Dead battery, locked out, emergency

charger440 · Aug 2, 2009

Sunday morning and I am locked out of my GT, with the following situation:

Dead battery
Have the keys
Key will not open door
Key and handle will not open front trunk lid
Owners manual is inside the car

WHAT TO DO?

Any help appreciated, as I am locked out and stranded.

Thanks

shelbyelite · Aug 2, 2009

Key should open door, it's just difficult . To open, put it in the door, push in on the door and you will have to use extra force to turn it. Careful not to bend or break the key.
Also, the key should work in you side fender release for the front bonnet unless it's been changed out for some reason

charger440 · Aug 2, 2009

Thanks, will try the door. (Bonnet function not working

DWR46 · Aug 2, 2009

Shelby is correct, turn the key counterclockwise in the door and push in hard on the door itself.

pe2unia · Aug 2, 2009

charger440 said:
Thanks, will try the door. (Bonnet function not working

When using the key to open the front trunk you will need to: turn the key, lift the lever up (keep it held up), and lift up on the trunk.

shelbyelite · Aug 2, 2009

Also, as for the front bonnet, put the key in the driver front fender hole, turn key. While key is turned, pull out lever. HOLD the lever out while you lift up the front bonnet.

pe2unia · Aug 2, 2009

shelbyelite said:
Also, as for the front bonnet, put the key in the driver front fender hole, turn key. While key is turned, pull out lever. HOLD the lever out while you lift up the front bonnet.

Beat you to it Shelby:biggrin

shelbyelite · Aug 2, 2009

pe2unia said:
Beat you to it Shelby:biggrin

No, we both posted it at the same time, but your user name alphabetically comes before mine so it put you first......

and consider I'm typing all this on my I-phone

roketman · Aug 2, 2009

sounds like a dog fight

pe2unia · Aug 2, 2009

shelbyelite said:
No, we both posted it at the same time, but your user name alphabetically comes before mine so it put you first......

and consider I'm typing all this on my I-phone

You "DA MAN"!!! :eek

shelbyelite · Aug 2, 2009

roketman said:
sounds like a dog fight

Not sure pe2unia appreciates you calling him a dog.......

Woof woof!

pe2unia · Aug 2, 2009

shelbyelite said:
Not sure pe2unia appreciates you calling him a dog.......

Woof woof!

It's OK my wife calls me a dog all of the time:lol

Kayvan · Aug 2, 2009

Turn key Counterclockwise.

It still may start; I had this happen 2 years ago, after 6 weeks of no use in winter 2007 (still using battery).

Key fob didnt work, but manual key worked.

Drive it today 3 hours and put it on charger.

Folks, keep the charger on if you are going two weekends without use, esp. if you are in yr. 3-4 on OEM battery.

Nardo GT · Aug 2, 2009

shelbyelite said:
No, we both posted it at the same time, but your user name alphabetically comes before mine so it put you first......

and consider I'm typing all this on my I-phone

They have I-Phones in AK? :banana

Empty Pockets · Aug 2, 2009

pe2unia said:
Beat you to it Shelby:biggrin

shelbyelite said:
No, we both posted it at the same time, but your user name alphabetically comes before mine so it put you first......

and consider I'm typing all this on my I-phone

pe2unia said:
You "DA MAN"!!! :eek

Well, 'glad to see the "Alpha poster" has been determined w/o bloodshed! :lol

...but the question is: Has access been gained to a certain someone's GT yet?

charger440 · Aug 2, 2009

Thanks

Thanks for the guidance. I did get the door open with no problems (I did not know to turn the key counter clockwise far enough prior to getting your good advise). The mechanical opening of the "trunk" lid is not working, seems like the cable must have somehow disconnected (bad combo with no power....). I am now charging the battery through the inside lighter power outlet. (I may have to use a stronger charger than the stock one that is meant for maintenance charging). I need to charge it to the point where the remote trunk opener on the key fob works. If not successful, is there a third way of opening the trunk lid?

Thanks again.

fjpikul · Aug 2, 2009

There is an old post here on how to do it, but you won't like it. Need to take wheel off and pull fender liner to get at cable.

Empty Pockets · Aug 2, 2009

charger440 said:
. If not successful, is there a third way of opening the trunk lid?

Thanks again.

Yes! THE JAWS OF LIFE!

The "boot" should open when the battery is 'up' a bit...

Shadowman · Aug 2, 2009

Empty Pockets said:
Yes! THE JAWS OF LIFE!

The "boot" should open when the battery is 'up' a bit...

A gricken ugly method ..... but effective; wow !!! LOl

Shadowman

Luke Warmwater · Aug 3, 2009

Why would a battery go dead after a couple weeks of not running? What is draining it? I've parked my race truck for a couple months with no issues at all starting using a single Optima.

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