R34 Gtt Won't Open

[zarnow]

Hey guys I have had my r34 sitting for about a week due to not driving it any more.

First time taking it for a drive and I cannot get into the car with either the central locking or the key itself.

Just can't get more then half way with the key on both doors. Worked fine a week ago with central locking.

But now with that I only get one beep and that's to arm the alarm. No two beeps for unlocking.

I don't hear any locking mechanisms going at all

Boot lock turns and works.

Also

I have had a new battery fitted recently.

[Sinista32]

That's freaky.

The key should still work but trip the Alarm. At least it does with mine.

There is no way the key should not work in the door locks - not possible (as it is physical).

When you say new battery. Do you mean in the Fob or the car battery?

I have replaced both previously with no issues.

Sounds to me like the frequency has changed for the unlock motion

Edit: By the way I have a 34 GTT also

Edited February 21, 2014 by Sinista32

[Manuel Kasko]

Are you sure it's your car?

[Sinista32]

LOLZ

[zarnow]

New car battery. I was thinking that it could of been my central locking remote, but that still makes the car beep.

Thanks for the quick replies guys and yeah it is my car. Any one else have any idea

[jay-rod]

Your doors may have been replaced at some stage, therefore having a different barrel.

As for the imobilisor, i would disconnect the battery for a while then try again

[olloSKYLINEollo]

Try spraying some lubricant into the lock barrel with the key partly in and give it a try. Dirt and crap gets into them and if haven't been used in a while can make them hard to turn.

[zarnow]

Tried the WD40 in the barrel with no luck. I have had this car for a while, so this is completely out of the ordinary.

Will try the battery tomorrow. Any ideas of how to get the bonnet up without getting access to the car?

[zarnow]

Turns out it was just a flat car battery. Had to use a shit load of force to get the barrel to unlock. It felt like it was going to break the door.

Very strange . But all resolved. Thanks guys.

[Manuel Kasko]

Glad it worked out

[GTR-N1]

Are you sure it's your car?

lmao

[leej84]

Sorry to dig up an old thread but this is happening to me right now. And it's got me stumped. 

I bought my r34 gtt end of last year and only have opened the car using the central locking. 

I had a flat battery in the car after leaving it over the Xmas and new yrs holidays. The car wouldn't unlock using central locking. So automatically I went to try open the car door using the key, and both doors won't unlock using the key. Tried the boot and it opened fine. So I called the previous owner and asked if he had problems unlocking the doors with the key, in which he replied he's had flat battery before and the door unlocked fine with the key... 

Anyway, I ended up unlatching the hood and put jumper leads on the battery to another car to unlock the gtt with central locking remote. 

But the key still won't turn on both doors... 

Any ideas? 

(I don't have a spare key) 

[GTSBoy]

Le sigh.

If the key won't turn the barrel, then either they don't go together, or the mechanisms in the doors are jammed. The first is 1000000% more likely than that both doors have f**ked up in the same way. Nevertheless, you could take the door cards off, and check out the locking rods, clips, pivots and so on and spray some lithium grease on them and see what's happening. In fact, if you take the cards off and then use the internal lock mechanisms (near the inner door handle) you should be able to see if the only possible thing that could be wrong is that the lock barrels won't turn.

Then you get a locksmith.

And FFS. You've had the car 2 years and haven't attempted to get a spare key?!!!

[Ben C34]

50 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

You've had the car 2 years

 

2 hours ago, leej84 said:

bought my r34 gtt end of last year

3 weeks? 
 

the old called the previous owner.... I wouldn’t answer, deal done 1 2 warranty.

[leej84]

Yes, I've had the car for about 3 weeks and went on holidays during Xmas and new yrs. 

The previous owner has actually been very helpful and there's no reason for him to lie. I don't expect him to fix the problem anyway. 

I guess I'll open up the door cards to see what's going on.

[GTSBoy]

7 hours ago, Ben C34 said:

3 weeks?

Yuh, sorry. I'd just finished groaning over an equally daft situation in another thread.

I swear, the Qs around here are getting worse daily.

[Shoota_77]

Being a Skyline (ie cop bait and thieving prick bait) there is a very high possibility that it has been broken into at some point.  The owner possibly replaced the barrels with a new (or used) set or they re-coded the door barrels without re-coding the whole car (which they should do).

Whip the door trims off, pull the locks out and drop them to the locksmith to be matched to the key or replaced and recoded if they are stuffed.  I agree with GTSBoy that it's unlikely BOTH sides are worn out as the passenger side door lock would be very infrequently (if ever) used, even more so on a car equipped with remote central locking!

Good luck!