Breaking into 2001 Renault Scenic

Gazzmonkey

Hi All,

The girlfriends mother left her car parked outside my place over the holiday season and now the remote central locking wont work as the battery is dead and using the key in the barrels isn't an option as the barrels seem to just spin around indefinitely!!

Any tricks on how I can gain access? I don't want to break a window as the car has a sale agreed on it.

Cheers

xabi

Try the other door.

morritty

To be fair, No one on a public forum will tell you how to break into a car. best answer you might get is call the AA, or an indy locksmith who specialises in these things.

demanufactured

There should be a way to open the bonnet release with a few tools..that way you could get some charge into the battery.

Had to do it on a vw polo a few years ago...couple of bolts on the bonnet release.

xabi

I have a feeling you need to use the passenger door to open with key

savagethegoat

so why have a lock on the drivers door?

xabi

savagethegoat wrote: »

so why have a lock on the drivers door?

Is there a lock on the drivers door though? As far as I remember the emergency lock is only on passenger side

Toyotafanboi

demanufactured wrote: »

There should be a way to open the bonnet release with a few tools..that way you could get some charge into the battery.

Had to do it on a vw polo a few years ago...couple of bolts on the bonnet release.

This is probably the handiest, even if you have to smash or break the grille to get to the bonnet release, it's cheaper and easier to replace than breaking a window.

GavMan

xabi wrote: »

I have a feeling you need to use the passenger door to open with key

That was the case with the next generation of renaults that had a keycard anyway. Not sure if thats the case with this generation of renault that sounds to be just a plain old key

shietpilot

Is the starter motor accessible from under the car?

You could raise the front of the car up and jump the car using the starter by putting the positive on the live positive connection on the starter and the negative on the engine block. The car will unlock then.

Gazzmonkey

First of all @ morritty - don't be silly, public forums are full of this info. I just now read on a public forum that if you press in the headlights hard on old model clios the doors will unlock as the car thinks it was in a collision.... apparently

Anyway... moving on

GavMan wrote: »

That was the case with the next generation of renaults that had a keycard anyway. Not sure if thats the case with this generation of renault that sounds to be just a plain old key

Yeah the newer model with the key-card has an emergency flap on the passenger side to unlock the car manually but this model is the previous version with a physical key. I'm miffed about the door barrels turning round and around!!

fancy pigeon

Why not oil the locks and try again after a while. Spinning round is a security measure on some cars and your locks may be dry

xabi

have you tried the fob battery?

Would putting power to the reg plate light give you enough to to open it with fob?

morritty

Gazzmonkey wrote: »

First of all @ morritty - don't be silly, public forums are full of this info. I just now read on a public forum that if you press in the headlights hard on old model clios the doors will unlock as the car thinks it was in a collision.... apparently

Anyway... moving on

You're asking how to break into a car that's not yours, how am I being silly? Why should people tell you how to break into a car? I know you say it your mother in laws car, but none of us know that, anyway I'm out. Maybe a mod can decide who's right in this case.

kneemos

morritty wrote: »

You're asking how to break into a car that's not yours, how am I being silly? Why should people tell you how to break into a car? I know you say it your mother in laws car, but none of us know that, anyway I'm out. Maybe a mod can decide who's right in this case.

Who'd rob a Scenic in fairness?

mfceiling

I locked my keys into my 1996 Megane back in the day. I smashed the tiny window beside the rear one in the back door. Think it cost me 25 or 35 quid to get replaced at the time.

xabi

morritty wrote: »

You're asking how to break into a car that's not yours, how am I being silly? Why should people tell you how to break into a car? I know you say it your mother in laws car, but none of us know that, anyway I'm out. Maybe a mod can decide who's right in this case.

Sounds like a genuine request to me.

Bogger77

have you tried the key in the boot, and get into the car yhat way?