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How to open a trunk when battery is dead

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Old 07-19-21, 04:31 AM
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Default How to open a trunk when battery is dead

Went to Egypt for 2 weeks
Got back and it's dead
How to open a trunk then?
is it ok to start the car once hooked to another car's battery?
Can it be towed on neutral?
Old 07-19-21, 09:49 AM
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in an RX350?
if you look at the inside of the hatch back door, there is a small carpeted rectangular panel, centered on the door and close to the floor. about 3" x 4" or so. pop that small carpeted door off, and inside there is a manual release for the hatch back door
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you, of course, need to use the manual key on the drivers side door to get inside
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It is rx 400h not rx350
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i am not sure how that matters. your hatch door runs off a 12V battery circuit still. right?
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thanks! will do that
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Originally Posted by biff44
Nice!
Had no idea a manual unlock was there and I had it apart putting in a new back up camera.
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