We all have concerns with our car sooner or later, whether it’s because you run out of gas, have an electricital problem, or your car doesn’t want to start, all these breakdowns tend to bother us and we are in most cases incapable to fix them. That’s why our team tries its best to accompany you in front of these problems, and in this article we will try to show you how to manually lock your BMW X1? In reality, if you have no more electricity, you will not have the ability to use the central locking of your car anymore. We will first teach you how to manually close the sunroof of your BMW X1, and secondly, how to manually lock the doors of your BMW X1.
How to manually close the sunroof of a BMW X1 ?
So we will begin our content with the solution to let you to close manually your BMW X1 and more exactly the sunroof or the panoramic roof of this one. It doesn’t matter if your battery is out of power, or you have removed the battery, you will not have access to the power controls of the sunroof of your BMW X1, and consequently not anymore have the possibility to lock it. Unfortunately, you don’t have many possibilities to allow you to close them. In reality, to manually close the sunroof of a BMW X1 , there is only one answer which consists in using the manual command to close it. It is not visible without removing a plastic cover which is placed in front of the sunroof. To find the exact location of this screw seek advice from your car’s manual. It will then be sufficient to screw it on until the roof is entirely closed.
How to manually close the doors of a BMW X1 ?
And now, we will certainly advance to the section that interests you most, how to manually close a BMW X1 , but this time we will focus on the doors of this one. In reality, your car may have run out of battery in front of your house, you managed 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 able to get into it. Unfortunately, it’s almost the same trouble as the sunroof on your BMW X1. In reality, with no power, it will be unachievable to activate the door central lock. In some years, you will have a push switch on the window frame that you can press manually to close your BMW X1 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:
- Buy a new battery and install it to close the doors of your BMW X1, or find one in good condition. Nevertheless, you will need access to the bonnet to take action
- Connect your BMW X1 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 cases where 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 motor vehicle. Once you have carried out this, you can disconnect your battery and close the bonnet
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If you want more guides on the BMW X1, go to our BMW X1 category.
