Battery is dead on my rover. Key won't go into door lock. Lubed the hell out of it but it feels like tumblers are stuck or there's something jammed inside.

Can I slim Jim the lock? Or is there a way to get the hood open?

 

let me see if I can pop the hood with a flathead screw driver

 

Negative on popping the hood unless you break the grill, not enough leverage to push the latch key backwards.

Call AAA

 

Thanks for the try. Im going to try to put a charger on it via the starter and the frame first

 

I had the same thing happen to me a while back. No, you can't slim Jim the door. I know this for a fact. Mine isn't an everyday driver so I had time to get an Air Wedge from Amazon and a 6 ft metal rod from Home Depot. I put a 2" 90 degree bend on one end and a loop bend on the other for a handle. Pump up that wedge and slip the rod in and hit the unlock button on the dash, took 2 minutes.When the tumblers have failed it's the only way I found to get in. Once unlocked I disassembled the lock and knocked out the broken tumblers reassembled and it works fine. Of course I could now probably open it with any disco key. My keyless remote has been out of service for a while even after swapping receivers, that's why I had to go this route.

Here's the Amazon link:

 

The lock button on the dash isn't going to work, the battery is dead on the vehicle

 

Got it! Was able to get a charge on it via the starter and frame. Thanks yal

 

You are telling me that you can charge an auto battery through the starter? Never heard that 1 before...

 

Battery is connected directly to the starter...

 

He said he was charging it via starter connections= power to the unlock button= will work.