[s-cars] Weather related double whammy

[Dave Ellis]

Don't worry about replacing the battery, the ECU will be fine.  You just 
have to enter the security code for the radio (and possibly the cell 
phone in the armrest, if used).

There are a couple of possibilities regarding the hood release.  Most 
likely the hood is frozen.  On my '93 S4 the hood sometimes freezes 
down here in Ottawa, and a little help has to be given for it to open.

If when you pull the hood release handle under the dash the handle 
springs back again, then the hood it probably just frozen a little.  If 
this is the case, just pull the hood release handle until you feel it 
"pop", and then walk around to the front of the car, and gripping the 
grill firmly pull up.  Once the ice gives way that's holding it down, 
the hood should lift a little and the pull tab emerge from the grill 
(though you may have to pull on this also to get it extended fully).

In extreme cases you may need you SO to pull on the hood release handle 
under the dash while you pull up on the grill/front of the hood at the 
same time.

Now if the hood isn't frozen, and when you pull the release handle under 
the dash it doesn't spring back (or feels "loose" and doesn't spring 
back quickly or all the way), then the end "clip" on the cable has 
probably popped off or escaped it's holding ring and you're going to 
have some fun trying to get it open from under the vehicle.

Good luck!

Dave Ellis
'93 S4
Ottawa, Canada


On January 11, 2005 12:53, Rich Dauenhauer wrote:
> Well here in the PacNW weve recieved a blast of Cold
> that has sent less hardy sould scurrying indoors. Have
> had no real problems up till today. After scraping the
> off Ice off of the 95 S6 Avant ...No Start. Dead
> Battery. Not yet being fully consious and confusing
> which car I was driving I reach down and attempt to
> pop the Hood ...2nd Whammy, the hood release dosnt pop
> the Hood! So Ist Q: related to the battery other than
> the Radio codes, is there anything I need to be
> concerned about related to replacing the battery? Will
> the CPU run home to mommy, and be stuck with Limp mode
> till some event? 2nd and more concerning how do I get
> into eng. compartment? Im guessing that my handy work
> when replaceing the S-belt a few months back wasnt so
> handy! But the hood release was operational for
> multiple uses subsequent to that? I looked in the
> Archives for tips, plenty on dead battereys but none
> on opening the hood?
>
> R.