I am waiting for the call out mechanic to tell me I have a dead main battery in a seven month old vehicle . The car won't start and the alarm has been going since 2am.[The neighbours love me!] The main problem apart from the previous is that there is NO way I can discover how to lock the rear tailgate when the battery is low ?????
2003 Forester Central locking /Alarm problems
Jul 17, 2004
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You sure that there's no keyhole in the tailgate? Seems like a strange thing to omit from a new car, but who knows.
-Matt
There is no tailgate key hole on the '03 Forester. Only key hole is on driver's door - otherwise no other key holes. No problem if you use remote but dead battery would be a problem. Frank
You gotta be kidding me... Oh man, maybe GM is having more stupidity influence than I originally thought.
If I had a new Forester, I'd probably invest in one of those standalone jump starting battery packs, just in case.
Is it just me or is the auto industry as a whole moving toward a "...in a perfect world" scenario, where they design things as if nothing will ever go wrong? I was just hearing about some new Ford transmissions that are supposedly designed so that the fluid stays in there for the life of the vehicle - no changes.
It is funny. I had a '98 Forester with key locks on drivers and passengers doors and tail gate. Car was totaled and my '03 is as described. What was funny on the '98 was that key would not work on drivers lock. I never used it but always used remote. If the dead battery situation were to happen today with a similar lock problem, I could not get in car ;) Frank
The Nissan Altimas are also like this...no trunk opening with a key. Either with the electronic key or from inside.
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