Outrage Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Just seen a funny situation at work! Bloke gets out of his freelander whilst the engine is still running to check his lights are working, wind blows drivers door shut behind him and it somewhow manages to have locked! How on a modern car could this happen? I'd have thought that with or without the engine running, pressing the button down on the drivers side door then shutting it would have resulted in the button being popped back up and the door not being locked? Ive seen older cars that wont allow the button to be pressed down whilst open. Whats even more amazing was how long it took one of the staff to get back in and how he did it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasterdly Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 hello, getting locked out of a freelander is a good thing isnt it !! cheers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigster Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 very easy to brake in I reckon.... always have one with me or at least half of one... a brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M005 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Read about a similar thing in LRO yesterday, only they were in the middle of nowhere in Spain. Ended up smashing a window IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Marshall Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 getting locked out of a freelander is a good thing isnt it !! Just getting out of a Freelander is a good thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I think this can happen with a lot of modern cars. A mate of mine stopped to help someone from his Honda and after sorting her out found that he couldn't get back into his car as the door had been shut. He eventually had to get a locksmith out to get back into his car. So much for being a good samaritan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodrow Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Happens a fair bit, easy to get in without damage. On Freelanders remove the *****Specific details edited by Mog for obvious reasons******! Works on facelift ones too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Marshall Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 On volume car X, all you had to do was XXXXXX....the ECU interpreted this as the car having crashed and the door locks opened. Favourite way to nick 'em apparently [i once sat on a Home Office Crime Working Group] [Edited after contemplating the horror of the information - NM] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Do we really want to advertise how to get into our cars without the keys on the www? I'd rather it wasn't advertised myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrage Posted September 14, 2005 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 Even through i posted the original thread, i'd refrained from posting the methods lads!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Marshall Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Even through i posted the original thread, i'd refrained from posting the methods lads!! I feel banged to rights....it's a fair cop, governor Bit difficult this chaps, as the information is known by most slimy little thieving gets already, as part of their extensive education, as well as on the RAVE CD from memory. However, I have now removed details from my observation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrage Posted September 14, 2005 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 Even through i posted the original thread, i'd refrained from posting the methods lads!! I feel banged to rights....it's a fair cop, governor I have removed details from my observation. cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I woz ere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Anybody wanna buy a couple of Freelanders?? Very cheap, must have left the documents at home - cash would do nicely and all they need is to replace the XXXX and the XXXX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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