dead locked car wont open
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xedan
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i brought a 2.5 touring last week the car had been sat for 6 months with a flat battery the car was dead locked ive opened the car with the key but only the drivers door unlocked and the rest is dead locked so i cannot open it even from the inside im not sure whats wrong anyone got any ideas
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magpie
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is the battery charged up yet ?

m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
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Captain_Birdseye
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charge it up and fiddle around a bit. If the keyhole feels really stiff on the driver's side put some wd40 in the keyhole and catch and leave overnight, try again in the morning.
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xedan
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ive fitted a brand new battery and ive had a bit of a fiddle but still nothing i will try wd40 and see how i get on
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magpie
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try opening the boot with the key ,it sounds like the central locking is on the blink.
can you hear any motors moving from drivers door or the boot lid ?
can you hear any motors moving from drivers door or the boot lid ?

m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
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Brianmoooore
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Earthing/grounding the green/blue and green/black briefly on an E30, Will. It's later BMW stuff that needs a 12 volt + pulse.willnz wrote:
You can try to open the front/rear manually by appying a 12v supply briefly to the green/blue and green/black wires from the C/L unit.
When you get the locking ECU out, the first test I'd do is to unplug it, and connect a 12 volt bulb of at least 21W (indicator or brake light bulb) between the red/black and brown wires.
If it lights at full brightness, then the red/black wire mod. is unlikely to help, although it should be done anyway for long term reliability. If it doesn't light, then check fuse 27 and do the mod.
