Help. Locked out of 1990 Jag Sov XJ40

Apr 16, 2006 2 Replies

Here's one to challenge you.



I removed the battery to put it on charge this morning and when I opened the car the drivers door handle was a little stiff, but I thought nothing of it. I locked the car up and put the battery on charge. This afternoon, I went to open the car, unlocked the drivers door and then found that the door handle just moves up and down with no resistance and the door remains locked. The car is parked tight up against a wall, so the passenger side doors are of no use (and without the battery in place, the central locking doesn't work anyway, so I can't open the passenger door.



Suggestions? Is it possible to open the bonnet from outside, so that I can then put the battery in and use the central locking to open the rear door?



All sugestions gratefully received.....



Steve C.



Managed to get in. Only took me 5 minutes, a large screwdriver and two cable ties. Hmm... won't leave anything valuable in this car as it's to easy to break into.

Steve C.

Makes it a little harder to nick it without the battery though :o)

GGJ

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