THIS is why the trunk release on the TCH is a cable release.
I saw the question in another thread but forget which one...I was going to make a thread about this incident anyway and it hit me that THIS IS the reason the trunk release is cable released rather than a electronic release.
THE BATTERY IS IN THE TRUNK.
Well my wife has been out of town for 2 weeks and I haven't even been driving our TCH. After dropping her off in CT I parked her car in the garage and it has been there until yesterday when I was taking it in for it's first oil change and a detailing. Well after dropping my car at the dealer...riding my bike 40 min home and jumping in the TCH I pushed the go button AND...........nothing. OH CRAP! Hey dummy remember that dome light you assumed was going to go off....well it did...right after it drained the battery. This is also why the big battery isn't the ONLY battery. So if the release is electronic and you kill the battery...no release...and where is the battery in the TCH? That's right it's in the trunk.
Another thing I found out...you can't move the shifter from PARK when the battery is dead. I was going to roll the car out to the end of our driveway where the UPS guy was going to give me a jump but I couldn't move the car out of the garage. I would up flagging someone down but man was this a learning experience.
I told the service dept what I did and asked them to check it over and make sure I didn't hurt anything...I assume I didn't but we will find out tonight.
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