No key hole?

Indout96

elsien wrote: »

Skoda Fabia. And I don't carry the spare key round with me.
I think I need to do a closer inspection. And possibly read the manual.

Swap the key at home so you do carry the spare and the washed key becomes the spare.

k3lvc

elsien wrote: »

Any thoughts? Just doesn't seem as practical to me, given that electronics are more likely to go on the blink that your bog standard key.

Have you read the manual ?

Last couple of my cars I've had to remove a plastic cover over the handle to reveal a keyhole. Without reading I'd never had known

AdrianC

k3lvc wrote: »

Have you read the manual ?

Steady, tiger...

neilmcl

k3lvc wrote: »

Have you read the manual ?

Last couple of my cars I've had to remove a plastic cover over the handle to reveal a keyhole. Without reading I'd never had known

Have you read the thread!! :rotfl:

arcon5

Tale the battery out and let it dry out. Unless it's already caused shorting the only damage now will be caused by rusting so if its still working then get it dry and cleaned up inside and you should get away with it.

shaun_from_Africa

I would recommend taking the battery out then give the entire fob a good rinsing in lukewarm distilled or deionised water then leave it someone warm to totally dry out.
Even though it might be dry and working now, any deposits left in there from the detergent or conditioned may well eat away at the electronics over time.

zagfles

EssexExile wrote: »

My dad's Micra has the hidden keyhole on the passenger side. I'm not sure how much help it would be if he needed to use it. The car is usually in his garage hard up against the wall that side!

Presumably using that keyhole would unlock all doors, and not just the passenger door? The designers can't be that stupid, surely?

AndyMc.....

zagfles wrote: »

Presumably using that keyhole would unlock all doors, and not just the passenger door? The designers can't be that stupid, surely?

How do they design that then?

I mean if the reason why you’re going in that way is due to a flat battery how’s the central locking going to work?

facade

zagfles wrote: »

Presumably using that keyhole would unlock all doors, and not just the passenger door? The designers can't be that stupid, surely?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


On my [STRIKE]Renault[/STRIKE] Nee-San, the doors auto deadlock, so they would never open from the passenger side, or inside, the only way to deactivate the deadlocks would be to turn the ignition on.

zagfles

AndyMc..... wrote: »

How do they design that then?

I mean if the reason why you!!!8217;re going in that way is due to a flat battery how!!!8217;s the central locking going to work?

Flat fob battery is the most likely reason for having to use the keyhole I would have thought. Not flat car battery.

And to cater for flat car battery how about designing keyholes on both sides of the car? Hardly rocket science. Just on the passenger side is brain dead. The passenger door is far more likely to be inaccessible eg parked against a wall.