Member Since: 16 Sep 2015
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 637
Please HELP!!!! Manual Locking
What pratt designed this car??
So today my alternator died, the battery managed to get me back home, my battery charger died (melted) so I took out the car battery to stop it getting even flatter over night.
So I go to lock the car, push latch on rear doors (locked), push latch on passenger door (locked) push latch on drivers door (does not work guess its to stop you locking keys in the car) look for manual key lock on drivers door (sensible place to put it) Its not there!
OK its on the passengers door, use key to open door, crawl across to latch drivers door, relock passengers door.
Go round car checking doors, all doors locked EXCEPT drivers door.
HOW DO I LOCK IT without a battery fitted!!!
Please help so it can be locked until I get a new charger.Series 1 V8
Series 2 Hibrid V8
Discovery 3 HSE V8
1st Sep 2020 8:06 pm
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2863
from memory, lock drivers door from inside, then lock passenger door from the emergency lock on the passenger handle. cant test at the moment as I have a battery on both D3s, but this is how I did it two days ago after taking the battery off to charge and before refitting it.Must stop buying shiny toys....
1st Sep 2020 8:19 pm
Discoveringcomfort
Member Since: 16 Sep 2015
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 637
Thats what I thought except my drivers door cannot be locked from inside?
Not sure if this is another fault?
When the battery is OK the drivers door latch works electrically to lock all doors, without a battery the latch does not latch like the other doors.
If they had put the manual key on the drivers door it would have been fine.
From Workshop Manual:
All of the interior door handles incorporate a locking button. Pressing the front of the locking button pushes the interior release cable, which causes the door latch to disengage from the exterior release cable. On the rear doors, the button also disengages the interior handle from the interior release cable.
I gues my drivers door is faulty??Series 1 V8
Series 2 Hibrid V8
Discovery 3 HSE V8
1st Sep 2020 8:23 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2462
Why dont you lock it with the battery connected then remove the battery?
1st Sep 2020 9:54 pm
Discoveringcomfort
Member Since: 16 Sep 2015
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 637
Because it only has 7v now as it had to get me home!!Series 1 V8
Series 2 Hibrid V8
Discovery 3 HSE V8
2nd Sep 2020 7:55 am
stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
Posts: 10146
I’d leave it unlocked if nothing in it and hope it gets stolen ( sorry couldn’t resist ) -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
2nd Sep 2020 8:10 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72911
Wondered when someone was going to be brave enough to suggest that.
2nd Sep 2020 8:17 am
stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
Posts: 10146
Well I’ve been in the same situation before and know a little light humour sometimes helps -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
2nd Sep 2020 8:27 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72911
Tell me about it, when my old girl drove her last it was a case of if you don’t laugh you’ll cry.
2nd Sep 2020 8:31 am
Discoveringcomfort
Member Since: 16 Sep 2015
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 637
Note if your battery is totaly dead or missing like mine then remove the 3 shiny screws on the white plastic window motor, remove motor whilest suppporting the window weight and you can lower it as needed (put back to keep new window height for now or the window will drop).
Dumb (lucky) thing is that the metal arm the cable is attached to has a pad that pushes the plastic arm but not enough to latch, it needs the plastic arm for that but it is not strong enough.
I managed to bend the metal arm just enough to lock the door, it is not reliable but good enough for now.Series 1 V8
Series 2 Hibrid V8
Discovery 3 HSE V8
2nd Sep 2020 2:52 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13854
Hiya
Good to hear u at least managed to do a temp fix
If it helps in the future ref the glass, I got some window suckers which makes life a lot easier in not having to mess around with tape or trying to hold the window up as indeed know it can be fidley at the best of times
Also the cable that goes onto the door card pull handle I used some small zip ties which prevents it coming off the small plastic clip when trying to refit the door card
Hope that may help
2nd Sep 2020 4:08 pm
Discoveringcomfort
Member Since: 16 Sep 2015
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 637
Great idea, I had a 19 yr old daughter but scared her to death when I told her "DON'T LET GO"Series 1 V8
Series 2 Hibrid V8
Discovery 3 HSE V8
3rd Sep 2020 10:02 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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