let me break it down for the techs or wise benz enthuasist i have 1999 CLK430 and all of sudden the trunk wont open (not with the IR key or the release in the car). wats worse is ive lost the valet hard key. my cars battery is dead. so no power i cant open the door to even address the issue. i can get the door open with a window wedge. but the battery is still in a broken trunk. how do i jump the car to START w/ no access. can i achieve engine turnover from the hood terminals? PUH PUH PUH PLEASE HELP ME...

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If your battery is dead but you can get in the car, pop the hood and there are terminals you can hook at positive to. Then you can pop the trunk. Follow this thread.

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w208...lp-please.html

 

There is a thread somewhere I can't seem to find but it tells you how you can get into your trunk if your battery is dead and can't get in.

The closet I found was this...

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ht=clk+battery

Hope that can aid you a bit, if there are others on here that know the thread, post up more for the guy.

 

the trunk is broken though. worked the day before thanksgiving and wasnt working the following morning. so im totally relying on the hood terminals when i get in the car tomorrow morning but im still unsure if thats enough to jump start it. i usually go straight to the battery...

 

thanx for making the efforts to help. kudos

 

Any more bright ideas folks?

 

Try this - hope it helps - let me know if it works - as I have a problem with the boot lock but my battery is ok - found and saved it just in case

 

If I read your post correctly, you can get into the car. Pop the hood...looking at the engine, on the top right hand side (near the fire wall), there is a plastic cover hiding the + jumper post. When you hook a jumper to it (and - to a ground) you should be able to start car and/or pop the trunk.

 

I haven't tried this at all - I just saved it - just in case I run into this problem.

It was from a UK forum so the cars are right hand drive so not sure it reverse everything or in the same place?

Sorry

 

i appreciate ur efforts and i saved the pdf file. thanx a mill for the help