S40 battery dead. Locked out.

[2001volvos40]

Hi!,
My s40 2001 battery died. Im locked out. I can open trunk, bt cant find a way to pass the seats. (any way through?) I also need help if there is a way to open hood manually so i can jump start my battery!

Thank you!!
Abby.

[Thom12]

Originally Posted by 2001volvos40

Hi!,
My s40 2001 battery died. Im locked out. I can open trunk, bt cant find a way to pass the seats. (any way through?) I also need help if there is a way to open hood manually so i can jump start my battery!

Thank you!!
Abby.

Should be a procedure in the manual for opening the car door if the battery has failed. That would get you into the bonnet.

Sorry can't be of more help, sure someone will be though :-)

[2001volvos40]

My doors are locked, but Thank you anyways!

[sebaveh]

Do you have keys in the hand? Didi you try to unlock door the good old fashioned way, br inserting key into lock? (I couldn't help myself)

Or you can try to reach alternator or starter from underneath and connect jumper cable to plus terminal.

[Thom12]

Originally Posted by sebaveh

Do you have keys in the hand? Didi you try to unlock door the good old fashioned way, br inserting key into lock? (I couldn't help myself)

Or you can try to reach alternator or starter from underneath and connect jumper cable to plus terminal.

haha that's kinda what i was getting at! I'm not sure if the key is like the >04 key though.

:-) Cheers.

[2001volvos40]

Lol! I did try to open the door with my key, but since the battery is dead i cannot open the doors. And since i cannot open the doors, i cannot open the hood
I even tried going in through my trunk, but i cant!

[2001volvos40]

@sebaveh: underneath? How can I do this?

[sebaveh]

Hmm, door lock should still work mechanically, if you put key in and turn it. Unless it got stuck or rusty. Try to apply some WD40 for start. (Amazingly, how we all forget about lock, when we use remote all the time. That is why we should use classic locking every so often, just to keep mechanism from stucking)

Lift up front of the car, remove plastic, and see if you can see alternator or starter. Than pray a god if you can reach to big red cable, to attach jumper cable on it. But you will have to be VERY careful, not to accidently stick it to engine or other ground metal by doing this!

Second and convenient way, is when you have +12V socket in trunk? This one is directly (via fuse) connected to battery. So stick in a wire on the center contact, and other end on jump battery. And connect grounds too.

If you don't have power socket, pull off a part of carpeting by left (or right on RHD cars?) taillight. So you will see connectors for taillights. There should be a 4-pole grey connector. It has yellow wire (not yellow/red!) that goes to battery (via fuse). Then apply +12V on it, so the rest of the car systems should get power back. Just enough to unlock the doors with remote.