Lotus 2005 Elise Owner's Handbook Manual page 41

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Mechanical locking
Notes:
• In the event of a flat car battery, the CDL will not operate. The
doors can be unlocked from outside only after opening the
engine cover and restoring power to the battery by substitution,
re-charging or 'jumping' to a second battery. The doors cannot
be unlocked using the mechanical key if the CDL was used
to lock the car.
• To lock the car with a flat or disconnected car battery, or if
the transmitter fob is disabled, use the mechanical key in
each exterior door lock button and turn anticlockwise to the
vertical position to disconnect each release button from the
latch. This technique does not 'deadlock' the interior release
handles, but does allow continued key access to the car until
restoration of battery power.
Note that a door locked with the mechanical key cannot be
unlocked using only the transmitter fob.
• To deadlock the car i.e. disable interior release handles, with
a flat car battery, or without the use of the transmitter fob or
mechanical key, close and lock one door using the sill but-
ton, and for the second door, hold the exterior release button
pressed in and depress the sill button before closing the door.
Access is now available only by using the transmitter fob after
restoration of car electrical power.
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Interior release handle
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