2010 Altima 2.5S. Push-button start (as I imagine most Nissan are by now). The other day, I killed the battery (inadvertently left the ignition switch "on" for a few hours).Jumper cables in the trunk. I tried to open the trunk using the dashboard button, but nothing happened. I guess this must be an electrical switch connected to a solenoid which unlatches the trunk.I didn't try the button the the fob, since I figured if the battery was flat, it wasn't going to work anyway.I eventually folded down the right-rear seat, which let me reach into the trunk to retrieve my jumper cables.Was I missing something obvious? Is there some other way to access the trunk when the battery is flat?JimR

Welcome to the world of "progress" ... 100 years of car design, 1 giantleap backwards. People not being able get into their vehilces because of aflat battery is rather ridiculous, and a great example of bad designmethods and style-over-substance design these days.If the battery on your key fob goes dead, you're totally locked out ofsome cars because they don't have an actual key, just a silly littlebutton on the door that communicates with the fob.The ever-growing over-reliance of electronic gimmickry, especially incars, has always struck me as an idiotic idea. Even the little driver'sseat levers to open the trunk / boot and fuel cap are rather silly (thelever stops working and you can't put fuel in!), but at least you can fixthe lever since you can actually get into the car. Thankfully I have an older car that still uses an actual key for the doorsand trunk, but I also have a car alarm, so I ALWAYS ALWAYS carry a sparebattery and small screwdriver so I can change the battery in the...

Access to trunk with dead battery?

Jul 11, 2012 21 Replies

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petersshaun777 7 years ago

No there is a key that locks into fob I guess it's called

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jay.sony.o1 7 years ago

What if there was a hybrid battery and no way to fold the back seets because of the battery being the whole partition

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