maxgaskell
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hello, could anyone help me? I've managed to lock my keys in my boot..3dr grande punto (07). Anyone know the cheapest and least destructive way to get the keys out?
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Wooohhhooooo I'm not the only idiot to have done this.
Pointless ringing breakdown recovery, because all they'll do is try and lever the door open and lift the handle. After watching the AA for 2 hours and fail the 2 options are as follows.
Ring a lock smith, tell him to try the passengerside door as its easier than the drivers they charge you about £120 including the call out.
Or if your fully comp smash a windon in rage of your stupidity, but with the feeling your not alone, in what you've done.
I would personally break the small little window at the front and then reach in and press the boot unlock/ unlock door button with a long stick or something simular
Does the boot release work with the car locked? I guess someone could try this out first.
I always thought the Fiat lock system was odd; why can’t opening the boot unlock all the doors like other cars? It would only require a change to the software. The lack of an external boot release is annoying too.
In this case the stupidity does not lie with the person who locked their keys in but with Fiat for designing a system where this is possible.
I can confirm that the boot release & unlock button doesn't work when the car is locked using the key. I just tried it now but you can pull the door handles and they still work.Does the boot release work with the car locked? I guess someone could try this out first.
I can confirm that the boot release & unlock button doesn't work when the car is locked using the key. I just tried it now but you can pull the door handles and they still work.
Yeah I thought this would be the case anyway but when I opened the door from the inside, the light on the lock button still flashes and you can't use the boot or unlock/lock buttons still.Neither should work while the car is locked as in theory no-one will be inside. However, IIRC, once the interior handle is pulled and the doors unlock, the Body Computer will wake-up and the buttons should work for a few minutes.
Obviously the interior handles won't work if it's been deadlocked.
From the top of my head, I know the Focus has the same system. And the Volvo S40.