HELP!!!! I'm locked out in a new and annoying way!

[Bezrek]

My Cerb has been left standing for a while and the battery has gone flat. I've done the usual 'secret' entery thing but the b*****d emergency access cable just snapped off! Other than breaking the window is there another way in?

[TT Tim]

You could put a battery through the fuse box to get enough power to open the door, or open the bonnet and do the same. Unfortunately or fortunatly there's a lot of flex in the bonnet.

Good luck

Tim

[TimJM]

I have been fiddling with the wiring in this area or a while trying to track any potential problems that may have caused my last door/window ecu to die.

Anyhow, to open the divers door just connect up the blue/green and blue/orange wires (PIN B3 and B2) from the J47 connector to a battery and it will fire the solenoid and open the door. In my experience you won’t need to get a 12v car battery just a duracell 9v battery will have enough juice to pop the door open. If the solenoid fires but the door doesn’t unlock reverse the wires (it was pushing instead of pulling).

J47 is the smaller (not the big long one) connector going into the door/window ecu that has blue wires in not the same size one with yellow wires in.

Hope this helps.

[FUBAR]

And top tip of the day goes to.......

drum roll.....


TimJM...nice one

[Bezrek]

Nice one Tim.... I'll give that a go straight after work.

[TT Tim]

FUBAR said:

And top tip of the day goes to.......

drum roll.....


TimJM...nice one

Go on then Nick where's '(PIN B3 and B2) from the J47 connector'?

You only discovered where the battery was last year.
























































Only kidding, but I would be very wary if Nick approaches your car with a 9V battery.

Tim

[FUBAR]

Its err, well, its umm, yeah, its hmm, that one?

[TimJM]

Bezrek said:

Nice one Tim.... I'll give that a go straight after work.

No worries - if that doesn't work for any reason let me know, I know a few other ways to get into the car without resorting to breaking things.

Tim.

[mickk]

TimJM said:

No worries - if that doesn't work for any reason let me know, I know a few other ways to get into the car without resorting to breaking things.

Tim.

[Byker28i]

TimJM said:

I have been fiddling with the wiring in this area or a while trying to track any potential problems that may have caused my last door/window ecu to die.

Anyhow, to open the divers door just connect up the blue/green and blue/orange wires (PIN B3 and B2) from the J47 connector to a battery and it will fire the solenoid and open the door. In my experience you won’t need to get a 12v car battery just a duracell 9v battery will have enough juice to pop the door open. If the solenoid fires but the door doesn’t unlock reverse the wires (it was pushing instead of pulling).

J47 is the smaller (not the big long one) connector going into the door/window ecu that has blue wires in not the same size one with yellow wires in.

Hope this helps.

And B4/B5 for the passenger door

[Bezrek]

Well I finally got round to trying it tonight and although I can hear the mech trying to work I think it's going to need a 12v kick. More to follow......

[Ireland]

I'm afraid I can't help with this but for those of us who have our cars in a garage it's advisable to open the bonnet catch when parking it as I've had the battery in mine flatten and had to get in the "secret way".

Now I leave it with the bonnet open so I can power it up via the battery if needed.

Not much use for those who park outside I know.

Oh, and apologies for going a bit off-topic.

[TimJM]

Bezrek said:

Well I finally got round to trying it tonight and although I can hear the mech trying to work I think it's going to need a 12v kick. More to follow......

Just take the power from the black and red wires in the next connector - they are 12v.

[Bezrek]

I'm in!!!! Used a 12v battery of a drill to get the door open. Many thanks for all that assisted....

[TimJM]

Bezrek said:

I'm in!!!! Used a 12v battery of a drill to get the door open. Many thanks for all that assisted....

Cool - it's nice when the advice you give works out.