Ever tried to open the bonnet of a Porsche when the battery is flat? The bonnet lock is electronic, which must be one of the worst design flaws ever on a car.
My brother-in-law has an old Porsche Cayman which suffered a flat battery. There was a way to open the bonnet, but it required getting behind the front inner wheel arch, which proved impossible without removing the wheel.
At work we have a more modern Porsche 911 which suffered the same problem, but in the case of this model you have to jump start the bonnet catch from a compartment of electronics under the dashboard.
Some Renaults have a design fault in the location of the bonnet catch. Rather than being under the dashboard somewhere on the driver side, it's hidden by the passenger door and you can spend ages searching for it. Open the passenger door and it suddenly becomes visible between the door hinges. Why place a bonnet release on the passenger side anyway?
2 comments:
I guess that the bonnet release position is designed for LHD series. My wife’s Peugeot had the release on the LHS as did the Renaults in the fleet at work (in the days that we had them).
You beat me to it, Roger.
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