trying to replace a dead battery in my '04 911 that sat all winter, and the battery is so discharged that all power to the car is off -- meaning the inside hood release is not working.
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I am trying to replace a dead battery in my '04 911 that sat all winter, and the battery is so discharged that all power to the car is off -- meaning the inside hood release is not working.
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I am trying to replace a dead battery in my '04 911 that sat all winter, and the battery is so discharged that all power to the car is off -- meaning the inside hood release is not working. I need to get to the battery compartment. Can anyone look in their 996 manual and tell me what it says about bypassing the powered hood release? I cannot get to my manual since it is under the hood.
Many thanks!
Simple...open your driver side door (manually if locked), open the fuse box, at the bottom of the fuse box is a red tab (with a picture of an open hood on it), attach the postivie cable of the battery you will use to jump the car to the tab and the negative to any ground...and then hit the switch. Happy Easter!
I have an '04 and just looked at my car. In the driver's footwell is the fuse cover. Stick your finger in the hole at the top of the cover and pull the cover off. On the inside of the cover there should be a folded up piece of paper that shows the fuse arrangement.
There are also 4 diagrams that show how to attach another battery to enable you to open the hood. Diagrams #1 & #2 show which fuse to partially pull out so you can attache another battery to it (the fuse). Once that is done you should be able to open the hood.
There is also l release cable in the front fender well. Maybe under bumper cover I can't remember which side. just pull the looped end and presto!
Good luck
Turbohead, that is on the passenger side. To be more precise on my MY99 C2 its
1) just below where the passenger side headlamp and the front bumper meet
2) BUT needs to be accessed from the passenger side airvent in front on the passenger side radiator.
You will need to lie on the ground looking up that vent with a flashlight. You need to pull open the upper edge of the plastic "funnel" that funnels air from that vents and look up that. Look for a steel wire (its silver and u can see the individual steel threads - like a bicycle's inner brake cable). Pull on that cable and your hood is open. My battery was still working so I don't know if you need a live/dead battery but I feel it was purely mechanical.
Ask me how I know ... I ended up leaving one key in the car (oddiments tray) and the 2nd (primary key) fell inside as I was closing the hood :O !! Paid $54 to the local porsche showroom to get the key back. Felt very stupid ....
For those with earlier 996's: I was able to 'repower' enough to energize hood release by rigging a lamp cable to jumpers, then delicately insert other end into cig lighter with one hand while working key button with the other.
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