Bradderz18
Member
So how do you get into a Range Rover Vogue 03 plate with a flat battery?? I can't use the key as the door mech is broken. Any ideas welcome? Is there such a thing as being able to jump it? Without opening the bonnet
myfirstl322
Well-Known Member
Something is leading me to suggest a jump via towbar socket, but can't recall if it's via the grey "caravan" charging socket or whether it's possible via normal 7 pin black..... hopefully somneone more sober will amble this way anon...
If there is a permanent live on the tow socket you can certainly trickle charge it from that but you certainly can't jump it.
wooly123
Active Member
on the p 38, you can wedge top of door open,slide metal coat hanger down ,and hook button up?but don,t know your set up,improvise? good luck
Not if it is superlocked!
Grrrrrr
Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd
Are you able to get a jump lead onto the positive of the alternator from beneath? Hoo that to a second battery and the negative to the earth and you might have enough power to unlock? Or as Wammers says you might trickle some charge through the permanent 12V on the supplemental tow socket.
myfirstl322
Well-Known Member
Och you, pedant spoilsport!!If there is a permanent live on the tow socket you can certainly trickle charge it from that but you certainly can't jump it.
Grrrrrr
Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd
Now there's computer aided design!
Back to the supplementary tow socket and a trickle charger then!
Hairyasswelder
Member
Maybe the live on the starter motor as that runs the high power cable direct from the battery on most vehicles??
They do make a charger adaptor for a trickle charger to the caravan socket for people that store vehicles or make one up from motor factor bits?
Steve
They do make a charger adaptor for a trickle charger to the caravan socket for people that store vehicles or make one up from motor factor bits?
Steve
Bradderz18
Member
Ok after a lot of reading ... Drivers side fog light!! Remove the plastic trim, remove the bulb inset some decent copper wire into the positive and negative and connect to a power pack - this provided enough power to open the doors. Boom! Not sure if u could jump it this way but I only needed the door open --- thankyou all for your help
Hairyasswelder
Member
Wires not heavy duty enough to jump it but if you can open the doors you can access the bonnet release and either charge battery or get proper jump leads on
Reminds me of the late 80's where they used to smash indicators to fuse the aftermarket alarms
Steve
Reminds me of the late 80's where they used to smash indicators to fuse the aftermarket alarms
Steve
Wazzajnr
Well-Known Member
Is it the ground side that's switched on these? I wouldn't personally do this as you could damage the MOSFETS in the BECM.
Much better to find something that is a permanent live from the battery and feed via this.
I used to have a car that regularly killed its battery for no apparent reason and that had a knackered barrel in the door lock but I could still get in the boot.
I fitted an auxiliary power socket in the boot so that when it dies I could power it back up to get it open then jump it at the battery. Much better option is to fix the bleedin lock!!!
Much better to find something that is a permanent live from the battery and feed via this.
I used to have a car that regularly killed its battery for no apparent reason and that had a knackered barrel in the door lock but I could still get in the boot.
I fitted an auxiliary power socket in the boot so that when it dies I could power it back up to get it open then jump it at the battery. Much better option is to fix the bleedin lock!!!
Wazzajnr
Well-Known Member
I did wonder that which is why I asked if they were switched via the becm. I assumed that it had backfed into the 12v bus of the becm thus giving sufficient power to open the doors.
If it's simply a switch, it must have been on.
Grrrrrr
Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd
You have RAVE for the L322?
Bradderz18
Member
The lights were not on. To my knowledge there was nothing on in the car (visible) apart from what drained the battery which I think could of been the AMP in the rear not turning off
