Interior door knob

[Yatz]

Hi, all.
I have a curious question regarding the Chimaera's interior door knob. (the one behind the gear stick) Does this require the battery to function or is it merely a simple mechanical relay? I am asking this further to an incident with my Chimaera last week. I won't elucidate further as I suspect you can all guess what I am alluding to. Thanks.

[crowfield]

The knob operates bowden cables that route through to the door locks in the B post.

[crowfield]

[Belle427]

It has an electrical button on it too which locks the doors, i cant remember if it unlocks them too.

[glow worm]

There are a differences between Chimaeras about 3 or 4 i think ... and there's a difference between locking the door and arming the door.... the incorrect functioning of the central locking button can cause the external wing mirror button not to function ... this is often caused by the contacts on the switch and it's infrequent operation... the light should go on/off ... but many don't work now , turning the knob should cancel ... but often doesn't ... arming/disarming on the key fob is my usual solution.... but I like to leave the roof off/ window open in the garage and the car unarmed .

[Yatz]

Thanks for the feedback but all I wanted to know was whether or not the door knob behind the gear stick would still function even if the battery were flat.

[sixor8]

Absolutely, it has to!

If you manage to get access to a locked car with a flat battery (I had to in the past ), it mechanically overrides the door locks to open them.

[Yatz]

Thanks. Yes, that was the reason for my question.