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Can you unlock the doors with a dead battery?

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03-27-2007, 03:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
zirconx Official TN Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 75 Gameroom cash: $1600 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Score: 0 reviews	Can you unlock the doors with a dead battery? When I unlock the doors using the key on my 97, I can hear the lock actuator working. I don't think I'm actually mechanically unlocking the door, I think its just a switch. So if you left your dome light on all night (or a week), and your battery was dead, how would you get in the car?

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03-28-2007, 12:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
silverxls Official TN Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 369 Gameroom cash: $3100 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Score: 0 reviews	it is mechanically unlocking the door...it will work with dead battery or no battery at all...

03-28-2007, 08:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
retired00 Official TN Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eastern North Carolina Posts: 131 Gameroom cash: $5000 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	You're probably hearing the actuator for unlocking the other 3 doors, if it's set to do that with one or 2 turns of the key. __________________ Jim '06 Avalon Limited '06 Lexus RX 400h

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