Emergency Unlock Question
The wife called from work today to tell me that she couldn't unlock the car. Turns out she left the lights on so the battery was dead. I ran her through the Emergency Unlock procedure but no joy. Tried it myself when I got there on both front doors but nothing happened. Original factory master key & my Ilco copy. I'm guessing that this is a mechanical unlock since there is no power?? If so how could it not work??
Ended up jacking up the car, crawling underneath & attaching the positive jumper cable side to the starter hot. This worked after I got a good ground on the tranny case. I'd prefer not to go through that again so any thoughts on why the emergency procedure wouldn't work would be appreciated as I'd like to get it working again.
90 535im
02 R1100S, 87 R100S
76 R90/S,73 R75/5
Alfa Romeos- 65 Giulia Spider Veloce
& 66 Duetto 1600 Spider