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I'm going to be leaving the car for a few weeks, and so need to disconnect the battery. Presumably I can open the bonnet, lock the car and disconnect the battery. But there's a snag. Without the battery, how do I unlock the car to release the bonnet? There doesn't seem to be a mechanical lock. And leaving the bonnet ajar isn't a good idea - someone might close it!

Grateful for any suggestions.

See page 287 of the manual

Thank you.

Sadly, the printed manual I got with the car only has 251 pages.

I downloaded a pdf of the manual, but sadly page 287 concerns itself with the replacement of wiper blades.

But there is something on P285 which looks useful, and I will try that.

It was page 287 on the manual I downloaded.

Rather than disconnecting the battery why not fit a solar trickle charger.

It's going to be indoors.

Thank you for pointing me to the manual - altho it wasn't quite on the page you gave me, it was close.

I tried what they suggested.

The cover to the manual key is a rather flimsy piece of metal? plastic? which when I tried to open it as suggested in the manual, popped off and shot across the garage. Be wary if you try this at home.

Why do you want to disconnect the battery. I have never done that when I left the car for holiday a few weeks. And I have never had problems.

I may be leaving it for three months or more.

Welcome everyone; I am new to the Forum. WARNING: I have recently had an unfortunate incident with my Skoda Karoq 1.5 DSG Edition right-hand drive (delivered 25-May-2018). I have reported the matter to Skoda and am awaiting a response. I left my cooler connected in the boot over night which flattened the battery (power to the 12V socket does not cease when the ignition is switched off). No problem: I have a set of 'jump leads' in the boot (stowed in the spare wheel compartment) and I know how to open the driver's door with the key. I opened the driver's door but to my surprise none of the other doors or the boot would open; consequently, I could not gain access to the jump leads. This resulted in a call to my breakdown provider. The reader my be wondering why I did not call 'Skoda Help'. Well, the documents with the contact number was, yes you have guessed, in the boot. Never mind, the bonnet catch is mechanical so I will open it ready for the breakdown service. Err no. The bonnet release, located on the passenger side, will not open UNLESS the door can be opened. Next call: dealership where car was obtained. Mechanic advised that I carefully pull the bonnet release catch out from the passenger foot well side panel which should just allow the lever to operate. As the lever is made of brittle plastic, I had firm expectations of the lever breaking. In the event, it didn't and I was able to open the bonnet. The jump start took 30 seconds; the wait for the breakdown 90 minutes + phone calls + rest of the day worrying the car would not re-start for lack of a full charge. I am awaiting advice from SKODA on how to open the bonnet in situations when the passenger door cannot be opened eg parked next to a wall; some other driver has parked so close the door cannot be opened; and of course when there is no power to the door. So think very carefully before disconnecting the battery!!