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Green Flag Refuse To Come Out

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  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 19,440 Forumite
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    macman said:
    Why is a car new enough to have keyless entry potentially being sent to the breaker's yard?
    My 2007 Focus has keyless entry and start, so the car may not be that new.  The OP has not mentioned the age of the car, only the owner.
  • Herzlos
    Herzlos Posts: 16,213 Forumite
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    It's not a breakdown though, it's an abandoned car tat won't unlock/start due to the battery being flat.
    Most local garages should be able to send someone round to get it going. Then get it an MOT and get rid of it.
  • sonofmerton
    sonofmerton Posts: 85 Forumite
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    Norman_Castle said:
    Can he open the door and boot with the key? What car is it? Sorn the car and cancel the insurance and breakdown cover. VED will be refunded after sorning.
    No it won't open that way. Nissan. Thanks. 
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,712 Forumite
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    sonofmerton said:
    Norman_Castle said:
    Can he open the door and boot with the key? What car is it? Sorn the car and cancel the insurance and breakdown cover. VED will be refunded after sorning.
    No it won't open that way. Nissan. Thanks. 
    if you give more info re the model/year etc etc, someone may be help you get access
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    sonofmerton said:
    Norman_Castle said:
    Can he open the door and boot with the key? What car is it? Sorn the car and cancel the insurance and breakdown cover. VED will be refunded after sorning.
    No it won't open that way. Nissan. Thanks. 
    It will. Unless he/you either hasn't found the lock barrels yet, or they're seized through lack of use.

    At the absolute outside, if he's considering scrapping it, just break a window.
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    sonofmerton said:
    Norman_Castle said:
    Can he open the door and boot with the key? What car is it? Sorn the car and cancel the insurance and breakdown cover. VED will be refunded after sorning.
    No it won't open that way. Nissan. Thanks. 
    So how would a breakdown company get to the battery to start the car? Nissan what? Make, model and age?

  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,870 Forumite
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    sonofmerton said:
    Norman_Castle said:
    Can he open the door and boot with the key? What car is it? Sorn the car and cancel the insurance and breakdown cover. VED will be refunded after sorning.
    No it won't open that way. Nissan. Thanks. 

    Note?
    The keyhole is on the passenger side door handle, under a piece of plastic trim that levers off.
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Hasbeen
    Hasbeen Posts: 4,404 Forumite
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    sonofmerton said:
    Norman_Castle said:
    Can he open the door and boot with the key? What car is it? Sorn the car and cancel the insurance and breakdown cover. VED will be refunded after sorning.
    No it won't open that way. Nissan. Thanks. 
    What model of Nissan?  Micra? Usually all similar to video below?

    https://axleaddict.com/auto-repair/How-to-open-the-door-to-a-Nissan-Micra-when-the-battery-is-dead-and-the-locking-system-wont-work-with-good-pictures
    The world is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good. Napoleon
  • lordmountararat
    lordmountararat Posts: 300 Forumite
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    My wife had a Nissan Micra 2003 and though it was 'keyless' there was, if you looked carefully, a tiny keyhole  underneath the door handle that could be used in an emergency.
  • Paula_Smith
    Paula_Smith Posts: 308 Forumite
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    sonofmerton said:
    He phoned Green Flag who he is with and they said that as the MOT has run out, the law says they can't top the battery up and will not be coming out until he books an MOT.
    Does that mean they will come out if he books an MOT?
    If so, book an MOT then call them out - then cancel the MOT if he doesn't want one.
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