Renault Laguna Dead Battery - Can't Get In

Kennie29

Anyone got any idea of how to get into a Renault Laguna 2002 with a dead battery. Card key will not work because of dead battery, neither will the temporary key in the card key work.

Anan1

What happens when you try to use the physical key?

ofcork

Take out the physical key and insert it into the drivers door,there is a cover on the keyhole which comes off.

colm_mcm

ofcork wrote: »

Take out the physical key and insert it into the drivers door,there is a cover on the keyhole which comes off.

Is it not the passenger side?

ofcork

May be its a few years since i ditched mine:)

derry

My friend when he had a Renault Megane made special jump lead extensions from battery leading to under the car so he could hook up another battery when he had this problem .Then he got smart and switched out of Renault and went with Jap thing with normal keys

Derry

ba_barabus

derry wrote: »

My friend when he had a Renault Megane made special jump lead extensions from battery leading to under the car so he could hook up another battery when he had this problem .Then he got smart and switched out of Renault and went with Jap thing with normal keys

Derry

Surely the smart thing to do would have been to remove the cover from the door lock on the passenger door, remove the physical key from the key card and then open the door............

...........sounds easy to me......

corglass

fact of the matter is all renaults from that era are utter rubbish. How they passed quality control in the factory is beyond me!

Kennie29

Anan1 wrote: »

What happens when you try to use the physical key?

Just rotates in lock

Kennie29

ba_barabus wrote: »

Surely the smart thing to do would have been to remove the cover from the door lock on the passenger door, remove the physical key from the key card and then open the door............

...........sounds easy to me......

I'm afraid I've tried that & the key only rotes in the lck

Kennie29

ba_barabus wrote: »

Surely the smart thing to do would have been to remove the cover from the door lock on the passenger door, remove the physical key from the key card and then open the door............

...........sounds easy to me......

Tried that. Key just rotates

martinr5232

Jack it up put it on stands and try and connect a battery to the main live on the starter earth off the body somewhere and operate the remote.

colm_mcm

Kennie29 wrote: »

Tried that. Key just rotates

Try some oil

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

Try some oil

Beat me to it.... Plenty of WD40, leave overnight. Same again in the morning

ba_barabus

dgt wrote: »

Beat me to it.... Plenty of WD40, leave overnight. Same again in the morning

Yep. Did you remove the plastic cover and actually put it in the key slot. Not being smart but I know someone who just put itin the hole in the plastic cover and thought they was enough

Guy:Incognito

derry wrote: »

.Then he got smart and switched out of Renault and went with Jap thing with normal keys

Derry

How does the key make any difference? If another car has remote central locking its exactly the same.

Kennie29

ba_barabus wrote: »

Yep. Did you remove the plastic cover and actually put it in the key slot. Not being smart but I know someone who just put itin the hole in the plastic cover and thought they was enough

Yep.Took off cover,inserted key & it just rotates in lock. Will give the WD40 a go.

derry

corglass wrote: »

fact of the matter is all renaults from that era are utter rubbish. How they passed quality control in the factory is beyond me!

I think those were the same words my friend said when he sold his his lemon Renault megane onto another sucker out there.I lost track of the stuff he told me that was wrong with it and he bought it when it was 2 years old and sold it when it was 4 years old something like that and was apain in the ass when he came in the pub guess what broke this week on the thing .
We had another lad in pub POOPGEOT thing took him 6 weeks to sell on the thing after he replaced the entire electronic brain she put it on sale and didn't use it for the six weeks except for demos to buyers and afew months later the new owner was selling it
sh1treons Poopgeots Renaults and the new Romain made DACIA not a car for the second hand buyer only good car for first time brand new buyer and sell it before it is three years old and SEP it is a somebody else problem car.In a pub in irl the only generally happy car owners are Asian makes or old mercs

Derry

dgt

derry wrote: »

I think those were the same words my friend said when he sold his his lemon Renault megane onto another sucker out there.I lost track of the stuff he told me that was wrong with it and he bought it when it was 2 years old and sold it when it was 4 years old something like that and was apain in the ass when he came in the pub guess what broke this week on the thing .
We had another lad in pub POOPGEOT thing took him 6 weeks to sell on the thing after he replaced the entire electronic brain she put it on sale and didn't use it for the six weeks except for demos to buyers and afew months later the new owner was selling it
sh1treons Poopgeots Renaults and the new Romain made DACIA not a car for the second hand buyer only good car for first time brand new buyer and sell it before it is three years old and SEP it is a somebody else problem car.In a pub in irl the only generally happy car owners are Asian makes or old mercs

Derry

And how is this verified pub talk meant to help the OP? Infact, what help were you to the gentlemen in question from the pub, apart from making awful names for cars and more than likely writing an essay for them...... What work have you done to any of those vehicles?

