locking the chimaera,,,,

[paulsmith]

Please can anyone help i have a Chimaera that does not always want to be locked. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes the key will not even turn, and i have to stand there trial and error until she opens, or even lock it?,.,,any ideas,,,or little things to try.Much appreciated,,as i look suspicious hovering around the lock of my own car!!!

[RobM]

Hi paul.
I think this bit may be wrong...

paulsmith said:

i have a Chimaera

cause if you have, i'd like to see this...

paulsmith said:

sometimes the key will not even turn

[IPAddis]

Do you not lock it by setting the alarm?

[IPAddis]

RobM said:

Hi paul. I think this bit may be wrong... paulsmith said: i have a Chimaera cause if you have, i'd like to see this... paulsmith said: sometimes the key will not even turn

Early Chimaeras did have a key hole on the button to the aft of the doors but I believe they were usually locked remotely via the alarm.

[paulsmith]

IPAddis said:

Do you not lock it by setting the alarm?

hiya,,,I lock it by inserting and turning the key which activates the alarm,,,by its when i insert the key, it doesnt even round,,anti -or clockwise etc,,,

thks

[ribol]

Sounds like a mechanical problem with the lock bit. I think the alarm side of things is handled by a micro switch on the lock assembly. If the key does not "work" it must be a mechanical problem, the microswitch/alarm side of things could be tested separately.

Ivan

[chris43]

Should a 1993 Chimaera lock via a zapper or just by the key?
Mine did not come with a zapper!!

[k4trv]

chris43 said:

Should a 1993 Chimaera lock via a zapper or just by the key? Mine did not come with a zapper!!

You have mail.

Trev McM

[the dodger]

All Chimaeras came with std fit alarm system. Early models (with key) could be armed by key turning technique as shown in handbook. Remote c/l and arming was available as upgrade. Later models without key just have blipper.

Try copious amounts of WD40 in the lock and give a good wiggle about. Sure seems a mechanical/lock problem IMHO.

[RobM]

IPAddis said:

Early Chimaeras did have a key hole on the button to the aft of the doors but I believe they were usually locked remotely via the alarm.

I stand corrected. Sorry bout that.

[k3njw]

I had a 94 Chimaera with exactly the same fault. One attempt to fix it failed and I eventually had it wired with a remote plipper that bypassed all the manual lock turning business and set the central locking and the alarm. Cost £180 .... money well spent.