A friend of mine just bought a 2000 Vet.(6 speed standard) and he thinks he may have left a light on in the car or something like that and the battery went dead. He has only had the car for a week and now cannot get into it as it seems like the key lock on the door is not working also. If you lift the handle and turn the key you can feel it kind of catching but nothing is happening. He thought the battery on the remote start was dead so he changed it also to no avail. We tried synchronizing it but that also didn't work thus making us believe a dead battery. My question is what is the proper procedure of opening the door with the key. Do you lift the handel and then turn key?? Also is there a way of opening the hood to get at battery. I read somewhere about some spots by windshield wiper , but this was for older cars so I don't know if there is anywhere on this car to do that. Thanks in advance for ant Info.
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18 years ago