67 beetle - im locked out, with keys in my hand
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:15 pm
doh
passenger side - you have to keep trying to turn the key before it finally realizes its the correct key for the lock, then it actually pushes the lock up.
push in the button to open the door, the lock pushes itself back down.
I keep trying, push push push the lock up with the key, it goes back down when you try to open the door.
drives side - the lock stays up once unlocked - but pushing in the button doesn't open the door. you can hear it just barely catching when you try to open it, but no dice.
I knew this was a possibility, but always had at least one vent wing open to give her the ol reach around, but all the vent wings are locked.
im pretty sure I can jam something around the vent window and then open it from the inside, but DAMNIT - both doors aren't supposed to fail at the SAME TIME!
I have 6 different keys for this beetle. All of them work, none very well though. The ignition you have to try 3 or 12 times sometimes before the key will turn and actually allow you to start it up.
funny how after a car sits for a long time without use that some things work great for a while but start failing one by one with it's newfound usage.
passenger side - you have to keep trying to turn the key before it finally realizes its the correct key for the lock, then it actually pushes the lock up.
push in the button to open the door, the lock pushes itself back down.
I keep trying, push push push the lock up with the key, it goes back down when you try to open the door.
drives side - the lock stays up once unlocked - but pushing in the button doesn't open the door. you can hear it just barely catching when you try to open it, but no dice.
I knew this was a possibility, but always had at least one vent wing open to give her the ol reach around, but all the vent wings are locked.
im pretty sure I can jam something around the vent window and then open it from the inside, but DAMNIT - both doors aren't supposed to fail at the SAME TIME!
I have 6 different keys for this beetle. All of them work, none very well though. The ignition you have to try 3 or 12 times sometimes before the key will turn and actually allow you to start it up.
funny how after a car sits for a long time without use that some things work great for a while but start failing one by one with it's newfound usage.