SF Gate: Freak fire traps man inside Audi/Battery failure a p ossible cause

[Beatty, Robert]

Hmmm interesting....

A few weeks ago, I finally got around to moving my 86 5ktq sedan from where
it had been parked and locked for the past 3 months.  The battery was quite
dead and I discovered that I could NOT unlock the rear doors manually.  I
didnt think much of it and just replaced the battery and let the power locks
work correctly.  Anyone know of a reason why the rear doors wouldn't unlock
with a dead or disconnected battery?  I didnt have a problem with the front
doors because I used the key for both sides.

Wonder if there might be a recall of some sort on this??? or are the cars
waaaaaay too old for that now?

Rob

86 5ktq
89 200tqa


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Freak fire traps man inside Audi/Battery failure a possible cause