[Shop-talk] Dead battery question

[Eric Russell]

Some cars have a (possibly hidden?) button to press that allows you to
shift a dead car out of park. Don't know if the Scion has that (our '17
RAV4 does).

EjR

On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 4:37 PM John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:

>
> Hey gang,
>
> Got a simiple question for your all.  But before I start, I want to thank
> the
> manufacturers of all the new cars and the new fangled crap they put
> on them, NOT!
>
> I own a '06 Scion xB and a '12 Scion xB, but I'm pretty sure this applies
> to
> other brands also.
>
> 1. Only the drivers door can be opened with a key
>
> 2. Can't open the rear hatch/trunk as no key latch.
>
> 3. A solenoid to "Lock" the gearshift in Park
>
> So now you have a dead battery.  Wife and I went out yesterday morning to
> get so donuts to ring in the Ney Year with (an long standing tradition in
> my
> family.  Got the donuts and went to go home.  Put the key in the ignition
> and nothing!  Great a dead battery.
>
> I have a jump box, and it's in the back behind the rear seat.  Can't open
> the
> hatch as it's electrical.  So I lay the back seat down and slide in
> and get the
> jump box.  It's deader than a door nail also.  So it's no help.
>
> Not to mention I can't get the car out of part to be able to push the car
> out
> of the parking space due to the electrical solenoid that needs to be
> retracted
> to allow me to move the gear shift lever.
>
> Called my sons (as they were home for Xmas) and they came to get us with
> jumper cables.  We jump the car and start for home.  Get home and go to
> take the battery out of my '06 and up in the wife's '12 so we can drive her
> car around.
>
> Again I want to thank the manufacture for saving me $1 by making the
> wiring harness fit so perfectly and for changing the way and type of
> battery
> used.  We had to turn the battery around because one of the cars the
> positive post ends up closest to the fender, on the other car the negative
> post is closest to the fender.  There is NOT enough give to move the wiring
> harness the 2" to make the connection to the other battery.
>
> I am thinking of taking a "aux" cigarette plug and connecting a 9V battery
> and to pluging that into the "aux" power outlet it to reverse feed
> the car's electrical system?  I don't have an schmetics of the car's
> electrical system.  I
> was hoping that a 9V battery would have enough power to allow you to
> nlock the doors, and possibly get the car out of park.
>
> Has anyone tried this.  I thought I saw something like this
> advertised some years back.
>
> John
>
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>
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Eric Russell
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