Help... WTH never imagined the using the key in the door wouldn't work even with battery dead

 

The grill is not on the car if that helps me any?

 

can you get at the starter motor to connect a charger and get the battery charged back up? Didn't know a dead batt can cause a lock out-assumed was just a mechanical linkage..My disco came with a damaged spare door-will have to examine that mechanism...

 

Jumper box on starter worked like a charm

 

The key in the door should unlock regardless of voltage.

Unless you 1)super locked the vehicle or 2)the lock is non-op/broken

 

You sure? Car was not super locked that I'm aware and key functioned normally prior to this. I ask because using the key in the door never felt like there was enough resistance to be moving anything mechanical.

 

No.

The lock is not (directly) mechanical.

The only thing the key does is close an electrical switch that grounds a circuit, which in turn signals the BCU to activate the door unlock motors. Insufficient voltage = no door lock or unlock.

 

Damn good idea!

 

 

Nope see above......