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Hey all, I'm new to the forum site, I've recently found out that these are pretty helpful when it comes to doing things on your own versus running to the shop or dealer every time you have a problem. Anyway my battery is dead, and the trunk can't open, my key won't turn when I tried manually. I've tried a couple other options far as giving the car a little juice, so that I can open the trunk from the inside, but they haven't worked.Suggestions I got from other forums on XJ's but newer models i.e. using the positive terminal under the hood (looks like a bold with a red ring on it) and grounding with the chassis, fail! or using the fuse panel under the back seat with the black wire as the positive,and grounding with the brackets, fail! I was wondering would buying one of those 12 volt battery chargers help? Just for enough juice to power the inside of the car? Without messing anything up electronically. Feedback would be greatly appreciated!
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I used a battery charger and placed the positive cable on the large bolt under the hood by the brake booster, then grounded the negative cable to the block. This worked great. I dont remember but I think there is a pic on this site showing the exact location, this problem happens to all of us.
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This is the safe way. Do NOT attempt to start the vehicle with a charger connected like this. Only use it to get power to open the luggage compartment lid. (cap arrowed in red):
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Just to possibly complicate matters, if you have tripped the valet switch inside the armrest centre console, then the boot/trunk won't open with the key, if it's the green headed valet key that you happen to be using. You must use the regular black headed key or the fob. This will be the case, regardless of power or no power.
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Also size isn't alays directly relate to battery output as some batteries are physically smaller than others with the same grunt. Battery technology has moved on a bit since the mid 1990's.
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Wow, I really appreciate all the quick response and feed back from everyone. To Doug I tried what you suggested and that worked very well, within a minute, and SoGood I'm definitely going to check that out I believe that could be the problem I have with the trunk not opening with the key. To GGG i'll get right on that now, Thanks to all once again!
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