Locked out due to disconnected card reader

[ltfiend]

I was doing some work in the dash and I disconnected the card reader in the center console so I could fix one of the clips. Without thinking I closed the door and now I cannot get back in.

Neither the app nor the keycard will open the doors, trunk, or frunk. I can however vent the windows.

Thoughts on how I can get back in? Grabbing the emergency handle with anything seems implausible. Maybe if I hit the exit button and pull it will work?

Also pro tip, don't do this.

 

[qdeathstar]

uh, uh, let me think uh um...

 

[Puddles]

Vent the window & poke the door release with a stick?

 

[ltfiend]

Vent the window & poke the door release with a stick?

This worked, just needed to make sure the car was unlocked. It would keep locking on me even though the phone was right there.

That was a nice little panic for the evening. I left the window open and I'll get back to it in the morning when I can work on it a little easier.

 

[Puddles]

Welcome to the forums by the way. We need more people around here who are willing to dismantle their cars in the name of science.

 

[Resist]

Vent the window & poke the door release with a stick?

Has the ability to work in the dash but not the ability to do this prior to posting about getting locked out. People are so funny. lol

 

[Garlan Garner]

I was doing some work in the dash and I disconnected the card reader in the center console so I could fix one of the clips. Without thinking I closed the door and now I cannot get back in.

Neither the app nor the keycard will open the doors, trunk, or frunk. I can however vent the windows.

Thoughts on how I can get back in? Grabbing the emergency handle with anything seems implausible. Maybe if I hit the exit button and pull it will work?

Also pro tip, don't do this.

Rule of thumb: Never work on the car with the windows up.

Always test drive the car with the windows down - even in the winter.

 

[Puddles]

Has the ability to work in the dash but not the ability to do this prior to posting about getting locked out. People are so funny. lol

Well gawd if I had a penny, well maybe a dollar, for every time I did something similar, I’d own Tesla.

 

[tuoncan]

Can u open the trunk? If so see if you can pop the back seats and climb in from the trunk.