The key to my 2006 Ford Mondeo wont open the hood for some reason… This is particularly bad due to the battery being dead after not being used for a few months. Anyone have any tips to fix this problem? (If its possible to fix) Additional information would be that the key fob usually works around 40% of the time so i resorted to using the manual key mostly, but now the manual key does not turn in the door either, so i’m pretty much hoping that the key fob will work if i want to use my car. Rather not go to a mechanic, broke student
Perhaps issue with the electronic lock? Maybe its locked in an emergency mode or something due to me using the manual key so much?
Are you calling the luggage compartment lid a “hood” or is this the lid that covers the engine? This is a predominantly a US site and your car’s name is not for American models. A “hood” for us is the engine cover. Boot-lid might me your term for the luggage compartment lid.
If you are referring to the luggage compartment cover as a “hood” then your car should have a pull-tag in the truck to open it from the inside. If the car has fold-down rear seats, you can reach it from there.
OR you could open the engine cover and attach a jump pack to the battery terminals. That will power up the car’s electrics so you can use the fob or the in-car button. You will either need to get into the car from the door - get some lock lubricant from a hardware store - and lube the lock and work the key a bit until it opens…. Or climb under the nose of the car to see if you can reach the hood latch and pop it open by hand. This works if you are calling the engine cover “hood” too.
