DrKW59 Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 31 minutes ago, andygo said: As I mentioned in my first post, the passenger window had dropped about 6or 7 inches, allowing judicious poking\tweaking with a broom handle, just tried the sequencing of lock-in/unlocking as advised in a recent link....nope didn’t work... Ah ... now that’s a bugger ... the BoXa collective needs to consider ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygo Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Whoo Hoo, got a result! Popped the roof through the passenger window which gave me a couple of inches of room at the leading edge of the drivers window. Wedged the roof up with a rolled up towel which gave me another inch. I have some tough ally flat bar, about 25mm x 3mm which i drilled 3 holes in and cable tied the key to at the end. I was able to manouver the key into the lock and turned the ignition on. I then went round to the passenger side and lowered the window and did a Nascar style entry into the car. removed the key from the bar and started engine. Getting better......... Pressed the central unlock button and doors unlocked but no joy using key fob. Pressed the unlock lock part on the keyfob whilst it was in the ignition, light on centre of dashboard flashed. Took key out and BINGO! Utter result! Thanks for your help guys, appreciated. Was getting a bit worried, $$$$$$$$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat haggis Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Glad you got it sorted mate its Amazing what a faulty battery can do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKW59 Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Brilliant result! Top marks for tenacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygo Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Thanks guys, just hope there is no parasitic battery drain! I think I'll leave it on charge overnight and see what happens... I was just lucky the window was down 6 ins or I don't know how i would have sorted it. Still a very weird issue all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobbie Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 That must have been quite a relief, good work with the aly bar and tie wraps, proper engineering solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin innes Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 On 09/12/2017 at 1:22 PM, andygo said: Whoo Hoo, got a result! Popped the roof through the passenger window which gave me a couple of inches of room at the leading edge of the drivers window. Wedged the roof up with a rolled up towel which gave me another inch. I have some tough ally flat bar, about 25mm x 3mm which i drilled 3 holes in and cable tied the key to at the end. I was able to manouver the key into the lock and turned the ignition on. I then went round to the passenger side and lowered the window and did a Nascar style entry into the car. removed the key from the bar and started engine. Getting better......... Pressed the central unlock button and doors unlocked but no joy using key fob. Pressed the unlock lock part on the keyfob whilst it was in the ignition, light on centre of dashboard flashed. Took key out and BINGO! Utter result! Thanks for your help guys, appreciated. Was getting a bit worried, $$$$$$$$$. hi andy go can you use the key to unlock the doors mechanically cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygo Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 You should be able to unlock the door manually, but on my car I couldn’t. I think the lock is faulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Now get your wheel arch cable re-routed and tested! (and check for a tracker with a dead battery!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygo Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Battery drain is pretty much zero. I have put the car in dry storage with car unlocked, window open, bonnet open and a battery maintainer hooked up. Think I'll be ok I reckon it was duff battery and then me confusing the alarm module with battery disconnects/funny loads etc. Should be ticketty boo from now. Such a shame it's parked up for the winter, miss driving it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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