We all have problems with our car sooner or later, it doesn’t matter if it’s because you run out of gas, have a fuse issue, or your car won’t start, all these malfunctions often annoy us and we are often incapable to correct them. That’s why we tries its best to help you in front of these complications, and today we will make sure to describe you how to manually lock your BMW i3? In fact, if you have no more electricity, you will not have the capacity to use the central locking of your car anymore. We will first teach you how to manually close the sunroof of your BMW i3, and secondly, how to manually lock the doors of your BMW i3.

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How to manually close the sunroof of a BMW i3 ?

So we will commence our content page with the technique to let you to close manually your BMW i3 and more exactly the sunroof or the panoramic roof of this one. Regardless your battery is empty, or you have removed the battery, you will not have access to the power controls of the sunroof of your BMW i3, and as a result not anymore have the chance to lock it. Unfortunately, you don’t have many possibilities to allow you to close them. In fact, to manually close the sunroof of a BMW i3 , there is only one alternative which consists in using the manual command to close it. It is not apparent without removing a plastic cover which is placed in front of the sunroof. To locate the exact location of this screw refer to your car’s instruction manual. It will then be sufficient to screw it on until the roof is totally closed.

How to manually close the doors of a BMW i3 ?

And now, we will surely go forward to the part that brings you on this page, how to manually close a BMW i3 , but this time we will concentrate on the doors of this one. In fact, your car may have run out of battery in front of your house, you been able to open the doors and try to start it, but while waiting to find a solution you want to make sure that nobody will be capable to get into it. Unfortunately, it’s almost the same issue as the sunroof on your BMW i3. In fact, with no power, it will be unachievable to activate the door central lock. In some years, you will have a press switch on the window frame that you can press manually to close your BMW i3 manually, but this is becoming less and less common. So we will give you as before the only two possibilities to let you to close your car with no power:

  • Get a new battery and install it to close the doors of your BMW i3, or find one in good condition. But, you will need access to the bonnet to do this
  • Link up your BMW i3 to a running car to transfer energy and recharge your vehicle’s battery. This will at least give you enough power to close the doors of your car. In the event that you have any doubts about your battery’s ability to keep the charge. Make sure to close the doors of your car while it is still linked to the other car. Once you have done this, you can disconnect your battery and close the bonnet

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To discover more tips on the BMW i3, take a look at the BMW i3 category.