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

[Ti Kan]

Beatty, Robert writes:
> 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.

You mean that pulling up on the lock pin doesn't unlock the door?
If that is so something is not right...  All the power lock does is
use air pressure to raise the lock pin up and down for you...

-Ti
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