Bill Devlin

My 2005 corvette's battery went dead while sitting in the garage. I can not open the door or hood, and I do not have the key that open's the back trunk. A lock smith came and could not get it open either. Any suggestions?

signed: Nice January weather and can't go riding in NC!

adam205348

I think you would have to talk to a dealership and have them cut you a key which I think they can based off your VIN to be able to unlock your trunk. Good Luck

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johnodrake

Dealership can cut the key. Some members have also had success with jacking the passenger side of the car and jumping the battery from the starter.

'VETTE PHASE

If I'm not mistaken, I read on here that someone took a taillight out and connected another battery to the taillight wires. It was enough to open the trunk or the door.

sheesnaz

Yes, I have taken the tail light out and connected a battery to the leads, the dealership can tell you the positive and negative side. Mine was actually parked at the airport and I didn't have the key on me, but I did have a USB cable which I cut the ends off of, then stripped the cable and took four wires to make two, because of the small gauge wire I was working with. The button on the back of the car would not open the hatch, but the remote would. Once I acomplished this with only minimal tools, I think, I found a butter knife, and a jump box from the parking attendant, and I found a bit for a tool set that was straight but was able to make it work. Lucky for me though the dealer was open still and able to tell me the positive and negative on the tail light

'VETTE PHASE

Yep, that's the story. I remember the part about the airport.

It's too bad that USB is only 5 volts DC, that would have been a great story if you had cut the end off of the USB cable and attached it to the taillight wires and opened the trunk using your laptop battery.

Mad*Max

quite ingenious

Driftns2k

Thanks for your help. I was in the same situation so I gave it a try. It worked!!! Hooked it up to my bike battery with speaker wire I had lying around. People in the parking garage prob thought I was a thief tho... Lol

The longer process was trying to charge the battery and jump the car with a wr250 dirt bike!

cclive

If it's in your garage, get under and hook up a battery charger using the starter terminal as the + and charge the battery up. Eventually, take your registration to a dealer and they can cut an expensive metal key from the VIN. Then take that key to a good hardware store and get it copied for $3 each.

Fly1ngfinn

It is hard to see the starter cables from below. I figured that the two thick cables must be plus (red) and minus (blue) and connected battery charger to those. I got power and could open the doors. First thing I did was take the key from the glove box and put it to a safe place. Thanks for the tip, saved a lot of money.

Itshakes

Does this mean that a stranger could do the same thing and get into the car without a key??

HK770

obviously if it will work for you, it will for him. He still can't start car, is the only good thing I see.

luck

Danno1985

Wouldn't this hypothetical stranger still require your FOB to get in?

EVRose

Right. All this does is supply power to the car so the door will open due to a dead battery. It isn't some secret door opening trick. Without the fob this little trick is useless.
BTW, nice 6 1/2 year old thread.

timd38

All I can say is, not if, been when, you will lock you FOB and key in your when you leave the FOB and key in the car when you leave it parked.

owc6

5 seconds and a broken window is so much more likely to work for a thief. Grab what he can, and call it a day! This method requires too much work, for a common thief.

EVRose

This method is about supplying power to a car with a dead battery. That's it. If a thief tries to open the door it won't open weather its locked or the battery is dead.

2008 Corvette

When storing your car inside for however long why not just pop the hood open before storage ? Connections are under there.

HOXXOH

Is the third resurrection of a 9 year old thread a C6 record?