I'm out of state until June for work. My friend is watching my h3. She went to start it and nothing. Key is stuck in the ignition. I have looked through threads but no real answers. If I can't get her to figure this out... I'll have a key there until June or have to spend $900 flying out to figure out something to do. Battery is 1.5 years old. I never had this happen. I should have disconnected the battery while I was gone not have her start it up every week. Lesson learned. But will charging the battery be better or worse? Does anyone have a concrete solution? Steering wheel isn't locked. It's not that wait 10 min and it'll start thing either. The battery is dead.

 

not too clear?, but if my batt was dead , id charge it,start the car and take a long ride. then drive it routinely.

 

Not sure if it's actually dead. My h3 likes to play dead sometimes... the key can't be removed from the ignition. The alarm still works. :/

 

A dead battery will lock the key in the ignition. Also, even with a new fully charged battery you need to run your Hummer every 7-10 days or the battery will go dead. It's a known problem. I have installed a battery cut out switch in mine so when I go away on vacation I can cut the battery out and keep it from going dead while I'm away. Frequently I go away on business travel for 2-3 weeks at a time and after returning to my Hummer in the airport parking lot and finding the battery dead on two occasions I installed the cut out switch. Fast, easy fix.
I'd have her charge it up, start it and run it a bit, then park it and remove the positive battery terminal for now.

 

Might help if you understood what a "dead battery" is. Not like a fuel tank where half full is good. You need 12.3-12.6 volts to run it, 12.0 volts is DEAD, useless. Might get a light to come on, dash to illuminate, but dead as a doorknob.

If you jump it, the key can be removed, if you have an old school 12 volt charger/booster it can be removed.

Charge you battery, and keep it charged with a battery tender plus........ best little chargers you can find, and they maintenance float in storage.

 

negative cable huh...

 

My cut out is on the positive. Works just fine.

 

Ah It was my fault the battery died I never had any problem with the 10 days But ill keep it in mind thank you .

 

Who keeps pulling up all these fossils?

 

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