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#1 Bjørge

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Posted 15 March 2018 - 10:03 am

....and it's years since mechanical locks were in use, hence stuck - whaddayado ?

 

I'm afraid I'll have to break a window...  :sorry:

 

Any ideas, anyone ?


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 10:10 am

Put a new battery in the remote ? Google the problem ? Might be a fix for you car.


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 10:21 am

Battery is the most likely. Some remotes can be reset by holding both open and close buttons down together for 20-30 seconds while standing next to the car. Or fill the locks with a releasing agent WD40 or similar. 

If you end up breaking the window there is the possibility you still cant open the door or start the engine.

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Posted 15 March 2018 - 10:56 am

Are you at home - I've had this problem a couple of times and it was due to a radio transmitter nearby overpowering the remote? Once was next to a Police Station, the second time I was at Alexandra Palace - I looked up to the sky for inspiration and saw this f***ing great big transmitter looking down on me....................

 

The AA guy said it's a common problem on Army bases and usually becomes a problem when batteries get weaker. They usually carry a piece of kit that measure the strength of signal from the fob, the last time they identified that my fob was fubared even with a new battery.


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 11:02 am

What car is it?

 

I don't know of any that still doesn't have a manual key, even keyless entry cars use a remote that have a key in the fob that pulls out with a switch or tab.


Edited by Nog, 15 March 2018 - 11:27 am.


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 11:05 am

I thought they all had a hidden manual key, and a hidden keyhole somewhere.  My Volvo has, and my wife's old Renault was the keyless card type - still had a key inside the card.


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 12:20 pm

mines got a key in the fob for this reason.


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Posted 15 March 2018 - 12:23 pm

What motor bjorgey? Might be a real proper key hidden in the pile of crap fob.

If not someone told me that putting key on electric toothbrush charger might give it some zap.... That may have been someone mocking my fear of all electricals though.

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Posted 15 March 2018 - 02:16 pm

A few days ago the remote for my car stopped locking the driver's door altogether. The other doors would lock ok but not the driver's. After spraying WD40 into every orifice without success I took it to the agents who pronounced death on the lock itself and ordered me a new one. When I picked the car up this was the breakdown of the bill...

 

Investigate and report driver's door not locking via key from outside..........£67.50

Replaced driver's door latch motor............................................................£148.50

Cost of Part OSF DOOR LATCH...............................................................£123.21

VAT...............................................................................................................£67.84

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 Total..........................................................................................................£407.05

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Posted 15 March 2018 - 02:49 pm

Thanks , all !

 

It's a 2003 Toyota Corolla Verso. Mechanical locks driver and rear door - both stuck.

The remote/key is of this type (the picture shows a blank, uncut, empty shell): 

 

And - both remotes stopped working simultaneously, so probably not a faulty remote.

 

Yes - need to test more sprays / heating to get in the bl¤¤#@ thing.

 

maybe it needs to be reset (found a description on the web, thanks  cobi)...

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Posted 15 March 2018 - 03:08 pm

I see what you mean, so the mechanical locks are stuck and the remote doesn't work.



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Posted 15 March 2018 - 05:01 pm

Oooopsie .... Summat to do with that drizzling wedder you gots?
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Posted 15 March 2018 - 05:04 pm

Oooopsie .... Summat to do with that drizzling wedder you gots?

 

Hope so :-)

Fear not :-(


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Posted 16 March 2018 - 05:48 am

The mechanical locks are probably sticky from lack of use. Spooge them. De-icer, duck oil, WD 40, graphite powder, hair dryer, compressor etc.

 

If both fobs are not working find the receiver on the car. It, or it's connections, might be covered with some crud or........... demanding money.

 

It would be worth goggling how to take your keys to bits. They may have lint issues.


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Posted 16 March 2018 - 07:37 am

...and the solution was:

1) Hair dryer -> Lock open

2) key in ign lock -> dead

3) Look up - coupé light switch on = daughter w/new driver's license few weeks ago probably left it on at sunday (5 days = thoroughly drained battery) 

4) Need a new battery. Existing one ~5 years, just as good to get a new....

Thanks for all suggestions - allways good to have a list of things to try out when in trouble !


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Posted 16 March 2018 - 08:01 am

Well done bjorgey and no glass shattered. 😄
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Posted 16 March 2018 - 08:37 am

Yeah - but a bit disappointed, too; Looking forward to the following conversation:

- "Car salvation yard"

- "yeah, hi, I need a rear door glass for a Corolla Verso 2003. D'you 'ave it ?"

- "What side ?"

- "Doesn't matter"

- "What ???"

- "it isn't broken yet, I'll choose the cheapest one"

 

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Posted 16 March 2018 - 04:10 pm

Now you need to ask your daughter just what she was doing in the car with the light on last Sunday night!

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Posted 17 March 2018 - 04:38 pm

Yeah - but a bit disappointed, too; Looking forward to the following conversation:

- "Car salvation yard"

- "yeah, hi, I need a rear door glass for a Corolla Verso 2003. D'you 'ave it ?"

- "What side ?"

- "Doesn't matter"

- "What ???"

- "it isn't broken yet, I'll choose the cheapest one"

 

:-)

 

 

That's the spirit !


Now you need to ask your daughter just what she was doing in the car with the light on last Sunday night!

 

 

Or praise her for having the light on. It's when the lights go  out that trouble soon follows ;)


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Posted 18 March 2018 - 10:27 pm

 

Or praise her for having the light on. It's when the lights go  out that trouble soon follows ;)

 

Like when I left my MkI in "Park" on friday and a neighbour tried to warn me on saturday but concluded on sunday that I had already switched lights off  :punishment: so no need to try find me any longer. 

A new battery, that cost....


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