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Freelander marto



Member Since: 27 May 2017
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United Kingdom 2012 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey

Right it is done here is what I did

If you have a roof rack get a piece of ply to put on the rack as you will need it. I could not open the door by pulling the door handle with the broom handle as the steering wheel is right in the way. So plan B duct taped the fob to the nail and tried a few times to get it into it docking port. Fob was only lightly taped to the nail so not to interfere with docking port and to have a little movement. The alarm does go off but when you close the door the alarm stops but indicators continue to flash. Got it into the port a slight push of the stick, radio screen light up the misses pressed the other fob and opened the door. And that was how I got in.




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Post #398891 25th Oct 2020 11:47 am
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CliveS



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Great news, valiant effort at overcoming obstacles Thumbs Up

Post #398892 25th Oct 2020 11:50 am
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davyboy



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Hi, So glad you were able to unlock your car, I was going to try and meet up to assist tomorrow as I’m local again.
Regards
Dave.

Post #398894 25th Oct 2020 11:54 am
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Dave47



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And for my next trick.... Laughing
A big well done mate. Thumbs Up
and a warning to us all...we all need a plan "B"
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ReggiePerrin



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Plan B has to be parking with the driver’s door tight to the garage wall with entry and egress through the pax door Laughing Laughing

Good effort though Freelander Marto... glad your ingenuity got the problem solved without resorting to window smashing etc.

Presumably the cars with dock-less keyfobs don’t present quite the same 'deep sleep' challenge?

Post #398897 25th Oct 2020 12:23 pm
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CliveS



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United Kingdom 2011 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Zermatt Silver

As an aside to this and a lesson to the rest of us, it's always worth checking that your "emergency lock" does actually still work and is not seized up through lack of use.

A quick squirt of WD40 into the lock and a turn of the key once in a while could potentially save a lot of hassle in the future.

Post #398898 25th Oct 2020 12:29 pm
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IanMetro



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Well Done for creating and posting such an clever method of getting in.

This link to an earlier discussion of the 'time out' problem contains some interesting observations from Shiggsy on the 2nd page.

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic35264.html?highlight=heathrow FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 74k+ miles) (MY2015)

Post #398899 25th Oct 2020 2:55 pm
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3landertwo



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CliveS wrote:
As an aside to this and a lesson to the rest of us, it's always worth checking that your "emergency lock" does actually still work and is not seized up through lack of use.

A quick squirt of WD40 into the lock and a turn of the key once in a while could potentially save a lot of hassle in the future.



DON'T use W40 !!!

USE ..... GT85

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Lightwater



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Freelander marto wrote:
Right it is done here is what I did

..... a piece of ply to put on the rack as you will need it..... tried a few times to get it into the docking port...... and to have a little movement..... Got it into the port a slight push of the stick..... light up the misses..... and opened the door. And that was how I got in

A picture on the rack would save many words! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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dorsetfreelander



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I must be missing something here but how did you get the broom handle into the car?

Incidentally on my MY14 FL2 I had a lock failure and and couldn't get the cover off the emergency keyhole in the passenger door handle (instructions were in the car!) then found that if you hold the key fob button down for a few seconds then all the windows open which helps... 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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ReggiePerrin



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Dorsetfreelander wrote:

I must be missing something here but how did you get the broom handle into the car?


I think he reached down from the roof to unlock the pax door with the key blade and got the door open just enough to feed a broom handle in as far as the keyfob dock but not enough to reach right across the car to hook the driver’s door lock from inside the car. ???

Dorsetfreelander wrote:

then found that if you hold the key fob button down for a few seconds then all the windows open which helps...


Wouldn’t that depend on the car not being in a deep sleep. I am sure that like docking the keyfob to wake the car up on the earlier cars, the proximity of the dock-less keyfob on later cars would wake the car up and thus allow the windows to open as you describe.

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Simon J



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3landertwo wrote:

DON'T use W40 !!!

USE ..... GT85


Why?

Post #398917 25th Oct 2020 8:07 pm
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3landertwo



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WD-40 is a water-displacement agent and penetrating oil.
GT85 is a trademark owned by WD-40 used for a variety of products. The “maintenance spray” is one of those “contains teflon” oils. ... GT85 is primarily a lubricant whose other features derive from its lubricating properties.

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Simon J



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Thank you.

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IanMetro



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Water Displacement 40th Attempt (at getting it right)

https://wd40company.com/our-company/our-history/ FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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