A while back I read a post, I was sure it was here on TruckNet, of a driver who was locked out.
In a RHD he had to get out and goto the left side in a foreign port, so hopped out the truck with the engine running and then found the door had locked. Breakdown recovery sorted it by letting the truck system think it had been in a collision to opening the doors…
Anyone recall? I’ve tried the search facility but I don’t think it likes me today 
Go on, admit it, you’ve locked yourself out haven’t you 
you just want to find the thread so you can get back in
No, my daily work vehicle doesn’t have locks or anything on the doors. I’m lucky if they even get ignition keys.
As I recall it was where the breakdown/service guy removed a light cover, shorted the contacts and then hit the front of the truck with a peice of wood. This caused the truck systems to think that it had been in a collision and unlocked all the doors…
But I was looking for the source 
Thanks for the thought though
I doubt something like that was posted on ere. You’ll have all the ■■■■■■ nicking the lorrys as well as the fuel.
there is an urban myth that you can do something similar on Scanias to unlock the doors, this was proven to be totally untrue, due to the fact a mate of mine locked himself out of his cab on a cold wet day
Scania breakdown turned up, had a look at the job in hand, went back to the service van to get the appropriate tool to get into the cab.
the appropriate tool was a large flat blade screwdriver, applied to the door lock and wiggled a few times, hey presto, the door opened 
you pay all that money for a brand new truck, and you can get into it with a screwdriver
Same urban myth that hitting the front towing eye on the early mondeos would pop the airbags and open the doors.
Another myth is if you put diesel in a petrol car it wont run.
bubsy06:
Another myth is if you put diesel in a petrol car it wont run.
Depends on the mix of petrol to diesel I would have thought. I do know that if you put unleaded into a Volkswagon Passat TDi it won’t work for very long. And no I haven’t but I was the one sent to tow the broken car back.
tofer:
bubsy06:
Another myth is if you put diesel in a petrol car it wont run.Depends on the mix of petrol to diesel I would have thought. I do know that if you put unleaded into a Volkswagon Passat TDi it won’t work for very long. And no I haven’t but I was the one sent to tow the broken car back.
No mix just straight diesel
I honestly didn’t think that the compression was enough to burn diesel in a petrol engine.
I posted a similar story on here about automatic central lockingClicky Clicky but did not mention anything about hitting the truck ‘faulty towers style’…
to fix it…that must of been another web site. But thanks for the tip 
, I’ll try that if it ever happens to me before i call out the mechanic. 
shuttlespanker:
there is an urban myth that you can do something similar on Scanias to unlock the doors, this was proven to be totally untrue, due to the fact a mate of mine locked himself out of his cab on a cold wet dayScania breakdown turned up, had a look at the job in hand, went back to the service van to get the appropriate tool to get into the cab.
the appropriate tool was a large flat blade screwdriver, applied to the door lock and wiggled a few times, hey presto, the door opened
you pay all that money for a brand new truck, and you can get into it with a screwdriver
You did ok our trusty scania mech used a CROW BAR ! u shouled c the damage he done to cab door of our R cab ! , but he got ion !
Nah, I’ve probably got it wrong then.
im sorry i read nearly all the threads and i dont remember that one.
tofer:
bubsy06:
Another myth is if you put diesel in a petrol car it wont run.Depends on the mix of petrol to diesel I would have thought. I do know that if you put unleaded into a Volkswagon Passat TDi it won’t work for very long. And no I haven’t but I was the one sent to tow the broken car back.
I actually put petrol in a diesel golf i once had, put about 15quid in of diesel, then realised 
and toped her up with 35quid of diesel, just to say it flew
I left a post a while back about how I got into my R series in about 10 seconds with a butchers knife. One of the most expensive trucks you can buy and even the Scania dealer I spoke to a while ago said they have the worst locks going!
Fallmonk:
shuttlespanker:
there is an urban myth that you can do something similar on Scanias to unlock the doors, this was proven to be totally untrue, due to the fact a mate of mine locked himself out of his cab on a cold wet dayScania breakdown turned up, had a look at the job in hand, went back to the service van to get the appropriate tool to get into the cab.
the appropriate tool was a large flat blade screwdriver, applied to the door lock and wiggled a few times, hey presto, the door opened
you pay all that money for a brand new truck, and you can get into it with a screwdriver
You did ok our trusty scania mech used a CROW BAR ! u shouled c the damage he done to cab door of our R cab ! , but he got ion !
i think you got it wrong slightly, it was not ny truck, i was not the driver of the truck, the truck belonged to one of the largest independant container hauliers, i was parked next to it in a proper truck
let me make it perfectly clear, there is not enough money in the world that would make me want to drive one of those heaps of …
I’m sure Globby480 will be along shortly to say how fantastic they are and i am one of the un-initiated for driving a DAF 
On 4-series Scanias, you can get the doors to open by using a sewing pin to short out a wire that runs up the nearside corner behind the pull-out flap- not saying which wire.
You can get into an FH12 in about five seconds using a simple household item.
Harry Monk:
On 4-series Scanias, you can get the doors to open by using a sewing pin to short out a wire that runs up the nearside corner behind the pull-out flap- not saying which wire.You can get into an FH12 in about five seconds using a simple household item.
MAN and ERF are basically the same although you’ve a plastic cover to remove that covers a load of plugs. It’s simply then a case of shorting a pin out on the right plug to ground and it triggers the central locking.
shuttlespanker:
there is an urban myth that you can do something similar on Scanias to unlock the doors, this was proven to be totally untrue, due to the fact a mate of mine locked himself out of his cab on a cold wet day
4 years back I got out of the cab (Fowler Welch brand new Scania 05 plate) at the Texaco Services on A1 North near Thirsk, to turn fridge off, I was talking to another driver for about 5 mins and went to get back in a doors had locked
Called Fowlers who got Scania out from Thirsk and when the guy arrived he said it was just a case of popping the bonnet and cutting a White? wire to earth it and it would unlock the doors.
When he got to the front of the truck he then realised that the bonnet catch was inside cab on the new models and he used a flat head screwdriver + Hammer to break the N/S door lock.
So I wouldn’t say the wire method was an Urban Myth as he was a qualified Scania Fitter