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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 11:50 AM
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My Land Rover Discovery 02 doesn't open not even with the key. I haven't used it for a month. Could it be the battery on my car? If so how do you get the hood open?
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by alexzracer2008
My Land Rover Discovery 02 doesn't open not even with the key. I haven't used it for a month. Could it be the battery on my car? If so how do you get the hood open?
Send me your tele number and I'll call you right back.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by alexzracer2008
My Land Rover Discovery 02 doesn't open not even with the key. I haven't used it for a month. Could it be the battery on my car? If so how do you get the hood open?
Yes your battery is dead, unless it is "super locked" you should beable to open it with the key still.
You can take a long flat head screwdriver and stick it through the grill and work the hood latch.
You can go under the truck and "tap" into the battery cable that goes to the starter and put enough juice into your battery to unlock the truck. (passenger side up and behind the front wheel)
You can pop out the drivers side headlight and get the hood open.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 01:32 PM
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Screw driver won't work on a D2 but you are dead on on the other ways in.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Disco Mike
Screw driver won't work on a D2 but you are dead on on the other ways in.
OK, thank you for clearing that up Mike.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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Thats my phone. You can call anytime please.
Great "Screw driver won't work on a D2 but you are dead on on the other ways "
I'm not sure if it was super locked or not. I might have though since I wasn't going to use it for a long time. Would It really matter anyways? I have the key. I guess the land rover wanted to really show a "long time." jk
Thank You so much.
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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Got it open, and got a new battery
You just need to pull the cable, I didn't have to cut it.
Everything is good
Thanks for you help
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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When you super lock the truck there are deadbolts that secure all the doors.
Super locking the truck is a bad idea, had it not been you could have just unlocked it with the key and popped the hood.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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Alex... you were lucky. I have been locked INSIDE my car for several hours.
One of those days that I come with the most stupid idea. My family still laugh about that one, and now I do too.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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what is this "super lock" you speak of?
 
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