458 Battery Tender Location

It's designed to run out the door - have a closer look and you will see a little spot for it. However, it's as dumb as it gets

 

I do it out the door as you show it and never had a problem.

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I do window if its for winterizing, leave a little crack and cover over top. Otherwise door for day to day


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Door. You can feel where it sits and the cable doesn't pinch.


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Hi on my 458 i run my ctek cable out through the lower part of the door no signs of it being trapped.

 

Move the cord to the extreme front of the lower passenger door. There is a sweet spot there so when the door is closed it will easily move side ways and back & forth. Initially it is helpful to push the cordage totally forward with door partially opened, holding the cord forward shut the door. Should move back & forth with no binding.

 

I found that it pinches the cord when trying to put it under the door, so I've been putting it through the window. Maybe I'll try again to see if I could find a spot where it doesn't pinch.

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login I know this is an old thread, but......I've been putting the charger cord through the window but now the window whistles above 60. So, I'm trying to put it where the owner's manual shows it at the extreme forward part of the passenger door, right in the corner. The only way I found I could manage that was to thread the battery attachment socket forward of the door hinges with the door open. Then as the door closes I seem to able to slide it into that corner with no pressure on it. Has anyone else done this? When I tried to slide it forward without going behind the hinges, it wouldn't make it to the corner and would pinch about where agentbb007 shows above. I did not find a groove or channel that looked like it was meant for it. This was the only way I could get it to the corner. Thoughts? (Please excuse how filthy the car is, it's pollen season!) Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

The front few inches of the passenger door is fine. It does not pinch based on my experience.

 

I’ve been using the window as well, because my 2015 458 pinched it when it was at the lower front corner of the door. I will try again, but I’m not hopeful...


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I was able to avoid the pinching and get it all the way into the corner. I slid the part that plugs in under the dash behind, as in forward, of the hinges. When you pull it in to plug it in, the cord drops to that corner. When you close the door it's forward of the door in that corner like the photo in the owner's manual shows. Seems to move freely in that spot. Now I have to address the whistling that I caused by running it through the passenger window!

 

Open the window in your Garage and install the Tender cable thru the Open window.

 

Only if you’re sure no animals can get inside.
“After they’d finished feasting, the raccoons discovered they were stuck inside and began to shred the car’s interior fabric near the window.”

https://katu.com/news/local/raccoons-damage-cars-interior-after-locking-themselves-inside-on-oregon-coast


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I can't use the open window method during pollen season. I like the beige but would end up with a yellow interior. I think the whistling was caused by leaving my window a half inch down for the cord. It kind of indented the weatherstripping in that spot after a while. My plan is to slide some felt padding behind the weatherstripping in that spot to bolster it, drive friskily, avoid prosecution, and see if it still whistles.

 

How do you guys remove the tender cable out the door?
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Lol. That's funny.

 

I have not tried running the primary side of the CTEK through the door gap as in Widebody's photo, but I find that the first (least open) door detent position is where the cable slides easiest into and out of the corner.

 

Just an update. Now that I run the cord through the forward lower corner of the passenger door, the whistling window fixed itself. It definitely did not like having the cord run through the partially open window. Two or three days after I stopped doing that the whistle sealed itself. Side note: Running the cord through that forward lower corner of the door, as pictured in my previous April 2020 post, makes it much easier to use the car cover properly.

 

This may be a stupid question, but is there a similar spot to run the cord out on the driver's door? I can't get to my car right now to check, and it's not really possible to open the passenger door in the garage due to a lack of space. Thanks for the help!

 

Yes, exactly the same spot on the drivers door works fine. I do it often. In one of my garages I have the same issue as you. I leave the tender next to where I park. When I pull in, I open the door and pull the secondary cord across under my legs and plug it in, then get out and slide the cord to the front of the door. plenty of length in the cord to leave the tender on the floor as usual.

 

Anyone else doing just this? Works great for me. Towel keeps the interior clean and preserves that leather aroma. Image Unavailable, Please Login


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I just leave the top down and run an eight foot extension to my CTEK 7002:

I hit the seats with https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F7VKD4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 every month or two to keep the new leather smell.

Rob