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Punch Driver's Door Lock/Breaking into my 2004 Crossfire
Hi All,
Is it possible to punch the driver's door lock through to gain access to the door pin mechanism? Or, is this just going to cause a whole lot of damage with me still being stood outside the car? History of this predicament, somewhat rookie error, bought the car, key worked in the ignition and fobs worked so it seems I skipped checking the door lock. Fine for a couple of years until I had a flat battery and found the previous owner had changed the driver's door lock and not supplied the new key. The conclusion to this was me committing a junior hacksaw to the front grill to remove the the bonnet latch - I appreciate it's technically possible to reach this without destroying the front, but in practice it was beyond my level of dexterity! Now armed with this info, I never let the battery go flat, but also have a nice little mesh number up front..so not all bad. A few weeks ago, my original (16 year old key) snapped off in the ignition. No major problem, came out fine or so I thought. I bought a new empty fob as I knew dismantling would likely destroy the original . The spare was a copy a local auto electrics company made, which stopped working after a year, but I dismantled this also to harvest the key. I rebuilt the fob carefully and with no damage to the internals and new batteries. The fob no longer opens the car! Pressing the fob makes the fob make a couple of small quick flashes followed by a longer flash, with no key for the door I'm left with breaking in as my only remaining option. My thought is if I punch the lock through I can buy a replacement handle for a left hand drive without the lock hole (mine is UK). I have also now rebuilt the copy (minus key) after finding that the reason it may not have worked previously was potentially due to the battery contacts not being hooked enough therefore not making proper contact. This fob also acts in the same way... small flashes followed by a more solid flash, but no unlock Advice very welcome! |
Re: Punch Driver's Door Lock/Breaking into my 2004 Crossfire
Originally Posted by pablo_dabs
(Post 945133)
Hi All,
Is it possible to punch the driver's door lock through to gain access to the door pin mechanism? Or, is this just going to cause a whole lot of damage with me still being stood outside the car? History of this predicament, somewhat rookie error, bought the car, key worked in the ignition and fobs worked so it seems I skipped checking the door lock. Fine for a couple of years until I had a flat battery and found the previous owner had changed the driver's door lock and not supplied the new key. The conclusion to this was me committing a junior hacksaw to the front grill to remove the the bonnet latch - I appreciate it's technically possible to reach this without destroying the front, but in practice it was beyond my level of dexterity! Now armed with this info, I never let the battery go flat, but also have a nice little mesh number up front..so not all bad. A few weeks ago, my original (16 year old key) snapped off in the ignition. No major problem, came out fine or so I thought. I bought a new empty fob as I knew dismantling would likely destroy the original . The spare was a copy a local auto electrics company made, which stopped working after a year, but I dismantled this also to harvest the key. I rebuilt the fob carefully and with no damage to the internals and new batteries. The fob no longer opens the car! Pressing the fob makes the fob make a couple of small quick flashes followed by a longer flash, with no key for the door I'm left with breaking in as my only remaining option. My thought is if I punch the lock through I can buy a replacement handle for a left hand drive without the lock hole (mine is UK). I have also now rebuilt the copy (minus key) after finding that the reason it may not have worked previously was potentially due to the battery contacts not being hooked enough therefore not making proper contact. This fob also acts in the same way... small flashes followed by a more solid flash, but no unlock Advice very welcome! Entry to the coupe is obtained by removing one of the rear license plate lights and using a screwdriver unlock the trunk lock mechanism. The light removed is the one on the left side of the car. I am attaching a link to the relevant lock solution and the PDF on the assembly of old innards into a new fob case, as many overlook the small chip required to start the car. When opened you find an agile person to get in the trunk and pull up the door button or lean in more and open the door. Opening the hatch on a coupe PDF. CLICK Taking the fob apart and moving the innards to a new fob case. PDF. CLICK Programming the fob to remotely operate the locks. CLICK |
Re: Punch Driver's Door Lock/Breaking into my 2004 Crossfire
Brilliant! Thanks so much for the info posted, really helpful - you've got me out of a really sticky situation there.
The chip has been moved over, but yes the batteries have been out for some time while I awaited the new fob. I'll check your links now and hopefully I'll be back in soon! |
Re: Punch Driver's Door Lock/Breaking into my 2004 Crossfire
Worked a treat exactly as outlined! Thanks again
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Re: Punch Driver's Door Lock/Breaking into my 2004 Crossfire
Originally Posted by pablo_dabs
(Post 945298)
Worked a treat exactly as outlined! Thanks again
I was in Bristol some thirty years ago to see a customer of the company I worked for, a nice place and I had a nice drive alongside the channel. I came from London/ Herts many years ago. |
Re: Punch Driver's Door Lock/Breaking into my 2004 Crossfire
It's a brilliant resource and increasingly useful as there were never that many Crossfires sold here
The area around the Clifton suspension bridge can be a treat on the right day! |
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