All the model years are available if you type in a corresponding VIN.

 

Good to know about the emergency release, I hadn't picked that up, I thought it was just for the brake as that is the case for my Land Rover.

Yes connecting a jump starter to the underhood connections will give you enough power to open the boot/trunk. I have a portable jump starter but the car drained it dead without starting the car. I had to connect another car by jumper leads directly to the battery in the boot and leave it connected for quite a while before I could build up enough charge to start the car.

 

Word of caution - jumping a car with completely dead battery from a cheap portable starter can fry electronics. I strongly recommend boosting from another running car that has operational battery and a running alternator with a working voltage regulator.

 

+1.

 

+1

If you're stranded somewhere, with no jumper cables, or not in a position to hook-up to another running vehicle, you can do it safely by disconnecting the battery cables, and then hooking up your starter. That should quickly put enough charge into the battery to get going, unless the battery is defective and won't accept any charge.

 

underscore: hooking up your starter to the BATTERY.

 

LOL . . . what the heck else would you hook it up to? :-)

 

Straight to the battery cables...with disastrous effect. I've seen people do it.

 

Well now that wouldn't charge a dead battery now would it?

 

Read your first sentence. Some folks aren't as conscientious as you are and don't read the entirety of the instructions.

 

I figured they would read the 2nd sentence which says, "that should quickly put enough charge into the battery to get going." :-)

You know I love a good debate . . . LOL.

 

Don't Vettes use flint and steel rather than batteries to start?

 

I actually had to re-read the passage and I'm not unfamiliar
with boosting vehicles.

As for the starter packs, I wonder if they output voltage in
excess of 15 volts. If not, then I cannot see how hooking it
up in the usual manner parallel to the circuit could result
in any over voltage. Perhaps the risk is in in-rush current,
but circuits only draw as much as they need and no more.

 

Yes, I'm with you, but some manufacturers provide instructions in the owner's manual recommending charging dead batteries disconnected from the car. I remember seeing in a manual for a 2010 Mustang GT.

It's probably not a problem in the vast majority of cases just to slap on the jumper cables and crank, but it's also not a big deal to disconnect a battery cable before hooking up the jumper cables to the battery as an added precaution.

 

A disclaimer: the manual discourages hooking anything up straight to the battery, since the battery gives off hydrogen, etc. as it charges, which could be ignited when you disconnect the cables.


Most people know this, of course, but if you don't know what you're doing.... don't try it. And, good ventilation is your friend.

 

Unfortunately, it doesn't count when we are violently agreeing. lol

 

Sure it does . . . it's even more fun. :-)

 

lol