jdexter

I've looked everywhere, so help me out. Battery is dead, tried to jump from the red fuse, can't get anything to work. Pulled both front wheel liners to look for emergency release pull cord. I can not find it. What do I do now?!?

AP328

What year is your Boxster?

jdexter

2001. It's my sister in laws. Long story short it's been parked for 3 years. I'm here for the weekend trying to help her get it moving.

dr914

maybe put a battery charger into the cigarette lighter an let it charge the (probably bad) battery a bit and you may have enough to power the hood release, also make sure that the car is unlocked, if enough juice by the key fob

lmnsblu355

Use jumper cables from another car to the red contact in the fuse box. Make sure you have a good ground. A jumper box wont work. Let the car fast idle and you should be able to activate the hood release.

jdexter

No dice.
Just to give you an idea of what I'm dealing with...

spark1

If the battery was already reaching its service life before it was parked for the three years, you may not be able to generate the amps needed to turn the motor over, let alone start it. Some batteries even reverse polarity after time. Try a new battery

jdexter

Maybe I have not be clear. I can't get the front hood to open. There is no way to get any electricity to the switch as far as I can tell. I pulled apart the car trying to find the emergency release, but it is nowhere. Does anyone have any bright ideas.

Starter986

Spark... the dude's battery is dead... he's tried near everything... he can't get into the frunk... and you're suggesting he install a new battery?

jdexter

So the answer is, you can remove the bumper without opening the hood. On my turbo that is not possible. So for anyone else who wants to know. Just pull off the front bumper and you're done.

spark1

MikeFocke has a great Boxster site. Take a look at this:

https://sites.google.com/site/mikefo...rbatteryisdead

jdexter

So the answer is, you can remove the bumper without opening the hood. On my turbo that is not possible. So for anyone else who wants to know. Just pull off the front bumper and you're done.

Starter986

I don't have a turbo, and I can't remove my bumper without opening the hood.

ffs

jdexter

Lets just say I didn't follow the instructions. No permanent visual damage done.

NuttyProfessor

Glad you found a conventional solution. I would think we all could learn a lesson from this. That is, put the manual release cable in an accessible location. I've read where people are so afraid of getting their cars stolen, they wrap the cable up and put in a location in the bumper area that's near about impossible to find.