Car unlocked, Windows Open

Car unlocked, Windows Open

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jimmy156

Original Poster:

3,681 posts

186 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Went to wash my wife's car this morning and pressed the blipper to unlock it. But it was already unlocked.

When i moved around the side of the car i noticed both the windows were half way open. I am assured that it was not left this way by my wife!

Any idea's what could cause this?

Car is a MINI One, i seem to remember some similar (and unnerving!) stories about high end BMW's i London just before they were pinched, but not Boggo MINI's in west sussex villages.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Did someone sit on the key?

Matt172

12,415 posts

243 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Has it got auto open/close windows when you unlock/lock? Bet she pressed the wrong button and unlocked by mistake. Not on a mini but I've done that before because you have to hold the lock button down to fold the mirrors in

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Matt172 said:
Has it got auto open/close windows when you unlock/lock? Bet she pressed the wrong button and unlocked by mistake. Not on a mini but I've done that before because you have to hold the lock button down to fold the mirrors in
Yep, I've doen this a couple of times too. Someone has probably sat on the key or something has rested on the unlock button in a bag, etc.

RobinBanks

17,540 posts

178 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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I used to have a Vauxhall where you could close the windows by holding the lock button on the fob. I also thought it was cool to exit via the window and then close it using the fob, remotely.

One day I failed to close it properly and my expensive new Alpine HU was nicked frown
I stopped being such a dick after that.

jimmy156

Original Poster:

3,681 posts

186 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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I tried pressing all sorts of combinations on the key to make the windows open but couldn't make it happen, its possible the key got pressed by accident to open it, but i don't know how the windows could have got opened. Does anyone know if there is a 'trick' to opening the windows on a MINI with the key?

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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On most cars that I've played with, holding down "unlock" opens the windows.

jimmy156

Original Poster:

3,681 posts

186 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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kambites said:
On most cars that I've played with, holding down "unlock" opens the windows.
Mystery explained! Thanks everyone, feel a bit stupid now: The answer to my question being "eeer, you pressed the key?"hehe

vx220

2,689 posts

233 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Do you have kids?

Toddlers love to play with keys!!!

r11co

6,244 posts

229 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Symbolica said:
Did someone sit on the key?
This, absolutely.

Father did the exact same thing more than the one time with his old S8 - on one occasion overnight! eek

Fortunately the car was still there in the morning, all windows down and a good blast of fresh air through it.

Number 5

2,748 posts

194 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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This happened to my wifes car about a week ago....during the night it pissed it down. Her car was like a swamp inside, i had to leave it running on the drive for whole day with the heating on to dry it out.

muckymotor

2,279 posts

220 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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We had this problem with my wife's Mini, no keys were sat on wink

The battery would also be flat when we tried to start the car. We had BMW assist out to the car each time and they were very good but couldn't locate the fault. After the third or fourth time of finding the car open it was taken away by BMW and they eventually fitted a new ECU of some sort which fixed the problem.

TVR1

5,460 posts

224 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Having sold BMW and Used Minis in total for over 10 years, a regular glitch. The Bangle 7's had a habit of openenig everything at random moments. E46 update 2004 did the same thing. A software update should do the trick.

TVR1

5,460 posts

224 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Having sold BMW and Used Minis in total for over 10 years, a regular glitch. The Bangle 7's had a habit of openenig everything at random moments. E46 update 2004 did the same thing. A software update should do the trick.