What problems did these cars have? And whats your horseburger beef with a French cars and b short to the point replies???

Only problem now I face is I'll probably get an extention to the twilight saga as a reply

derry

dgt wrote: »

And how is this verified pub talk meant to help the OP? Infact, what help were you to the gentlemen in question from the pub, apart from making awful names for cars and more than likely writing an essay for them...... What work have you done to any of those vehicles?

What problems did these cars have? And whats your horseburger beef with a French cars and b short to the point replies???

Only problem now I face is I'll probably get an extention to the twilight saga as a reply

Those who are so defensive for the french cars are either a owner of one of these things or french .

I just spent the last few months living in France for short term contract and was updated buy french mechanics on the real world problems they encounter with the cars every day and yes I speak french so its not lost in translation .yes in the old days pre 1990 french cars were OK not much electronics in them but now they are star trec stuff electronic and unlike Japan French don't do good electronics that last many years
And I don't drink so its not pub talk

Derry

ba_barabus

derry wrote: »

Those who are so defensive for the french cars are either a owner of one of these things or french .

I just spent the last few months living in France for short term contract and was updated buy french mechanics on the real world problems they encounter with the cars every day and yes I speak french so its not lost in translation .yes in the old days pre 1990 french cars were OK not much electronics in them but now they are star trec stuff electronic and unlike Japan French don't do good electronics that last many years
And I don't drink so its not pub talk

Derry

You manage to speak a lot of merde anyway I'll give you that much. Not too sure how much English or French you speak though.

visual

I use to own a renault laguna the only thing worse is the diesel.
The laguna II must rank as worst built renault.

Even on renualt fourms most owners would never buy another.

shamrock55

I have a megane and today i had to get a new coil for the 3rd time in a year its really starting to annoy me now, other then these fcuking coil things whatever they are ive never had any other problem,plus ive never heard of any coils going in the parents cars ever (hyudai)and a focus are renault the only cars with these coils or what??

visual

shamrock55 wrote: »

I have a megane and today i had to get a new coil for the 3rd time in a year its really starting to annoy me now, other then these fcuking coil things whatever they are ive never had any other problem,plus ive never heard of any coils going in the parents cars ever (hyudai)and a focus are renault the only cars with these coils or what??

Don't know a enough to give you much advice but I think the brand of coil has a lot to do with reliability.

BohsCeltic

shamrock55 wrote: »

I have a megane and today i had to get a new coil for the 3rd time in a year its really starting to annoy me now, other then these fcuking coil things whatever they are ive never had any other problem,plus ive never heard of any coils going in the parents cars ever (hyudai)and a focus are renault the only cars with these coils or what??

I've seen a few clios needing new coils, happened to my sisters car, then again the head gasket went on that when it was only 2 years old

Leonard Hofstadter

In fairness, Lagunas and Meganes from the 2001-2006 era are absolute junk. Even with the best maintenance in the world they will still give problems. I accept the newer ones aren't half as bad, and in fairness, the original Mégane gave very few problems if you went for a petrol one. It was a very nice car to be in as well actually (far nicer than a late 90s Corolla for example), and it was far, far safer than its competitors.

visual

captainspeed wrote: »

In fairness, Lagunas and Meganes from the 2001-2006 era are absolute junk. Even with the best maintenance in the world they will still give problems. I accept the newer ones aren't half as bad, and in fairness, the original Mégane gave very few problems if you went for a petrol one. It was a very nice car to be in as well actually (far nicer than a late 90s Corolla for example), and it was far, far safer than its competitors.

Agree it was around 2001 renault quality just went south. Pity as when they are working correctly they are beautiful to drive, quick and economical.
The pre 2001 laguna also was a better built car.
I'm not so sure renault have improved quality enough to make it as reliable as other major brands. Plus renault parts are still expensive.

I wouldn't take a chance on

Ronnie Beck

shamrock55 wrote: »

I have a megane and today i had to get a new coil for the 3rd time in a year its really starting to annoy me now, other then these fcuking coil things whatever they are ive never had any other problem,plus ive never heard of any coils going in the parents cars ever (hyudai)and a focus are renault the only cars with these coils or what??

There are four pencil coils. You should change all four or at least the matching pair otherwise you'll be paying a mechanic four times. It works out roughly the same to buy all four as it does a larger single coil on other cars, around 130 euro.

You can fit them easily with a 10mm socket. Easier than changing a tyre. If you regularly replace the spark plugs with genuine renault ones and use decent quality coils you should get a few years out of them.

Dartz

Am I the only one who didn't have one that was an utter crock?

The only thing wrong with it was that it killed a battery once. Then I killed it by taking it for a swim down a flooded street.

The door lock should work, unless it's corroded inside somehow. I had to do it once and had no problems.