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Can't unlock my car and alarm sounding (quietly) - battery flat?

Andrew Cater

Andrew Cater

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Seem to remember reading about a problem once re unlocking the car when the battery is all but flat but can't remember how to resolve this. My 944s has been stood for weeks, alarm has just started and will not stop, flashing lights very dim and not enough power for fob to disarm/unlock even the boot - how do I get round this!!!
 
If you have electric boot opening then pop the bonnet and on the drivers side in the scuttle area to the right of the heater blower and by the vacuum resevoir there should be a small stud with a blue cap on it. This a charging stud introduced with leccy boot opening. Connect a charger to this and all should be well in the world again. Well at least you should be able to open your boot.
 
Never needed to physically unlock doors or boot before so it was not until now that I discovered key doesn't even fit fully into drivers side lock and turns in boot lid without unlocking (electric motor?) - unlocked passenger door however allowing me to disarm, connect charger and hence solve problem!
 
Yes boot release is electric motor operated in oval dash cars. That's why they introduced the stud under the bonnet for when the battery is flat. Remote locking/unlocking is great (I have it as a feature of my cat 1alarm) but I suggest you tend to that drivers door lock. Glad you are sorted and are now no longer annoying the neighbours fella [:D]
 
Opening the boot without any charge in the battery is a pain if that is what you mean rather than being able to open the car at all, you can climb into the boot remove the carpet near the lock and open the boot manually by turning the lock or pulling on the cable by hand.

If your problem is getting into the car via the doors I have not had this problem as when my battery is out of the car I can still open my doors with the key obviously not centrally but the lock will turn.
 
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