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I think your alarm system is at fault because the triggering of the electrical hood release goes through the alarm control unit. If you got a tiptronic remove fuse #B8 and if you got a manual fuse# C3. Also look at the condition of that fuse. .. Just remove the fuse for 10 seconds and back on...
Thank you for answering.. I really could not believe things were connected..
Though I still have the issue - I have tried pulling the emergency cable multiple times, but no luck, I pull quite a lot and I am afraid to increase the power As I think I risk additional damage...
We have tried putting a little weight on the hood and also the opposite, lifting it up a little - unfortunately no luck neither way..
No the mechanical cable is independent from the electrical system. Have someone lift on the hood as you pull the cable and it should release
Thank you for answering.. I really could not believe things were connected..
Though I still have the issue - I have tried pulling the emergency cable multiple times, but no luck, I pull quite a lot and I am afraid to increase the power As I think I risk additional damage...
We have tried putting a little weight on the hood and also the opposite, lifting it up a little - unfortunately no luck neither way..
Hello, I do have a 987 Cayman S, No power on the battery, and no reaction when clicking the front hood button.. Then I did open up at the front left wheel to unlock the hood using the emergency, but I was not able to release it. I gaveit a fair/hard tug grabbing it with a plier, but unfortunately no luck ...
Can the alarm system block the emergency release??
Mine Cayman S is from 2010/2011 and I did hear that the cable was in the left side (when sitting in the car, and standing in front of the looking into the headlights, then on the right).
I took attached picture illustrating the wire I am pulling.
The wire you are looking for was a a bare silver cable on the older cars, like a thin bicycle brake cable, with a loop on the end. .It looks like later cas have it on the left and the thing you are yanking on it the right piece. Sorry for my confusion.
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Anyone that has experienced a disfunction/flaw with this emergency release of the frunk/ front hood before? I am worried how to get to the battery without damaging the hood..
^ and if its anything like the one on our cars, you can really give it a good pull, it will not break.. and you immediately hear the manual release of the "catch" as it opens.
i long ago re-routed mine tucked and barely visible just under the pass side headlamp so i can ****** it outa there in an instant if i lose power.
Is the latchitself faulty or just a dead battery? When mine goes dead I just hook a battery through the lighter plug. Even with a disconnected ground cable I was able to get enough juice to pop the latch.
Is the latchitself faulty or just a dead battery? When mine goes dead I just hook a battery through the lighter plug. Even with a disconnected ground cable I was able to get enough juice to pop the latch.
that's a good tip ( can i say tip? ). its always a power drain or worst case its the actual pnuematic bulbous thing that actuates the latch once the button or key fob is activated. its an odd part. i replaced mine once and it looked positively proctological
( so i learned today ) i cant say "******" it outa there" here. too many previously bad jokes about pussycats i suppose. ok, enough of my scatalogically verbal *** hah!
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