We all have problems with our motor vehicle at some point, whether it’s because you run out of gas, have a fuse trouble, or your car doesn’t want to start, all these malfunctions usually tend to embarrass us and we are generally incapable to handle them. That’s why we tries its best to help you in front of these concerns, and today we will try to explain you how to lock your Ford C-max with a dead battery? Indeed, if you have no more electric power, you will not have the capacity to use the central locking of your car anymore. We will first describe how to roll up a window of a Ford C-max with a dead battery, and secondly, how to lock the doors of your Ford C-max without battery.

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How to roll up a window from an Ford C-max with a dead battery?

So we will begin our article with the solution to enable you to close your Ford C-max with no power and more precisely the window of this one. Regardless your battery is out of power, or you have removed the battery, you will not have access to the electric controls of your Ford C-max, and therefore no longer have the possibility to close the electric windows of your Ford C-max. Sadly you don’t have many alternatives to enable you to close them, in fact, closing the electric window of a Ford C-max without battery is hopeless , with no power you don’t have the possibility to operate the mechanisms of your window lifter, and even if you remove the trim of your door and try to reassemble the window manually you risk to break the motor of the window lifter of your Ford C-max. If it turns out, on the other hand, the window of your Ford C-max is stuck although you have battery power, please refer to this instruction to get a solution to your trouble. Here are the only two possibilities that we can suggest, even though they are quite logical:

  • Buy a new battery for your Ford C-max and swap it , which will re-power all the electrical organs of the Ford C-max and thus your window lifter mechanisms. If you are looking to disconnect the battery from your Ford C-max, do not think twice to read our guideline to perform this operation.
  • Find a car that has battery power and connect your two batteries with jump start wire to recharge the battery and enable you to close the windows of your Ford C-max

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How to close the doors on a Ford C-max with a dead battery?

And now, we will certainly move on to the part that interests you the more, how to close Ford C-max doors with no power, but this time we will concentrate on the doors of this one. Indeed, your car may be out of battery in front of your house, you managed to open the doors and try to start it, but while waiting to find an alternative you want to ensure that nobody will have the ability to get inside. Sadly, it’s pretty much the same trouble as with the windows of your Ford C-max. Indeed, without power, it will be impossible to activate the door locking mechanisms. In some years you will have a push button on the window frame that you can press manually to close your Ford C-max without power, but this is less and less the case. So we will give you as before the only two alternatives to allow you to close your car without energy:

  • Buy a new battery and install it to close the doors of your Ford C-max, or find one in good condition. But, you will need access to the bonnet to do so
  • Connect your Ford C-max to a running car to transfer energy and recharge your vehicle’s battery. This will at least give you enough power to close the doors of your car. If you have any worries about your battery’s ability to keep the charge. Remember to close the doors of your car while it is still linked to the other car. Once you have achieved this, you can disconnect your battery and close your bonnet

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If you wish more guides on the Ford C-max, go to our Ford C-max category.