Tried the battery at the panel trick. No go. Anyone know where it is?

 

Right side behind plastic liner in wheel well....Front of the wheel....This is a view of the front right side looking forward and you should see a cable loop about where the red arrow is....The second picture is to show you what the cable looks like....

 

mine was under the drivers side headlight!

 

Oups....Mine was on the right side ????

 

i've reset mine so it lays in the crease just below the lamp. too much of a pita to get at it otherwise. all i need in an emergency is a needle nose. all ya see if you look closely enough tucked in is the small noose end lol

i learned this after my frunk latch which is some bizarre electrical component failed. point is? rerouting it so it's accessible more easily isn't such a bad idea.

 

^^ I too re-routed mine to lay in that crease just under the passenger headlight.
Found out the hard way that the alarm goes into sleep mode after 5 days of inactivity. Which also lead me to find out that the door key lock wasn't working (previous owner forgot to put the little rod/lever back into the slot correctly)

 

Thanks guys. Was looking and looking...then found it. :-)

 

I've never had luck with the posts in the fuse box but a plug in the lighter with 12v applied has worked at least 4 times! So glad I solved that issue!

 

front hoodrelease is another weak point, the mechanism sometimes give up, when the hood gets super hot, from sun / this might be offtopic but for people that might search- try to open the hood when the car sits in the garage for few hours, if you cant find the manual release - Had that problem. had to take off the front bumper to find it, it was just laying there. so what i did I left mine hanging behind the fins/ its not visible but i know where to find it if next time i need it, where i dont have to take of the wheel or pop plastics

 

Keep in mind that once you have power attached to the tab in the fuse box, you have to use the key to pop the hood, not the button inside the car. A lot of people think it's not working correctly because of that.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Well ****....I read the key needs to stay in the door.

 

I'm confused as to how the key is used to pop hood?

 

Hold He middle button down until you hear the hood pop open.

 

Oh I see never use that function.