If you lift up the boot on the shifter, there's an override button which MIGHT work with a dead battery. Barring that, the best way is to connect a battery charger or another vehicle with jumper cables to it.
By sticking your key in the door lock and turning.
use key to manually unlock. manual unlock will not work.
With another battery connected to the dead one or what a battery charger.
Jump the car from another car battery or hook a charger to the battery.
Turn the key to the run position and then put it on neutral. c.s.
Best to take battery off car to re-charge. If jump started off of engine block power surge can cause costly repair of delicate electronic circuits and computers
At the base of your gear shift, you will see a small flap. Stick a ball point pen into the flap about 2 inches. Press the lever you find. Then the gear will shift.
Dead battery, loose battery cable, failed starter, blown fuse, failed neutral switch,
Dead battery? Loose or corroded battery cables? Bad starter? Bad starter solenoid? Bad neutral Switch?
Can you not turn your ignition key to the RUN position and select the neutral position while holding your foot on the brake pedal ?
Dead battery? Loose or corroded battery cables? Bad starter? Neutral switch? You haven't given enough information, but it could be a dead battery, or any number of other things.
A Rancher ES Should have a lever in the storage compartment to manually shift gears with.