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Freelander marto

Member Since: 27 May 2017
Location: Wirral
Posts: 117

2012 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey

Right it is done here is what I did

If you have a roof rack get a piece of ply to put on the rack as you will need it. I could not open the door by pulling the door handle with the broom handle as the steering wheel is right in the way. So plan B duct taped the fob to the nail and tried a few times to get it into it docking port. Fob was only lightly taped to the nail so not to interfere with docking port and to have a little movement. The alarm does go off but when you close the door the alarm stops but indicators continue to flash. Got it into the port a slight push of the stick, radio screen light up the misses pressed the other fob and opened the door. And that was how I got in.

GS Sd4 2012

25th Oct 2020 11:47 am

CliveS

Member Since: 04 Jun 2016
Location: Littleborough
Posts: 204

2011 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Zermatt Silver

Great news, valiant effort at overcoming obstacles

25th Oct 2020 11:50 am

davyboy

Member Since: 30 Aug 2020
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 156

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

Hi, So glad you were able to unlock your car, I was going to try and meet up to assist tomorrow as I’m local again.
Regards
Dave.

25th Oct 2020 11:54 am

Dave47

Member Since: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Margate Kent
Posts: 1333

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Izmir Blue

And for my next trick....
A big well done mate.
and a warning to us all...we all need a plan "B"
Dave. DAVE.

25th Oct 2020 12:05 pm

ReggiePerrin

Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 1273

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Firenze Red

Plan B has to be parking with the driver’s door tight to the garage wall with entry and egress through the pax door

Good effort though Freelander Marto... glad your ingenuity got the problem solved without resorting to window smashing etc.

Presumably the cars with dock-less keyfobs don’t present quite the same 'deep sleep' challenge?

25th Oct 2020 12:23 pm

CliveS

Member Since: 04 Jun 2016
Location: Littleborough
Posts: 204

As an aside to this and a lesson to the rest of us, it's always worth checking that your "emergency lock" does actually still work and is not seized up through lack of use.

A quick squirt of WD40 into the lock and a turn of the key once in a while could potentially save a lot of hassle in the future.

25th Oct 2020 12:29 pm

IanMetro

Member Since: 11 Sep 2017
Location: Somerset BS21
Posts: 3133

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 Metropolis LE Auto Fuji White

Well Done for creating and posting such an clever method of getting in.

This link to an earlier discussion of the 'time out' problem contains some interesting observations from Shiggsy on the 2nd page.

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic35264.html?highlight=heathrow FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

25th Oct 2020 2:55 pm

3landertwo

Member Since: 27 May 2020
Location: UK
Posts: 1127

CliveS wrote:
As an aside to this and a lesson to the rest of us, it's always worth checking that your "emergency lock" does actually still work and is not seized up through lack of use.

A quick squirt of WD40 into the lock and a turn of the key once in a while could potentially save a lot of hassle in the future.

DON'T use W40 !!!

USE ..... GT85

25th Oct 2020 4:20 pm

Lightwater

Member Since: 21 Aug 2014
Location: Sydney Northern Beaches
Posts: 4906

2013 Freelander 2 2.0T SE Auto Fuji White

Freelander marto wrote:
Right it is done here is what I did

..... a piece of ply to put on the rack as you will need it..... tried a few times to get it into the docking port...... and to have a little movement..... Got it into the port a slight push of the stick..... light up the misses..... and opened the door. And that was how I got in

A picture on the rack would save many words! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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25th Oct 2020 5:42 pm

dorsetfreelander

Member Since: 20 Jul 2013
Location: Dorset
Posts: 4354

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Loire Blue

I must be missing something here but how did you get the broom handle into the car?

Incidentally on my MY14 FL2 I had a lock failure and and couldn't get the cover off the emergency keyhole in the passenger door handle (instructions were in the car!) then found that if you hold the key fob button down for a few seconds then all the windows open which helps... 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

25th Oct 2020 6:30 pm

ReggiePerrin

Member Since: 13 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 1273

Dorsetfreelander wrote:

I must be missing something here but how did you get the broom handle into the car?

I think he reached down from the roof to unlock the pax door with the key blade and got the door open just enough to feed a broom handle in as far as the keyfob dock but not enough to reach right across the car to hook the driver’s door lock from inside the car. ???

Dorsetfreelander wrote:

then found that if you hold the key fob button down for a few seconds then all the windows open which helps...

Wouldn’t that depend on the car not being in a deep sleep. I am sure that like docking the keyfob to wake the car up on the earlier cars, the proximity of the dock-less keyfob on later cars would wake the car up and thus allow the windows to open as you describe.

25th Oct 2020 6:55 pm

Simon J

Member Since: 27 Jul 2019
Location: Norn Iron
Posts: 703

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Auto Rimini Red

3landertwo wrote:

DON'T use W40 !!!

USE ..... GT85

Why?

25th Oct 2020 8:07 pm

3landertwo

Member Since: 27 May 2020
Location: UK
Posts: 1127

WD-40 is a water-displacement agent and penetrating oil.
GT85 is a trademark owned by WD-40 used for a variety of products. The “maintenance spray” is one of those “contains teflon” oils. ... GT85 is primarily a lubricant whose other features derive from its lubricating properties.

25th Oct 2020 8:47 pm

Simon J

Member Since: 27 Jul 2019
Location: Norn Iron
Posts: 703

Thank you.

25th Oct 2020 10:50 pm

IanMetro

Member Since: 11 Sep 2017
Location: Somerset BS21
Posts: 3133

Water Displacement 40th Attempt (at getting it right)

https://wd40company.com/our-company/our-history/ FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

25th Oct 2020 10:57 pm

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