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10-09-09, 07:53 PM
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Driver
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: CA
Posts: 170
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Getting into Neutral w/ dead battery
So my car battery is dead and my car is faced-in in my little apartment garage. I can't pop open the hood because there is a shelf above it.
I was told I can put the car in neutral and then push it out. How do I get it into neutral?
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10-09-09, 09:13 PM
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Rookie
2002 Lexus SC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Alberta
Posts: 58
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This is a simple one, at the top left of the shift plate just above the "P" for park there is a little slot, take a small screw driver and insert it into the slot and it will release your park lock and you will be able to shift to neutral! Good luck!
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10-10-09, 03:41 AM
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Lexus Champion
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: VA
Posts: 1,742
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mdpuff
This is a simple one, at the top left of the shift plate just above the "P" for park there is a little slot, take a small screw driver and insert it into the slot and it will release your park lock and you will be able to shift to neutral! Good luck!
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+1, great answer mdpuff 
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10-13-09, 02:41 AM
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Driver
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: CA
Posts: 170
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mdpuff
This is a simple one, at the top left of the shift plate just above the "P" for park there is a little slot, take a small screw driver and insert it into the slot and it will release your park lock and you will be able to shift to neutral! Good luck!
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Forgot to ask...will I still have steering and foot break control? As soon as it will come out of the garage, it's downhill into the street 
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10-13-09, 09:52 AM
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Pole Position
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Arizona
Posts: 289
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter_Klim
Forgot to ask...will I still have steering and foot break control? As soon as it will come out of the garage, it's downhill into the street |
You'll have to have the key in the ignition and turned to the "on" position to free up the steering column lock. You will have neither power steering or power brakes, so you have to muscle it more than if the engine was running, but both will function.
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10-11-09, 11:02 AM
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Driver School Candidate
2005 Lexus SC
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 25
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I have a similar problem, only its opening the trunk with a dead battery?
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10-11-09, 11:04 AM
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Lexus Test Driver
2002 Lexus SC
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NV
Posts: 802
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mpx
I have a similar problem, only its opening the trunk with a dead battery?
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lift up the bottom panel of the center console and you'll find the trunk release.
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10-11-09, 11:47 AM
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Driver School Candidate
2005 Lexus SC
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 25
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thank you very much ....
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10-12-09, 09:45 AM
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Driver
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: CA
Posts: 170
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Thanks guys! I will try it tomorrow! (I'm 3K miles away from home right now!)
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10-13-09, 06:50 PM
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Driver School Candidate
2002 Lexus SC
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: VA
Posts: 24
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PHXSC is dead on. You can also control the downhill by using the emergency brake.
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