On Thursday I was in a waiting room at a medical facility, and one gentleman received a call, and conveyed the situation to the rest of us.
There had been an "Electrical System Warning Light" on in his vehicle, a 2009 Acura, for a few days, and the vehicle had just died, as his wife was driving over to pick him up from his appointment.
She was unable to unlock the doors (PDL, I'm sure) or roll down her
window, and the 4-way flashers (hazard lights) did not work.
The police stopped to tell her that she couldn't park where she was, and she replied, through the glass, that the vehicle was dead and she couldn't get out. The police officer was unable to help her get out.
A tow truck arrived, and the operator was able to get the driver to pop the hood, and hooked up jumper cables.
With cables in place, the driver was able to unlock the door, and was planning to ride with the tow truck operator to the Acura dealership.
My wife and I gave the gentleman a ride to the dealership.
He was a very funny guy - early 70s, jolly, and quite profane. His phone (with a loud quack for a ringtone) rang on the way, and he dismissed a telephone solicitor quite colourfully and obscenely.
Anyway, all this to say, I was very skeptical that a dead battery could trap someone in a car. Can't you simply unlock the door manually, and then open it with the inside release per usual? I suspect operator error, but could be wrong.
Thoughts?
There had been an "Electrical System Warning Light" on in his vehicle, a 2009 Acura, for a few days, and the vehicle had just died, as his wife was driving over to pick him up from his appointment.
She was unable to unlock the doors (PDL, I'm sure) or roll down her
window, and the 4-way flashers (hazard lights) did not work.
The police stopped to tell her that she couldn't park where she was, and she replied, through the glass, that the vehicle was dead and she couldn't get out. The police officer was unable to help her get out.
A tow truck arrived, and the operator was able to get the driver to pop the hood, and hooked up jumper cables.
With cables in place, the driver was able to unlock the door, and was planning to ride with the tow truck operator to the Acura dealership.
My wife and I gave the gentleman a ride to the dealership.
He was a very funny guy - early 70s, jolly, and quite profane. His phone (with a loud quack for a ringtone) rang on the way, and he dismissed a telephone solicitor quite colourfully and obscenely.
Anyway, all this to say, I was very skeptical that a dead battery could trap someone in a car. Can't you simply unlock the door manually, and then open it with the inside release per usual? I suspect operator error, but could be wrong.
Thoughts?
