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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: bobotheclown on 09 January 2009, 18:54
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ok, here's the situation, the car is locked and the battery is dead since i might have left the lights on overnight. therefore the central locking is locked and not working. is there a way around this so that I can open the car and get in it to open the bonnet? Also it's DSG and in Park. Can the car be moved out of the garage so that it can be jump started by another car?
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I'm sure you would have tried this but what about the key in the lock on the drivers side - surely this should get you in the car even when the car is in this state?
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How'd you get on Bobo? :huh:
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he must of unlocked it with his key the opens the drivers door :lipsrsealed:............ :rolleyes:
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he must of unlocked it with his key the opens the drivers door :lipsrsealed:............ :rolleyes:
Uh oh... sounds like one for I.T Support! :lipsrsealed:
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I thought the lights switched themselves off after 30 seconds or so :huh: ?
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well got it fixed. The problem was that I have to park really close to the right hand wall and then climb over to the passenger side to get out due to the crappy way the house/Garage is designed. I could try and reverse the car into the garage but as you can imagine that would be a real ball ache.
Therefore i had real problems trying to get the drivers door open because it was so close to the wall. Once the door was open I had to get a skinny friend (i'm a bit of a bloater) to squeeze in the gap and reach down to open the bonnet latch as the central locking is electrically operated and there wasn't any power.
Once the bonnet was opened I called the VW Assistance and a kind RAC man popped round with one of those portable battery packs and had the car up and running in seconds. All sorted. Cheers for the advice.
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I thought the lights switched themselves off after 30 seconds or so :huh: ?
I had it on manual as it was foggy and i needed the fog lights. I forgot I put them on manual. Doh!
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I thought the lights switched themselves off after 30 seconds or so :huh: ?
I had it on manual as it was foggy and i needed the fog lights. I forgot I put them on manual. Doh!
How did you get on then ? Did the driver door open OK with the key ?
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doesn't it beep like mad when u take key out of ignition if u leave the lights on manual setting instead of auto??
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If you have a look, the OP said he climbs over to the passanger side, it wouldn't ding then.
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I thought it'd sound when you open the drivers door, which bobo didn't do.
Why don't you reverse it in? After three mishaps*, I've learnt how to park.
* scraped wing mirror, scraped driver + passenger door (£500 respray), lightly scraped bumper (awaiting respray). Now I can perfectly without issue!
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doesn't matter if you open the drivers door or not, is it not supposed to ding when u take the key out of the ignition whilst the light switch is on via manual setting??
bit silly if it only dings when u open the drivers door, as this case has proved!
if it dinged as soon as he took the key out it may have saved him all the hassle!
think i'll go check mine to confirm.
EDIT: Just checked, and it doesn't ding at all with key out of ignition and drivers door open! wierd...feature must be switched off. Or it doesn't have one!!!!
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I'm pretty sure my headlights still switch off automatically after about 1 minute, even if they are in manual mode.
Sidelights may be different though :rolleyes:
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yeah on my 11 year old Saxo it dinged and I never had the battery go flat on me in all the time I had her. Oh well, live and learn eh?
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* scraped wing mirror, scraped driver + passenger door (£500 respray), lightly scraped bumper (awaiting respray). Now I can perfectly without issue!
You havent done any damage to the boot yet stealth!!, you must have parking sensors lol!, or if you dont, i best not say much more incase i tempt fate!. :laugh: :evil:
Looking foward to seeing your parking skills at the pod if you make it! :smiley:
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You havent done any damage to the boot yet stealth!!,
The damage is there, to the paintwork and sometimes the clearcoat only. It's minor, barely noticeablee unless the car's sparklingly clean. With most of the muck on the car, you'd never notice it! It's on the the offside corner. Was reversing very slowly (like one mile per year type of speed) and was distracted, didn't realise the car was edging backwards. No 'clunk' or any noise. No denting. Strictly superficial.
No one noticed it at the telford meet!
EDIT: Parking sensors ruin the look of the car IMO. Saving up for RNS-510 + camera (hopefully boot-badge-cam by then!), though by the time I've saved up, my parking skills will have been perfect lol!