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Are you sure that you are using the correct key?
Did you recently separate/divorce from your partner/spouse?
Did the ex-spouse have the car "rekeyed", so that the "old" keys no longer work?
Contact the dealer - there has to be a way - what do they do when they have a dead battery and have to get into the engine compartment? Check Google out for the problem?
right hand side of trunk
On the 2001 models, Remove the floor pan in the boot then lift the panel on the right. The battery is situated underneath along with fuses & relay switches.
If you can't open the trunk with the dead battery, then go to the hood, then you'll see a power point to hook a charger or jumper battery that will light the interior up for the trunk and the lock motor will open up.c
With a rarchet, extension and socket remove the bolts holding the latch to the core support and the hood will open. The cable usually just fell off. reattach or replace as needed.
The cheapest way to get around this and get enough voltage into the system to open the hood is to purchase a cigarette lighter extension (about 3 feet) and cut off the female plug on the end. Strip the 2 wires back a few inches and attach one to the positive and the other to the negative on a set of jumper cables. Attach the other end of the negative jumper to a battery. With the keyless entry in hand, touch the positive cable to the positive terminal on the battery and press the unlock button until you hear the car doors click. Once it clicks, you should be able to use the hood latch to gain access to the battery.
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