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Anyone ever had a battery so dead the starter won’t make a sound and the hood won’t open?
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:46 am
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:46 am
Came back from vacation and left the dash cam plugged in. Car won’t turn or make a noise and now the key is stuck in the ignition.
The hood won’t even pop. Got a roadside guy coming to help. I suspect the culprit is the dash cam which I forgot to unplug. Unfortunately it still sucks battery even when the car is off. A whole week or so of it draining battery and my car right now is basically a cinderblock.
Hopefully when they jack the hood open I don’t find out my entire engine got stripped
the wheels are still on it though and all the interior electronics are still there so I think they would have tried to snag those first.
The hood won’t even pop. Got a roadside guy coming to help. I suspect the culprit is the dash cam which I forgot to unplug. Unfortunately it still sucks battery even when the car is off. A whole week or so of it draining battery and my car right now is basically a cinderblock.
Hopefully when they jack the hood open I don’t find out my entire engine got stripped
the wheels are still on it though and all the interior electronics are still there so I think they would have tried to snag those first. This post was edited on 11/30/20 at 8:47 am
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Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:48 am to jlovel7
Why is the key stuck in the ignition?
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:48 am to jlovel7
quote:What kind of vehicle do you have???
The hood won’t even pop
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:48 am to jlovel7
The hood? What car is this? Hood should be mechanical release.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:49 am to jlovel7
A hood not opening when a battery dies is the dumbest fricking thing in the history of vehicles.
What the frick kind of car is this?
What the frick kind of car is this?
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:50 am to jlovel7
This is like the gas cap not opening if the car is out of gas.
The tire valves not accepting air when the tires are low.
The windshield wipers being disabled when they get wet.
The tire valves not accepting air when the tires are low.
The windshield wipers being disabled when they get wet.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:51 am to LEASTBAY
It’s a 2008 equinox.
Eta: I’m yanking on the release and the hood just isn’t popping. Like almost all modern cars it pops an inch or so then there’s a manual release under the hood itself. But I can’t even get it to do the initial pop.
Eta: I’m yanking on the release and the hood just isn’t popping. Like almost all modern cars it pops an inch or so then there’s a manual release under the hood itself. But I can’t even get it to do the initial pop.
This post was edited on 11/30/20 at 8:52 am
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:51 am to jlovel7
.....the hood won’t open?
That’s a mechanical lock...has nothing to do with battery. Have you ever opened the hood of a car?
That’s a mechanical lock...has nothing to do with battery. Have you ever opened the hood of a car?
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:51 am to jlovel7
Did the dash cam severe your hood latch cable?
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:51 am to CatfishJohn
Exactly. I'm gonna guess the OP is wrong. The hood not being able to pop cant be related to the battery being dead.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:51 am to CatfishJohn
quote:
A hood not opening when a battery dies is the dumbest fricking thing in the history of vehicles.
Unless the battery is under the back seat. Still dumbest thing though.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:52 am to Fe_Mike
I've had an issue where I had to adjust the cable for the hood. It just wouldn't fully release but you could get it open with a pocket knife or screwdriver.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:53 am to CatfishJohn
quote:
A hood not opening when a battery dies is the dumbest fricking thing in the history of vehicles.
this would make for a great example of "Keep it Simple Stupid" in an undergraduate engineering course
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:53 am to jlovel7
quote:
I’m yanking on the release and the hood just isn’t popping.
Have somebody pull up on the hood while you pull the release lever.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:53 am to BHM
quote:
Unless the battery is under the back seat. Still dumbest thing though.
Fair enough, my wife's beamer had this actually.
I was assuming his battery was in the front because he tried to open the hood. If so, it's like the car engineers were playing a practical joke on consumers.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:53 am to jlovel7
Dead battery means the hood won't open?!
When soy inadvertently outs itself: Today, on the OT.
When soy inadvertently outs itself: Today, on the OT.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:53 am to Ross
quote:
A hood not opening when a battery dies is the dumbest fricking thing in the history of vehicles.
this would make for a great example of "Keep it Simple Stupid" in an undergraduate engineering course
It's a Chevy Equinox though. The battery is not keeping the hood closed in that car.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:54 am to TigerstuckinMS
quote:
When soy inadvertently outs itself: Today, on the OT.
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:54 am to jlovel7
Ask your husband to help you
Posted on 11/30/20 at 8:55 am to jlovel7
quote:
Eta: I’m yanking on the release and the hood just isn’t popping. Like almost all modern cars it pops an inch or so then there’s a manual release under the hood itself. But I can’t even get it to do the initial pop.
Then you have a separate issue related to you hood latch cable. It's still not related to the battery.
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