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ed325i
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Post Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:31 pm

Hi, I have got a touring that was locked and then has been standing for some time and the battery has gone flat. I have now put a new battery on and the drivers door has unlocked but all the other doors are still on dead lock so I can't even pull the pins up. Has anyone got any ideas on how to open them and get it working again.

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Post Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:39 pm

Lock and then unlock the drivers door. This should unlock the other doors (if the C/L works that is)
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Post Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:16 pm

Yer I did that and nothing happed.

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Post Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:51 pm

ed325i wrote:Yer I did that and nothing happed.

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Then you'd better dig the locking ECU out from the side of the driver's footwell, unplug the ECU, and identify the blue and black wires.
Apply 12V to these wires. One way around will set the deadlocks, the other way around will unset them.
Then you can start worrying about why they didn't unlock as Smithy318i says.
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Post Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:04 pm

ed325i wrote:Hi, I have got a touring that was locked and then has been standing for some time and the battery has gone flat. I have now put a new battery on and the drivers door has unlocked but all the other doors are still on dead lock so I can't even pull the pins up. Has anyone got any ideas on how to open them and get it working again.

ED
i have exactly the same problem mate

mine was crashed and it worked for about 4 days after
then just randomly stopped working and wouldnt
open from the inside or outside

the right side of my car opens fine but the left is just fcuked

im baffled mate! :? :? :?