Help!! Locked out

[picopro19k78]

Well thanks that worked. Undid the main power lead on the starter and attached a battery charger. Boom the central locking worked. I guess the locks must be frozen as they still won't open maually. Charging the battery now but will overhall the locking mech's when its warmer. Now to tackle the heater matrix core..................... Thanks to all

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

ORIGINAL: robwright ...The key should still unlock the door you stick it in manually. If you an oval dash it won't unlock the boot though...

A small point, made to avoid confusing some owners: Not all oval dash / series two cars have a non-mechanical hatch release. It was only 1989 model year cars onwards (from memory: thisll include a lot of 1988 registered cars too, of course) which had this feature. Equally it will only be these late cars which have the positive connection under the bonnet. Simon

This is probably the most stupid alteration Porsche ever made to a car! Especially now that I actually cannot access WUF where she is parked (someone accidentally closed the boot I'd carefully left open) and I will now have to clear the garage, push the car out, clamber in through to boot (removing luggage as I go) to reconnect the battery lead, hope there is enough charge in the battery to opperate the lock mechanism. Then open the boot to access the battery. If this was any of my other 944s I could have simply opened the boot with the key and replaced the battery! IDIOTS

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: ExAudiSi Don't 944s have an emergency bonnet release accessible from outside like I believe 968s do?

no.... nor does the 968 as far as I know. You might as well leave the key in the lock . The weak access point on the early 944 was the rear hatch and my Lux had several 'jemmy bar' marks to prove it. On later 944's the rear hatch lock was converted to electrical operation presumably to make them more secure. If the 944 or 968 had an emergency bonnet pull it would provide access to the fuse/relay box and DME and probably alarm and immobiliser

 

[JamesO]

A good reason to have a fused cable wired to the battery poked through one on the gromits at the back with a couple of crimps to allow a 12v 7ahr battery or so to be connected (about £15). A bit late now but maybe for next time.

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: DivineE This is probably the most stupid alteration Porsche ever made to a car! Especially now that I actually cannot access WUF where she is parked (someone accidentally closed the boot I'd carefully left open) and I will now have to clear the garage, push the car out, clamber in through to boot (removing luggage as I go) to reconnect the battery lead, hope there is enough charge in the battery to opperate the lock mechanism. Then open the boot to access the battery. If this was any of my other 944s I could have simply opened the boot with the key and replaced the battery! IDIOTS

oops ! someone is not going to get a visit from Santa [][]

 

[pauljmcnulty]

ORIGINAL: ExAudiSi Don't 944s have an emergency bonnet release accessible from outside like I believe 968s do?

No. Isn't this a Boxster thing, so perhaps 986? I seem to remember reading that you only need to put your hand up inside a Boxster wheel arch to open the bonnet? There's no reason to have a seperate bonnet release on a late 944 or 968, as the battery is in the boot. [8|]

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

Was that my picture originally? Oli.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

Was that my picture originally? Oli.

Could be, I don't know where it came from. Do you want me to credit you? [][]

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

Was that my picture originally? Oli.

and a jolly fine tickadiboo picture it is Oli [] I've often wondered what that thing was .....now I know ..thanks[]

 

[zcacogp]

Paul, Copyright: mine, and it looks like it is being abused. Credit, please, and I'll make a nominal charge of 50p per view. Payable to the 'zcacogp Christmas Beer Fund.' Thanks! (Nick, I can't believe you didn't know what that was! You seem so knowledgable about all things 944. Interestingly, that part can cause problems; I have a friend who had a long-running problem with batteries going flat in his 928GTS, and I diagnosed it for him. It turned out that the +12v connection under the bonnet - the same part - had formed a semi-earth, and was draining the battery. Took flippin' ages to find as I wasn't suspecting that part at all. It has a small gasket underneath it, to insulate it from the bodywork, and the gasket had crumbled; replacing it with a bit of thick polythene, trimmed to shape, solved the problem.) Oli.

 

[944 man]

Did it get warm?

 

[zcacogp]

Simon, Yes, but we only noticed this once we had pinpointed it as the cause of the problem. Oli.

 

[944 man]

*nods*

 

[deafasapost]

i'm glad that mine has a boot (cabby) so can access it with the key. my battery is flat as i havnt used it for over 6 weeks and theres no power in the garage where i'm keeping it until i get the keys to my new gaff friday. a battery conditioner is on the cards after that.

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp (Nick, I can't believe you didn't know what that was! You seem so knowledgable about all things 944. Oli.

Actually there is still much I don't know about the 944 Oli . A couple of years ago I took pictures of several objects under my bonnet I wasn't sure about for members to identify and got virtually no response. One of them was the positive charging terminal .! Its the great thing about this forum, we learn from each other.

 

[zcacogp]

Oooh, where's that post! Sounds like an amusing thing to have a go at. Care to resurrect it (or re-post the pictures)? Oli.

 

[944Turbo]

ORIGINAL: DivineE This is probably the most stupid alteration Porsche ever made to a car! Especially now that I actually cannot access WUF where she is parked (someone accidentally closed the boot I'd carefully left open) and I will now have to clear the garage, push the car out, clamber in through to boot (removing luggage as I go) to reconnect the battery lead, hope there is enough charge in the battery to opperate the lock mechanism. Then open the boot to access the battery. If this was any of my other 944s I could have simply opened the boot with the key and replaced the battery! IDIOTS

You could jack up the rear and use dollies to move it back http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/awd1-automotive-wheel-dolly-pair/path/axle-stands-car-ramps-2

 

[barrysmith]

Gentlemen, should you ever have a problem , were you are locked out , a dead battery and you can not get in the car , do not break a window. simply remove the side indicator they only clip in , take the 2 wires off the bulb and attach a battery charger , ( to the wires not the bulb) do make sure you connent the pos and neg the right way round,,,,,,,,,,,,, In 30 mins the car will open with the remote if not right away. then charge the battery in the normal way. All done with no stress or broken window or jacking the car up etc etc REMEMBER NEVER USE A STARTER PACK only a battery charger.. PS put back side indicator with wires attached , THIS WORKS ON 99% of all cars as the indicators are on the hazard lighting , direct to battery side. have a good Xmas to all.

 

[Diver944]

Beautifully simple solution [] Nice one Barry

 

[JamesO]

That is a great tip, I once got locked in an early lux due to an iffy mechanism. Which was amusing for those at the French petrol station, couldn't climb out of the passenger side due to back issues.