Kayble

Hi, im in a bit of a situation. Mk1 1.8 focus, delocked, 1 key, and the remote locking has stopped working, so i cant get into the car, ive replaced the battery in the key, but no luck. Plz help!

m4tt274

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i had this problem with an evo 5 i borrowed to go to japfest in 08. we used some welding wire, pushed it through the door and pulled the boot catch, got in that way. not sure if it is the same with a focus.
hmm, not sure really

Alan_D

Is the car battery ok?

oadamo

CaftDunt

What do you mean by delocked? If the handle is still there then at the end of it should be a cover which you can pull off with a flat blade, the lock should be behind that.

Alan_D

Good Plan, but the boot catch operates by a push button (obviously electronic). Still, if you could push that you'd at least know everything else was working ok and it is just the remote or the locking system.

Csm

Kayble

yea checked the battery and its fine, yea i will try remove the bit beside the handles too see if there is a lock behind it

thebigmacmoomin

Climb in through the boot?

Alan_D

Oh yeah. Was forgetting there was a keyhole on the boot.

Unless the boot has been de-locked too?

R5AAL

There is a lock behind it, remove the cover and your there.

Kayble

hey thanks for all your help, i managed to wedged the cap off the door handle, was stuck on extremely well, so chipped the door paint a bit, now i just need to figure out why the key isnt working, where can i get a new one?

ECU Monitor Enthusiast

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Locks are put on cars for a reason, why remove them..LOL

martysmartie

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Either the key is duff or it has lost it's partnership, by the way you would not have been able to use the boot release inside as this does not work when the car is locked.

Martin

spudmurphy

Only if it's deadlocked too, if the lock button has just been pressed once the boot release works, if you press it twice and the lights flash it's deadlcoked and the boot release doesnt work. I know this from a very similar experience

If you have the car open and the central locking doesnt work still even from the handles and the boot won't release from the dash button then it's worth checking fuse 63 it's a known failing. The bad news is that Fuse 63 is a complete twat to get to, it's on the back of the fusebox that is behind the glovebox. There are 2 or 3 8mm (IIRC) bolts to undo and then you have to twist the fuse panel round, a complete PITA of a job due to all the looms and a metal bracket that holds it in, plus if your doors were deadlocked then you will be lying upside down on the passenger seat head in the footwell. Best advice is to take the gloveboxx off for a bit more access and have plenty of patience.

When mine went the gf was driving the car and was parked up at a supermarket in the middle of summer, upside down in the footwell on a baking hot day with nosey fecker peering in and asking gf if I was OK, why didnt I 'just open the door'... I was sweating like a mofo by the time I got it fixed and was not seeing the funny side of it

Spud

left hooker

my remote is doing the same at the mo but its the contacts the batt side to the transponder
the contacts rub through the cuircit boarding it needs a dob of solder to stop any more damage to the cuircit boarding to create a better contact

martysmartie

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True should of added that about dead locking there again personally I always dead lock.

Martin

left hooker

my remote is doing the same at the mo but its the contacts the batt side to the transponder
the contacts rub through the cuircit boarding it needs a dob of solder to stop any more damage to the cuircit boarding to create a better contact

ECU Monitor Enthusiast

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Get a pencil rubber on that contact area....