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Car Forum / BMW Cars / August 20081990 535i.. battery dead, can't open doors !
OK, I bet there is a simple way to open the doors when the battery is dead.. anyone know how? I have the window down about 2", tried a coat hanger pulling up on the lock.. no-go.. seems like it's being held down. Thanks for any comments. Scott > OK, I bet there is a simple way to open the doors when the battery is > dead.. > anyone know how? > > I have the window down about 2", tried a coat hanger pulling up on the > lock.. no-go.. seems like it's being held down. IIRC: Put the key in the driver's side lock. Pull up on the handle, then turn the key. FloydR >OK, I bet there is a simple way to open the doors when the battery is dead.. >anyone know how? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Thanks for any comments. The driver's door lock is mechanically actuated, you should be able to open it with the key. If that fails, the hood latch can be opened from the front grill and then you can connect a charged battery to operate the electricals and start the car. There's a suitable connector in the left side of the firewall. Neither worked.. on the drivers door. The hood opens from the windshield side, how does it open from the front? The key, in any front door, or the trunk, does not work any lock. Other ideas? Thanks Scott > >OK, I bet there is a simple way to open the doors when the battery is dead.. > >anyone know how? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > can connect a charged battery to operate the electricals and start the car. > There's a suitable connector in the left side of the firewall. >Neither worked.. on the drivers door. The hood opens from the windshield >side, how does it open from the front? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >car. >> There's a suitable connector in the left side of the firewall. Seems that in older models of E34 you must pull the door latch to allow the key to actuate, try both front doors. For sure in my '94 E34 you can open any lock with a flat battery. Regarding the hood latch I have seen it beig opened with a bent caot hanger from the front grill, the latch is there, actuated by a cable. Other option is to jack up the car and connect a battery to starter motor's positive terminal and chassis for the negative pole. >Other option is to jack up the car and connect a battery to starter motor's >positive terminal and chassis for the negative pole. By the way, never apply electricity while lying below the car because if connected incorrectly the starter motor can rotate and the car drop from the supports. Connect the cables without power and only when safely away from the car connect a battery to them. > OK, I bet there is a simple way to open the doors when the battery is > dead.. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Scott 1. Try the master key in the driver's door. On older models this is where German drivers would sit i.e. on the left or 2. You should be able to open the boot mechanically, insert key and rotate anti-clockwise. There may be some resistance to go past "un deadlocked" as I doubt the lock has ever been used. 3. Once you get the boot open charge the battery either directly (if it is in the boot) or via the boot light - set the charger to low current otherwise you might blow the fuse. Have you tried turning the key that lets you unlock the trunk? The battery is in the trunk. > OK, I bet there is a simple way to open the doors when the battery is > dead.. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Scott The battery is under the back seat.. not in the trunk. I will try both front doors, lifting the handle, to see if this works. Since the hood opens from the windshield side, the hood latch must be near the windshield, not in the front of the car. I will see if I can see it, but I don't think so. sc > Have you tried turning the key that lets you unlock the trunk? The battery > is in the trunk. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > Scott On my 3 different 3 Series cars, the doors can be opened by the key even then the battery is dead. The door lock mechanism is operated manualy by the key, which then operates the remaining doors electrically -- assuming the battery works. > The battery is under the back seat.. not in the trunk. I will try both > front [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> > >> > Scott Let's see.. it's not a 3 series.. it does not work that way.. and the battery was dead... thanks for the response. sc > On my 3 different 3 Series cars, the doors can be opened by the key even > then the battery is dead. The door lock mechanism is operated manualy by the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >> > > >> > Scott Apparently (according to several others), you turn the key, hold it, and lift the handle all at the same time. This allows you to open the doors manually when the battery dies. The first thing you have to understand is, the car MUST be able to be opened, even if the battery is dead, since the battery lives inside the car behind the locks that are inoperative when the battery dies. > Let's see.. it's not a 3 series.. it does not work that way.. and the > battery was dead... thanks for the response. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Scott >Apparently (according to several others), In other words, you were again blubbering cluelessly, Jeffy. >>Apparently (according to several others), > >In other words, you were again blubbering cluelessly, Jeffy. Give it a f.cking break, fer chrissakes. Your beef with Jeff is pretty damned old and tired now. Take it to e-mail with him, or hunt him down and kill him or whatever it is that will satisfy you. Spare the rest of us from it, please...  SignatureDan. >>>Apparently (according to several others), >> >>In other words, you were again blubbering cluelessly, Jeffy. I wasn't blubbering at all. I said the doors open with the key, and I was right -- as several others said the same thing. OK, here's what worked.. I took a coat hanger, made a loop around the end so it would fit over the 'push-down' lock, and with the key turned to the open position, I pulled up on the lock.. this worked. W/O the key over to the 'open' position, I could not lift up the door lock... Charging the battery now.. sc > OK, I bet there is a simple way to open the doors when the battery is dead.. > anyone know how? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Scott > OK, here's what worked.. I took a coat hanger, made a loop around the end so > it would fit over the 'push-down' lock, and with the key turned to the open [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > I have the window down about 2", tried a coat hanger pulling up on the > > lock.. no-go.. seems like it's being held down. Thanks! When the battery in my 90 535i, 5spd, 118K miles, died, I too was stranded. However, I followed the direction above, "Put the key in the driver's side lock. Pull up on the handle, then turn the key" and that worked for me. Nevertheless, its good to have a second option! Wow, then this should have worked for me.. not sure why it did not.. sc > > OK, here's what worked.. I took a coat hanger, made a loop around the end so > > it would fit over the 'push-down' lock, and with the key turned to the open [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > turn the key" and that worked for me. Nevertheless, its good to have a > second option! |
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