urgent help

[wiganhsv]

hiya guys,
Today i tried to start my car (sunday evening) , and its not been started since Fri, on Friday it took a while for the car to turn over, it did that twice. Today i had to pop and when i clicked unlock the door unlocking noise didn't sound right, it was very slow, then i tried to turn it over, and nothing, the only thing that happened is that the screen in the console went a bit mad, white screen flickering. None of the gauges said anything. I took the key out and locked her up the old fashion way, but noticed the screen never went off. I thought id unhook the battery but couldn't open the boot as neither the key fob or the unlock button in the glove box would work.

So

Is this a case of just the battery dying or do you think it may be something more serious

and....

how do you open the boot when neither of the other 2 ways work

Cheers
Iain

[megavxr8]

Hello mate I'm sure they is a yellow handle in the boot behind one of the seats that releases the boot. Might be wrong tho mate.
The other bit does sound like a battery problem and maybe the key fob battery.

[notransistors]

Pull up the rear [driver's side] head rest to find that yellow pull handle. But be verrrrrrry gentle with it.

[jameshsv]

Hope you can get into boot otherwise its a frigging pain.

[badboyburt]

Centre head rest push the button, this will open the centre ski hatch, yellow ring pull inside on the rear of the seats.

[TonyTwoTribes]

My battery died like that. One day all fine no issues. Next morning totally Dead. New battery all good.

[wiganhsv]

cool, ive got some one coming in the morning to fix it so hopefully all will be well

[rich24v]

TonyTwoTribes said:

My battery died like that. One day all fine no issues. Next morning totally Dead. New battery all good.

Same here, I fitted a new battery last week, on 3rd battery in 5 years...

[granjuiceymoose]

badboyburt said:

Centre head rest push the button, this will open the centre ski hatch, yellow ring pull inside on the rear of the seats.

Do VXR8's have access to the boot from within the car ? I always thought that was just an arm rest as opposed to a proper ski hatch........ Intrigued

[badboyburt]

granjuiceymoose said:

badboyburt said:

Centre head rest push the button, this will open the centre ski hatch, yellow ring pull inside on the rear of the seats.

Do VXR8's have access to the boot from within the car ? I always thought that was just an arm rest as opposed to a proper ski hatch........ Intrigued

Yes the release button is under the centre headrest. The centre seat back folds forward.

[pah250]

badboyburt said:

granjuiceymoose said:

badboyburt said:

Centre head rest push the button, this will open the centre ski hatch, yellow ring pull inside on the rear of the seats.

Do VXR8's have access to the boot from within the car ? I always thought that was just an arm rest as opposed to a proper ski hatch........ Intrigued

Yes the release button is under the centre headrest. The centre seat back folds forward.

Very useful when you take a trip to Ikea and purchase a Billy bookcase that is 2 meters in length while flat-packed. With the ski-hatch, you can actually get it all the way in the VXR8 boot, and with one end pushed diagonally all the way through to the front passenger seat, you can then fully shut the boot

[SteveB VXR8]

There is also a button in the glove box, top right near the facia.

[SteveB VXR8]

Sorry see you tried that!

[wiganhsv]

new battery seems to have sorted it, starts so much quicker, 1st time and seems so much better, thanks chaps

[granjuiceymoose]

pah250 said:

badboyburt said:

granjuiceymoose said:

badboyburt said:

Centre head rest push the button, this will open the centre ski hatch, yellow ring pull inside on the rear of the seats.

Do VXR8's have access to the boot from within the car ? I always thought that was just an arm rest as opposed to a proper ski hatch........ Intrigued

Yes the release button is under the centre headrest. The centre seat back folds forward.

Very useful when you take a trip to Ikea and purchase a Billy bookcase that is 2 meters in length while flat-packed. With the ski-hatch, you can actually get it all the way in the VXR8 boot, and with one end pushed diagonally all the way through to the front passenger seat, you can then fully shut the boot

That would help as with the Monaro if I go fishing I've gotta put the rods in the car.