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The battery has gone flat on my a4 and has deadlocked the doors so i am unable to get in i tried opening the handles but with no luck, is there anyway of getting into the bonnet or someway of powering upo the car enough to let me unlock the doors?
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Why can you not use the key in the lock to open the door?
it either doesnt work or the battery is so flat it has deadlocked itself.
Try some lube in the door lock as they stick due to lack of use and it's clockwise to unlock !
key should still unlock with no power
as above lube the lock
if that fails
house brick
you should be able to get your arm up behind the front panel and pull the bonnet cable to open the bonnet you will need to remove the engine tray to do it though and its tight when you feel the cable give it a good tug it is slightly off centre towards the offside i have done it before so if your arms are long enough you can get to your battery that way but your key should unlock the door as the other posters mention
As per other posters the mechanical lock using the key is not dependant on the battery. Suggest you go and try all the locks ie. will the boot lid open. Keep up with the WD40.
Humm, I had a similar problem with another car that was deadlocked, you had to keep the door handle pulled while unlocking with the key, this allowed the car to be opened when the battery was flat. Give it a try unsure if the same procedure works on the Audi