Emergency: Sister Locked Inside Car

[Jon K]

Shes 1.5 hrs away from me, locked in her '95 530i. The door pin won't come up it just falls back down. The key turns in the ignition but it doesn't crank. She has no sunroof open tool. This is a big deal can anyone help me!

[ryan roopnarine]

what do you mean "falls down"? is it an electrical pull down, or like a broken mechanism causing the knobs to fall down?

was going to suggest that she drove home, and get somebody to open the trunk from the outside, force the allen key in somehow, but then i saw you say that it won't crank. if she's still in there, and you think its electical, i'd get her to jump in the backseat, pull it up, and "push" the wire back into the battery terminal clamp. i have a once/6 month problem where , when im about to start the car (all acc's come on), and i try to start it, it just goes "click". pushing the wire back into the battery terminal fixes it, but i think its an obc/code issue.

[632 Regal]

car have an alarm?

[kyleN20]

call local police, have em come with a slim jim, or triple a, pop the hood and have someone hook up a battery, then roll down the window and dukes of hazzard it

[angrypancake]

this looks like a job for your supercharger and 5th gear. what about turning the key to position 2 and opening the windows? i guess she's probly tried it all already. break the window and bust out?

[Torque]

Tell her to break the window or call 911.

[NovceGuru]

Sounds like it got tripped into the "hard lock" mode or whatever its called. I've done the same thing to my girlfriend and played dumb like "OMG your stuck!" Maybe your sis has a mean boyfriend to? :\

[Tiger]

Pop the hood and have someone hook up the jumper cable... then have her see if she can unlock car from inside... or try passenger side door... hold pin up and open the handle.

[SRR2]

Yeah, the second lock position on the driver's door lock. That's what it sounds like. But how would that be possible with someone in the car? Guess it could be a failure of the lock mechanism. That's a bear because everything's uncooperative when the lock is in that position.

Jon, where is she located?

[SRR2]

n/t