Astra K Hidden Door Lock HOW TO open car

[@troywinterbourn564]

Went through this the other day with a flat battery .
After entering said car with key you need to pop the bonnet and hook up jumper leads to the positive and negative terminals near the under bonnet fuse box .
This will allow you to get the hatch open (No manual release) to access the battery . It will also allow you to disengage the electric park brake if you need to push it anywhere .
On the plus side after puling my dead flat battery out and charging it , I did not need to enter a code into the head unit . It did take about 4 attempts at starting after replacing the battery . All the gauges went up and down but never attempted to start . 4th or 5th time it started no problems and was back to normal .

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Hi Troy, thanks for this excellent information, it will really help lots of people

[@rhiannon-amberleavett846]

My passenger door won’t unlock. I tried to remove the cover but there’s no hole to put the key into to access the lock like there is on the drivers door. Helppppp

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Hi, just one lock on the car im afraid, sounds like the latch is stuck and a garage will need to look at it

[@donatszalay6356]

I have the same issue. What was the solution?

[@yvesmartin8698]

Super!!!! Enfin une vidéo claire et précise qui vaut tous les manuels du monde.
Merci beaucoup, ma centralisation fait des caprices parfois et je ne peux plus rentrer dans ma voiture 😊....👍

[@spodula]

Thanks, i can safely say you saved me on my dads car. We really didn't have a clue how to get into it so we could jump it.

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Hi, well you're not alone. Every week I get calls about this, it's a shame it's not obvious. Thanks for the feedback and really pleased it helped you :)

[@yinkam.f8741]

you are a lifesaver!!! thank you so much

[@TheCarKeyMan]

You're very welcome Yinka :)

[@drplague3461]

Mate you are a legend 👏

[@bandernstain6332]

You just saved my bacon good sir. Thank you.

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Great stuff Ban, it's easy when you know how ;)

[@adymills]

Thanks for the tip buddy. I went from keyless start as was having issues but now feel prepared should the time arrive to get in my car. It’s just Sod’s law it will be in the middle of a thunder storm with the Mrs 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Thanks Ady, lots of people are getting caught out at the most unfortunate time!

[@theDingovec]

Thank you ! this vid. helps me a lot :)

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Great stuff, really pleased it helped :)

[@omark2241]

Thanks man, however my battery is dead and i need to get in the boot, is there a manual way to open it?

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Hi, yes I've heard about this. Are you in the car?

[@omark2241]

@@TheCarKeyMan no its just we have a flat battery and we need a way to get in and the battery is in the back of the car i think

[@BouncingCow]

​@@omark2241 To quote from another website "As long as you can still get in the car, let down the rear seats and on the inner tailgate trim you should see a circular blank plug. Take this off and it gives you access to the mechanicals of the lock and you can move the lever manually."
It should also be in the manual. and if you feel really fancy, pop the bonnet and get some external power source :)

[@gav6001]

Cheers Buddy, life saver!!

[@TheCarKeyMan]

You're welcome Gav, thanks for watching :)

[@nicolaifry9466]

Thanks, was on beach and it was 30 degrees celsius😊

[@MrGambit22]

you sir are a life saver

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Thanks Greg, really pleased it helped :)

[@SaffronBharker]

Wow that so helped me!!!

[@IanDunne-sp9ww]

great help thank you

[@roberttaylor755]

Thanks much

[@TheCarKeyMan]

You're very welcome Robert :)

[@terryevans7055]

Absolute star ❤

[@ΘοδωρηςΓουρζης-ο1χ]

Thanks for sharing your video! I have the same car!!!

[@TheCarKeyMan]

You're welcome, thanks for watching :)

[@BouncingCow]

What a click bait! Now I have removed and placed the cover back onb the handle, but still do not know how to get inside my car ...
Just kidding, but I indeed found it amusing, that you never actually opened the door in the process :). But a great video, now I wil know how to get into the car with a flat battery.

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Can't believe I didn't show that! glad it helped :)

[@maxs28]

Absolute hero

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Thank you, really pleased it helped :)

[@charmainesmith9997]

We have the child lock on and our rear door won’t open/unlock. The rest of the doors are fine except one. Is there any way of getting this open to see what the issue is?

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Hi, if the door is jammed shut then it needs to be in at a garage

[@markwolves9498]

Same issue did you get it sorted?? If so how??

[@ginobragoli1448]

Nice one 👍

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Hope it helped:)

[@iangilroy9763]

Thanks 👍👍👍

[@TheCarKeyMan]

You're very welcome, glad it helped :)

[@wyzur01able]

what to do if there is a keyless system?

[@TheCarKeyMan]

There is normally a key blade hidden inside the key

[@mohamedbenali7575]

Thanks bro i didnt know it

[@TheCarKeyMan]

You're welcome Mohamed :)

[@anthony342]

thanks for this

[@TheCarKeyMan]

You're very welcome Anthony, glad it helped :)

[@redblade8160]

More importantly, how do you manually open doors and windows on Astra car when locked inside?

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Hi, well we’d pick the lock and open it. Not sure if these can be wedged and pull the door handle as they may deadlock

[@redblade8160]

@@TheCarKeyMan
The answer is that there is no way to get out of an Astra car manually because there is no manual lock!

[@etg27]

Legend! Car magically died with my newborns car seat inside! ( the baby wasn’t in it)

[@TheCarKeyMan]

Good to hear Edward, babies locked in cars = stress