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Flat battery - locked out - BROKE key

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Not used the car for a couple of weeks.

Insurance coming to collect it to fix it in the morning.

Battery flat.

Can't get in.

Tried the blade key - wouldn't open - tried some extra leverage - snapped the key.

Still locked out.

What do i do?

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and I can only find one of the keys.

 

I am so paranoid after having the car stolen with the key a couple of years ago that I can't remember the 'safe place' I put the spare

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Hurrah!

 

Found the spare key at last!

Got into car 1st try.

Weird

 

 

Do i have to take the battery out to charge it or can I hook up a charger while it's in situ?

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OK so hooked up a battery charger....alarm went off REALLY quietly - responded to key fob alarm off button...now to wait to see if it'll hold charge....I'll try it about midnight I reckon.

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I'm wondering if I only got 1 key blade that matches my door barrel after it was stolen ?

The 2 keys do look the same but perhaps they're subtley different?

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1 minute ago, Twigman said:

I'm wondering if I only got 1 key blade that matches my door barrel after it was stolen ?

The 2 keys do look the same but perhaps they're subtley different?

Good point and most probably accurate

 

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Anyone know any good car theft forums or car thieves, someones got to have a trick! Like folding the wing mirrors in and out in a certain sequence 😂😂 but the battery charger trick should sort it

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Just checked on the battery.....it's at 12.7V - is that enough? I want to go to bed!  LOL

 

The battery is still in the car but disconnected.

if it were out completely I'd just leave it overnight and refit it in the morning...but it's not.

i've an extension lead trailing from the garage across the drive and the bonnet is open....hmmmm

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you're right

 

I took the battery out and left it charging on the garage floor......

 

at least then i won't be waking up the whole street when I reconnect it and the alarm goes off again!

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Had no choice.

With the battery in the car, as soon as the battery was holding enough charge, the alarm went off - properly.

This car is a stupid design.

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Didn't have a good day yesterday did you Twigman lol?

After my battery deterioated it did the same and just went nuts, the car alarm would go off quietly and there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop it other than remove the battery terminals. That only happens when the battery is completely shot.

That happened at 11pm in winter too. :rolleyes:

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7 hours ago, Church said:

What i would dislike in disconnecting battery - it will clear ecu's learnt fuel trims. Clock & headunit settings reset seems non important to me.

They come back pretty quickly though, so not a big issue. 

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all sorted - apart from 1 broken key...will try epoxy

car works

 

now sitting and waiting for the accident repair people to come and take it away.

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