Opening bonnet

[M A C]

Hi
I hope somebody can help. Alarm just gone off because battery gone flat,can't get the bonnet open as battery flat. Is there a manual opener ?.Car is late 996 cab
Thanks

[FisiP1]

Nothing on the floor/inner sill to the right of the drivers seat(assuming you can get in)?

Otherwise I don't know sorry.

[fioran0]

there should be a connection point in the fuse box for a positive jump lead. Negative to the door lock on the chassis.
Just hook up a spare battery or another car.

There's also a positive terminal lug in the engine bay if the switch for this opens it. It's on the right hand side under a black plastic flip cover.

There is a manual opener. It's a wire and can be fished out from under the headlight. Look in your manual. It's a pita to get hooked out though

[M A C]

fioran0 said:

there should be a connection point in the fuse box for a positive jump lead. Negative to the door lock on the chassis.
Just hook up a spare battery or another car.

There's also a positive terminal lug in the engine bay if the switch for this opens it. It's on the right hand side under a black plastic flip cover.

There is a manual opener. It's a wire and can be fished out from under the headlight. Look in your manual. It's a pita to get hooked out though

Hi
Thanks only problem is handbook and charger both in front bonnet. Engine bay switch will open.
Is the negative just put on the door lock in the inside of the door rebate?

[fioran0]

Gotcha.
negative to anything metal directly on the chassis. The striker for the door lock is nice and easy (the piece bolted to the B pillar, not the lock inside the door itself). If you aren't going to start the car, only get power you can attach earth/negative to the engine itself too.
Just flip the lid on the positive connection cover, it should reveal a terminal that looks kind of like a bolt. Positive terminal lead goes here.

Edited by fioran0 on Sunday 23 December 00:48

[M A C]

[quote=fioran0]Gotcha.
negative to anything metal directly on the chassis. The striker for the door lock is nice and easy (the piece bolted to the B pillar, not the lock inside the door itself). If you aren't going to start the car, only get power you can attach earth/negative to the engine itself too.
Just flip the lid on the positive connection cover, it should reveal a terminal that looks kind of like a bolt. Positive terminal lead goes


Just tried engine bay release switch no power to that either. Is there any where else that the positive can be attached just so I can open the bonnet?

[MajorProblem]

Cigar lighter socket.

[RDM]

M A C]ioran0 said:

Gotcha.
negative to anything metal directly on the chassis. The striker for the door lock is nice and easy (the piece bolted to the B pillar, not the lock inside the door itself). If you aren't going to start the car, only get power you can attach earth/negative to the engine itself too.
Just flip the lid on the positive connection cover, it should reveal a terminal that looks kind of like a bolt. Positive terminal lead goes


Just tried engine bay release switch no power to that either. Is there any where else that the positive can be attached just so I can open the bonnet?

As said before inside the fusebox. Behind the cover where the spoiler manual switch is, red terminal
that pulls out is your positive terminal

[M A C]

RDM said:

As said before inside the fusebox. Behind the cover where the spoiler manual switch is, red terminal
that pulls out is your positive terminal

Thanks will try that now

[edcs]

There's a little booklet behind the fusebox cover telling you how to hook up a charger/another battery/another car to the lug in there and the door latch in my Boxster. Also has all the fuse positions listed e.t.c.

[M A C]

Hi
Been messing about with it on and off for hours and could not get it to open using the door latch. Used a bolt in front of the door hinge and it worked, now on charge. Thanks for help and advice it was invaluable, would never have got it open on my own again thanks

[Bennachie]

Merry Christmas RTFM.

[all2ofme]

He would have if he could OTFB :-)

[Wild Card 911]

On 996´s there is a manual release pullwire concealed in the right hand wheel well. Jack up car, turn steering to full left and unscrew the black inner wheelarch shroud. Behind the radiator matrix there is the pullwire. My son locked the key in the boot when we were on holiday, many, many years ago.

[RDM]

Wild Card 911 said:

On 996´s there is a manual release pullwire concealed in the right hand wheel well. Jack up car, turn steering to full left and unscrew the black inner wheelarch shroud. Behind the radiator matrix there is the pullwire. My son locked the key in the boot when we were on holiday, many, many years ago.

All 996's?, OP appears to have a later model (Post 1999/2000 when the release changed from mechanical
to electrical)

Edited by RDM on Monday 24th December 15:45

Edited by RDM on Monday 24th December 15:46

[FisiP1]

RDM said:

Wild Card 911 said:

On 996´s there is a manual release pullwire concealed in the right hand wheel well. Jack up car, turn steering to full left and unscrew the black inner wheelarch shroud. Behind the radiator matrix there is the pullwire. My son locked the key in the boot when we were on holiday, many, many years ago.

All 996's?, OP appears to have a later model (Post 1999/2000 when the release changed from mechanical
to electrical)

Edited by RDM on Monday 24th December 15:45

Edited by RDM on Monday 24th December 15:46

Do 991s/997s/Caymans have anything like this other than the switch to the right of the drivers seat? Anyone know?

Often wondered what I'd do if I dropped the key in the boot while on holiday(I often forget my second/template key) and closed it by accident(while the car was locked).

[Wild Card 911]

The car in question was a 2002 996 Cabrio.