car locked (flat auxiliary battery)

G1zm0

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my mg ev LR Trophy mk2 has run into an issue.
car has been sitting unused for about 3 months , now I want to use it , the 12V battery is flat.
the doors won't open , so I took out the blade from key, inserted and twisted it clockwise.
door still doesn't open.

the key twisted to about 5 to the hr . (using analog clock as reference ) .
I don't want to force to 0 in case it breaks , is the key ment to do that.??

anyone have experience with this , or is there another way I can open the bonnet..
should i force it , or is it a rac job?

I have put wd40 in lock.
 
my mg ev LR Trophy mk2 has run into an issue.
car has been sitting unused for about 3 months , now I want to use it , the 12V battery is flat.
the doors won't open , so I took out the blade from key, inserted and twisted it clockwise.
door still doesn't open.

the key twisted to about 5 to the hr . (using analog clock as reference ) .
I don't want to force to 0 in case it breaks , is the key ment to do that.??

anyone have experience with this , or is there another way I can open the bonnet..
should i force it , or is it a rac job?

I have put wd40 in lock.
Is it possible the door has unlocked but the door seal rubbers are stuck to the body?

T1 Terry
 
Don't you have the free AA cover?

A totally dead battery will not activate the solenoid in the lock (which is what the manual key does as well). Ask me how I know. ;)
 
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