Thursday, November 24, 2011

How do i open my central locking wen the car battery is flat and no keyholes on the doors?

Change or recharge the battery. Just a couple of hours should be enough to get you in.|||If your car has been 'de locked' so there really aren't any keyholes, and your certain that it's a flat battery, then you should be able to fiddle the bonnet open by working through the grille to get to the battery. If not, you could possibly get to the starter motor from under the car %26amp; use a battery %26amp; jump leads to supply voltage to the main cable between battery %26amp; starter to allow you to unlock the car, but DON'T mess about with this method unless you're confident that you know what you're doing.|||Ideally you should re-charge the battery but you probably won't be able to open the bonnet so that will not be possible.





Have a look and see if there is a keyhole in the tailgate or boot. Sometimes you can get in that way and then open the bonnet to get at the battery.





If that doesn't work then call the AA or RAC. If it's a new car then they often come with a year or two of free membership. If it's under guarantee then call the dealer. Otherwise I'm afraid that you'll have to get a main dealer out to do the job or you risk some expensive damage if your cheap locksmith doesn't know exactly what they're doing.|||That sounds similar to the Rolls Royce with the hood welded shut. They had to do sparkplug changes from underneath. If you can't get the hood open from outside, I would have a cigarette lighter installed somewhere on the underside but accessible. Get a battery charger that plugs into it. Better yet, sell it and buy a car with good old fashioned key locks. Newer is not necessarily better.|||Sounds highly unusual. Are you sure there isn't a keyhole on the boot ( trunk or whatever)?





Sometimes the manufacturer hides the keyhole behind a badge, or a piece of chrome trim.





I do find this situation unusual though. If you can't get into the car how do you know the battery is flat?





More to the point, are you sure it isn't the battery in your KEY which is flat?|||"The left-hand side door can be locked or unlocked with the door key when the vehicle's battery is dead".


It goes on to tell you to carefully remove the side protection cap on the left hand door handle by inserting the key in the cap's base-slot and prising it off ; insert key in cylinder and turn %26amp; turn it towards the rear.|||There is a hidden keyhole. The left-hand side door can be locked or unlocked with the door key when the vehicle's battery is dead, just like the Megane Neil mentions..





Carefully remove the side protection cap on the left hand door handle by inserting the key in the cap's base-slot and prising it off ; insert key in cylinder and turn it towards the rear.|||Are you sure there are no keyholes?


My Renault M茅gane has no visible keyholes, but there is one, hidden behind a cover on the rear edge of the front left-hand door handle.


Have a closer look - you might find you have something similar.|||good question...ask the car manufacturer or a dealer where the car was bought. My car has a fob and keyholes. (except for the trunk and that can be opened from inside the car.)|||all car makers devise a way of entering a car in such circumstances...same as a broke bonnet cable,they know how to get in..contact a forum re the bonnet release cable,once its up stick some jump leads on and open the car...|||You can usually get in through the boot.|||call the r a c.|||Find a chav,problem solved.|||With great difficulty.... strange that you have no key holes, not very sensible!!|||Through the boot if it has folding seats that you can get to go down from the boot side.





I am amazed if there is not a key hole somewhere on the drivers door - is there not one behind a little cover on the handle somewhere?





The dealer that sells the car type may be a good place to get an idea how they would do it





EDIT - looks like you will have to break it and make sure battery never goes flat again

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