JellyBelly
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I know this has been discussed in the past but posting again to see what others are planning (if anything ) to do.
I was thinking of getting a small charging pack to jump the frunk and the 12V battery, and keep it in the trunk or glove box. But if the 12V battery dies when it is parked and locked and NOT at home - there would be no way to open the doors to get into the trunk or glove box. If at home, the charging pack can be in the house but outside of the home - what are the options - I am not seeing any other than calling AAA or get a jump somehow to the frunk and then jump the 12V battery.
I am asking now because of a situation a few days ago - my older teenager who is at school few hours away decided to drive home at 3 AM and found that the ICE car does not do anything nor open doors. Called me, and I walked through how to get the metal key out of the key fob and open the door. I thought perhaps the key fob battery died - after some drama of even figuring out where the metal key fits in, the said teenager failed to open the door. I drove the couple of hours to their school and figured out how to open the doors and then realized that car battery is dead. But because we were able to some how get in, opening the hood and jump starting was not an issue.
This episode made me think about the Mach E and what would have been my options in that situation other than jumping from another helpful person or AAA and my backup 12V battery pack would be of no use.
Any thoughts from experienced or inexperienced folks here?
I was thinking of getting a small charging pack to jump the frunk and the 12V battery, and keep it in the trunk or glove box. But if the 12V battery dies when it is parked and locked and NOT at home - there would be no way to open the doors to get into the trunk or glove box. If at home, the charging pack can be in the house but outside of the home - what are the options - I am not seeing any other than calling AAA or get a jump somehow to the frunk and then jump the 12V battery.
I am asking now because of a situation a few days ago - my older teenager who is at school few hours away decided to drive home at 3 AM and found that the ICE car does not do anything nor open doors. Called me, and I walked through how to get the metal key out of the key fob and open the door. I thought perhaps the key fob battery died - after some drama of even figuring out where the metal key fits in, the said teenager failed to open the door. I drove the couple of hours to their school and figured out how to open the doors and then realized that car battery is dead. But because we were able to some how get in, opening the hood and jump starting was not an issue.
This episode made me think about the Mach E and what would have been my options in that situation other than jumping from another helpful person or AAA and my backup 12V battery pack would be of no use.
Any thoughts from experienced or inexperienced folks here?
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