Originally Posted by cmac2012

Thanks for that, your information was timely and spot on. Looking at the timestamp, right about when you wrote it he found the owners manual which was really helpful. In addition to that, he actually got someone on the phone at the dealership (6 pm no less) who told him it was in the spot accessed through the trunk behind the backseat that you refer to.

He did have a small auxiliary battery on hand, he found info in a search that pointed that direction, 4 or 5 inches long, maybe 3" square, and a video showing how to remove it from behind the pop off panel between the door and the instrument cluster. I removed that, there was no battery in there.

When we pulled off the panel in the trunk behind the backseat, OMG, there was a large battery on the right side, maybe 16 inches wide, and the voltage was zip, nada.

I wrestled it out, and another miracle, he took it down to O'Reilly's about 10 minutes away, and they actually had the exact unit on the shelf! $275 large.

I put it in and the car started up sweet as you please. It only has 30k on the odo, it's a nice car.