Hi everyone.
Picked up an Insignia recently as a project car, needs some mechanical work and other bits here and there but nothing I’m not confident in sorting myself, or so I thought.
Had the battery out so I could access the wiring mess that was left under it, and to access the clutch bleed valve to sort the air lock that seemed to be in the system. The battery tray was rocking around as it hadn’t been bolted down, and I didn’t have any bolts for it to hand so I locked the car up manually on each door and closed the bonnet for the night.
Come today, I buy new bolts to hold the battery tray in place and sort a few other missing bolts / clamps out and am looking forward to fitting them. Try to open the drivers door with the key and it won’t turn in the barrel at all, doesn’t feel seized, just feels like it’s completely the wrong key for the lock. Tried to free it up with penetrating fluid and nothing, just won’t turn it at all, so now I’m locked out the vehicle and can’t open the bonnet to connect the battery back. Key works fine in the ignition, however.
I’ve seen a few complete ECU’s with BCM, key, ignition barrel and door lock assemblies on eBay, and was thinking of purchasing one for when I can get into the vehicle or under the bonnet somehow so I know I have a key that matches everything including the door, and can get another key made for it that will work with everything.
So I have a few questions regarding this:
Is it possible to open the bonnet without access to inside the vehicle, maybe from under the bumper anywhere?
And if I were to replace the ECU and BCM modules, would this affect the mileage of the vehicle or is that stored in the clock cluster on the Insignia? And would there be a way to correct the mileage if it were to cause a discrepancy?
Thanks in advance guys.
Picked up an Insignia recently as a project car, needs some mechanical work and other bits here and there but nothing I’m not confident in sorting myself, or so I thought.
Had the battery out so I could access the wiring mess that was left under it, and to access the clutch bleed valve to sort the air lock that seemed to be in the system. The battery tray was rocking around as it hadn’t been bolted down, and I didn’t have any bolts for it to hand so I locked the car up manually on each door and closed the bonnet for the night.
Come today, I buy new bolts to hold the battery tray in place and sort a few other missing bolts / clamps out and am looking forward to fitting them. Try to open the drivers door with the key and it won’t turn in the barrel at all, doesn’t feel seized, just feels like it’s completely the wrong key for the lock. Tried to free it up with penetrating fluid and nothing, just won’t turn it at all, so now I’m locked out the vehicle and can’t open the bonnet to connect the battery back. Key works fine in the ignition, however.
I’ve seen a few complete ECU’s with BCM, key, ignition barrel and door lock assemblies on eBay, and was thinking of purchasing one for when I can get into the vehicle or under the bonnet somehow so I know I have a key that matches everything including the door, and can get another key made for it that will work with everything.
So I have a few questions regarding this:
Is it possible to open the bonnet without access to inside the vehicle, maybe from under the bumper anywhere?
And if I were to replace the ECU and BCM modules, would this affect the mileage of the vehicle or is that stored in the clock cluster on the Insignia? And would there be a way to correct the mileage if it were to cause a discrepancy?
Thanks in advance guys.
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