How to unlock the car with key if the 12V battery is dead?

[cove3]

The manual on page 333 discusses emergency unlocking with the key (I presume because the 12V battery is dead.) But it shows a slot below the driver door lock sensor, but I can't see it on my car.

How do you get in the car to unlock the hood to be able to charge the 12V battery?

Ron

 

[jack8trades]

The door handle has a cap at it's rear that you pry off to access the key slot. There is a slot at the bottom of the cap -- use the key to pry it up while pulling the door handle to allow the cap to pop off. It can be a bit difficult the first time, and the cap won't come off unless you lift the door handle.

 

[cove3]

Many thanks. Very subtle and not very clearly illustrated in the manual unless you know exactly what to look for. I never would have found it and in addition I was mentally associating the slot with the sensor for unlocking the car.

Hope I never have to use it.

Ron

 

[tdkman2]

Ah. Okay. Thanks for the explanation on removing the cap to access the key slot.

Similarly, I couldn't figure out where/how to insert the key based on what I read in the manual...until I did a search on here.