Although we generally try to be attentive, sometimes we forget to turn off our low beam lights, a flashing light, or leave the radio on. Sadly, if this is your circumstance, you may end up in the morning with your Jeep Liberty running out of battery and the central locking system no longer working. In any other case you should be able to open it quite easily with your key, but this is not always the circumstance. In this article we are going to check out how to open a Jeep Liberty with a dead battery? To do this, first of all we are going to find out how to open the trunk of your motor vehicle with a dead battery, then how to open the bonnet and, finally, how to open a Jeep Liberty with a dead battery.

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How to open the trunk of a Jeep Liberty with a dead battery?

So let’s begin our article with the opening of your Jeep Liberty trunk with a dead battery . Obviously, if you do not have any more battery you will regrettably not be able to use the centralized locking of your motor vehicle, on certain series, the key will not be enough either to open your doors manually. In this case, one of the just solutions to access the interior of your Jeep Liberty, open your bonnet, and change or recharge your battery, will be to go through the trunk. To accomplish this, you will have to verify if your Jeep Liberty is equipped with the “hidden” trunk lock, some finishes and some years are not designed with it. Put yourself in front of your trunk, and look around the handle of the trunk, you should discover a small trap door behind which hides the mechanical lock in which you will be able to insert and turn your key. Once this is performed, you will be able to open the trunk of your Jeep Liberty with a dead battery and access the interior of your car and open your hood . If you are unable to fold down the rear seat of your Jeep Liberty, do not think twice to consult our article which will describe how to do this.

How to open the bonnet of a Jeep Liberty with a dead battery?

Second possibility to open your Jeep Liberty hood with a dead battery . As you cannot access the passenger compartment of your motor vehicle, you will have just one remedy to open the bonnet of your Jeep Liberty, you will have to, lift the car, possibly remove the front bumper of the car and identify the cables of the bonnet lock. Once located, you will be able to activate them to unlock the hood of your Jeep Liberty and have access to your battery.

How do I open the door of a Jeep Liberty with a dead battery?

Now, we’re really going to focus on opening the door of your Jeep Liberty which has no more battery . Here are the 3 most traditional techniques that will save you from having to call a breakdown service and save you money.

Open the door of your Jeep Liberty with the key

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First remedy, it may seem to be obvious, but to open your Jeep Liberty which has no more electricity, the key will be your best ally. You will most frequently have at least, a mechanical lock on the driver’s door of your motor vehicle, on some models you will have a second one on the passenger’s side. You have probably already located and tried to open your Jeep Liberty through these locks, but remember that some locks work a little differently. To open the door of your Jeep Liberty that has no more battery, you will have to turn the key in the lock and simultaneously try to pull the door handle . Repeat this operation if it doesn’t work on the first door on the second one, if it still doesn’t work, go to the next step of this article.

Try to recharge the battery of your Jeep Liberty

This solution is not feasible on all Jeep Liberty, in fact, for you to be able to realize this approach you must either, be able to access the trunk of your Jeep Liberty and have a cigarette lighter plug in it or be able to put on candles your Jeep Liberty and access the electrical cables through the motor shoe of it. .

Whichever remedy you choose, you will need to strip or unplug the cables and connect a battery charger or pliers to transfer power from another car.

Break a window of your Jeep Liberty

Last but not least, but not the most practical or least expensive remedy, you can break a window to open your Jeep Liberty with a dead battery. Obviously, this remedy will force you to pay the franchise for breaking the glass or buy a window yourself and mount it , but it has the advantage of being efficient. Nevertheless, take into consideration your insurance before you action, and read your contract, and choose carefully the glass you want to break because generally the smallest windows are more expensive and more difficult to install than the largest ones.

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