Help, key wont come out, flat battery

[AinsleyB]

I'm stuck now. Seems my battery is flat. No power, so I couldn't pop the luggage compartment with the door sill switch. So I put the key into the ignition to see if even the ignition lights would come on. They didnt, unsurprisingly. But now the key wont come out of the ignition ?!!

It's on a trickle charger now, but its not showing signs of taking a charge.

I used the pull cable to open the luggage compartment but it broke as I pulled it.

Suns out, life is crap

997.2

[Porsche911R]

You will have to connect a working battery to a point In the fuse box and an earth, google it.

Got my key stuck in my R once it’s a pitta.

[smudger911]

Check your manual, but from memory the 997 can temporarily supplied power thru the fuse panel (red popout fuse?) or the cigarette lighter socket if you have a battery charger with the lighter attachment. this should be enough to pop the boot, remove the key and get access to the battery

[Scrump]

If the battery is very low on charge then the electronically controlled smart trickle chargers often will not start charging as they don’t detect the battery.
You will need to apply power to the car using another battery and jump leads or by using a more old fashioned non smart battery charger which just pumps out the charge.
Jump leads from another battery can be connected to a suitable earth point on the body and to a positive terminal. I know older cars have a positive terminal near the fuse box but I am not sure where it is on your car (I assume it will be mentioned in the handbook).

[Porsche911R]

Scrump said:

If the battery is very low on charge then the electronically controlled smart trickle chargers often will not start charging as they don’t detect the battery.
You will need to apply power to the car using another battery and jump leads or by using a more old fashioned non smart battery charger which just pumps out the charge.
Jump leads from another battery can be connected to a suitable earth point on the body and to a positive terminal. I know older cars have a positive terminal near the fuse box but I am not sure where it is on your car (I assume it will be mentioned in the handbook).

Not sure you are supposed to jump start a modern car, but I forget the reasons why.

The only option in the op case is a working battery connected to the point in the fuse box.

[AinsleyB]

Yup, found the bit in the manual about connecting a battery to the fuse box. Will give that a go when I get the battery out of my wifes car.

Still got the key stuck in the ignition though. I've removed the small plastic blanking plate from the key surround, but can't seem to depress the button underneath to remove it. What am I doing wrong ?

[Scrump]

Porsche911R said:

Not sure you are supposed to jump start a modern car, but I forget the reasons why.

The only option in the op case is a working battery connected to the point in the fuse box.

Maybe my post wasn’t clear. I did not suggest jump starting the car. I suggested using jump leads to provide power to the car to enable the bonnet to be opened. This is what you also suggest in your second paragraph.

[AinsleyB]

OK, connected it up to a power supply (battery charger), depressed the button and removed the key.

Just need to charge it now. Had I known February was going to be like a mild summer, Id not have SORN'ed it.