Help :( flat battery

[GentlemanJacko]

Gone to get in truck this morning and the battery is totally flat , can't open the doors ? Any ideas how to get in it do I can jump start it ?

 

[emjaybee]

Gone to get in truck this morning and the battery is totally flat , can't open the doors ? Any ideas how to get in it do I can jump start it ?

Use the key?

:nenau

 

[macabethiel]

Use the key?

:nenau

You might need to squirt some WD40 in the key slot if you have not used it for a while !

 

[rustic]

If you cannot use the door key for some reason, I have never tried this but... if you can remove the lower cover, can you get a crock clip on the main 12 volt feed from the battery to the starter solenoid ?
if so, you might be able to attach a battery charger.

:thumb2

 

[GentlemanJacko]

Centrol locking wouldn't work with the battery being flat, so lock wouldn't open with the Key. Called out Recovery. When he got there the battery had slightly recharged so the door opened with the fob. He jump started it. Turns out when we came back from Shap on Sunday , leoni (the dosey girlfriend) left Christmas presents in there. Without my knowledge went to get them and left the bloody internal lights on :doh I noticed them on still after recovery had left and she came clean :clap

 

[emjaybee]

Glad you're sorted bloke.

The key should still operate the drivers door lock though, even if there were no battery connected. The drivers door has a manual operation.

You might want to look into that in case of a recurrence.

:thumb2

 

[jims-terrano]

Lucky escape finding the reason why the battery is flat. As others have said thouh the key lock on the drivers door should still work. Give it a soaking with wd40 or plusgas, then key turning back and forth with the key. The key lock is totally mechanical nothing electric as such to open the one door.

 

[GentlemanJacko]

Yeah I thought it should work too. I'll take a look at that. Maybe it's never been used so seized or something. I'll get the wd40 on it !