last night I unlocked my car got in closed door put key in ignition turn key no crank. All cluster lights are on I try again nothing. So I go to open door to check fuses,only door is locked and will not open I pull lock pin up pull handle nothing. I try all door nothing. Great I am locked in my car quite strange. I try windows no power sunroof no power. Cluster is still lighing up radio works ,ac works, interior lights work horn works. long an short I call AAA and let them know they have never heard of some one locked in a car. Tow truck comes 45 min later I am still in car. He says never seen this I tell him to check fuses for me as I pop hood. He is clueless to what I am asking. He finally says he has to call police. They arrive and I actually know one of them. After trying to open door Nothing I am now on an hour and 15 mins in car. I am a minute away from breaking a window. I decide to push soonroof open in tilt postion enough to pass my key to officer. He puts key in door, door opens all systems are normal car then starts right up.. What the hell just happened. I have never been locked in a car and not been able to open the door no matter what. What caused this and why would it be impossible to open door I am not closterphobic but what if this happened in an accident. Any Input Please.
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Your car hates you. No seriously, I have no idea. I locked my wife in one night when she was drunk so she couldn't walk off, man was she pissed,lol.
?? alarm system went haywire
Sounds like maybe a fault in the central locking system, or maybe the cylinder in the door was not fully unlocked.
It actually says in the owners manual NOT to lock the doors with someone inside, as they WILL NOT be able to get out. Did you maybe hit the lock button before you got the key in the ignition ?
Is your car named "Christine"?
I LOL'D when I read this .... sorry man but thats hilarious. I can only imagine the 911 operator.
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and then you woke up right?
Luckily I am a patient person but Yes this was pretty damm funny especially for the wife and kids busting my chops.
Lol Im glad you made it out without loosing your mind though. I'm not sure I would have made it that long.
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Wow!! that is realy strange indeed. I have no idea of what could have happen... Good idea to pry open the sunroof!! ill keep that in mind if im ever locked in
I'm surprised window didin work if cluster lighted up and everything... My bet is on the alarm device, if you have any.. Or the car double locked itself anyhow, and you got stock. as to No start? I dont know. Someone have to try and double lock someone in with the spare key so he can try to start the car and see if it work.
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I'm very curious to this. I have actually been locked in my car but not in that situation. I was at the mercy of my little brother haha My car does it if the passenger door is locked with the key, then all doors lock and can not be unlocked unless the passenger side door is unlocked with the key. I used to press the lock down on that side and it would come back up immediately. Only lately has it started opening from the inside but still has to be locked from the outside. The keyless entry has no influence on that side at all. When I leave it unlocked and try to lock it with the key, it locks all doors then unlock until the second attempt, which then still leaves my passenger side door unlocked... Annoying.
Double locked inside... interesting. I'd always wondered what it would be like to be double locked inside an e34 and even have a key in your hand.
This is actually kind of funny.
Try having your sunroof always tilted up a little or drivers window car down some from now on.
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Go to dealer with your vin and registration, they had my key the next day.
mine double locks me inside on a daily basis, i have to roll the window down and use my spare key to unlock the car from the outside
PITA
also you know you can manually open your sunroof right?
I lock my friends in my car all the time. It's pretty fun. That does suck though, my only guess is that somehow it got double locked. You may want to get some sort of keyless entry system, although you'd still be screwed if your entire electrical system went down.
How do you do this?
Wow. Electrical gremlins are, sadly, the swan song of a car for me. Once these "anamolies" start rearing thier ugly heads and especially if safety is compromised (imagine if there had actually been an emergency) then no matter how much I appreciate a car, I have to question if it's what I need to be driving.
Glad it worked out well, but that's pretty odd overall.
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You pop the cover on the sunroof motor and you can use the allen wrench in the trunk to operate the motor manually. You would need to keep this tool in the car with you instead of the tool box for this to work.
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mine locked me in during a failed attempt to sync all my remotes on my 95. another time, the alarm system went haywire when i was replacing the electrochromatic rear view mirror without disconnecting the battery. right now, whenever i work on anything one the car whether electrical or not, i always leave one window open.
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The keyless entry on my 740 will double lock and un-double lock the car. It's the same Alpine unit used on E34's.
My allen wrench is clipped to the back of the sunroof motor cover. Maybe that's just a touring thing? Seems like a better idea. I wonder if all panels have the clips there to hold it?
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