How to open car or hood manually, when battery is completely dead!

[destro]

Originally Posted by boggart

If there is no keyhole in the door handle, you could open the trunk, release the seats, and crawl thru.

People with 300's and Magnums used to replace the driver door handle with one from the passenger side for looks, this is the method they had to employ.

Yeah, I'd rather just use the key and open the door.

Guys in the truck community "shave" door handles ( not just them ) and have no handles on the outside of the truck. Actuator pops the door open.

Maybe someone rented the car and need a Sonata door lock, so they stole it and replaced it with the handle. LMAO.

[Partner]

Originally Posted by boggart

If there is no keyhole in the door handle, you could open the trunk, release the seats, and crawl thru.

People with 300's and Magnums used to replace the driver door handle with one from the passenger side for looks, this is the method they had to employ.

The problem with this is that the alarm will sound when you open the trunk with a key. What was Hyundai thinking when they did this. Was it too expensive to tie this lock into the alarm cutoff.

[jglopic]

It could be worse. On Ford Expeditions, you can open the power liftgate from the remote. Except that the liftgate function doesn't deactivate the alarm. Can't tell you how many times I have set of the alarm on my wife's Expedition by using the freaking key fob!

[boggart]

Originally Posted by Partner

The problem with this is that the alarm will sound when you open the trunk with a key. What was Hyundai thinking when they did this. Was it too expensive to tie this lock into the alarm cutoff.

Shouldn't go off if the battery is so dead you can't unlock the door...

[Partner]

Originally Posted by boggart

Shouldn't go off if the battery is so dead you can't unlock the door...

Good Point!