Tuscan acting weird this morning... Any ideas?
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This morning when I took out the Tuscan from the garage, the driver side's door fell back in his lock.
Engine was running, but I couldn't open the doors from outside, neither could I open the boot by pushing the button.
I know the cable runs somewhere
but I couldn't find it, so I had to find a different way to enter, which eventually I did all be it not without scratching off some of the paint on the back of the roof bar.
When I arrived at work, I had to do the same again, as I tried to close and open the door again before entering the office.
First question: how easy is it to repaint a Chameleon Blue car, as I've always been led to believe you need to repaint the whole car for this, but the TVR dealer explained me on the phone that it's even easier than repainting a normal metallic colour. Would it be possible to just do the roof bar, and at the same time repaint some of the rear (as there were two small scratches on there when I bought it)?
Second question: the locking doors... When I activate the alarm, it does what it's supposed to do, but when deactivating it seems like the door locking mechanism stays activated, and I can't enter from the outside. Strange part, the inner buttons stay active all the time, so I've "solved" the problem for now by taking off the roof so I can reach for the buttons inside. Any ideas as to what I need to check are welcome (as I'm about the only owner of a Tuscan in Belgium
)
Thanks in advance !!
PB
Again sorry for the edit!
Engine was running, but I couldn't open the doors from outside, neither could I open the boot by pushing the button.
I know the cable runs somewhere
but I couldn't find it, so I had to find a different way to enter, which eventually I did all be it not without scratching off some of the paint on the back of the roof bar. When I arrived at work, I had to do the same again, as I tried to close and open the door again before entering the office.
First question: how easy is it to repaint a Chameleon Blue car, as I've always been led to believe you need to repaint the whole car for this, but the TVR dealer explained me on the phone that it's even easier than repainting a normal metallic colour. Would it be possible to just do the roof bar, and at the same time repaint some of the rear (as there were two small scratches on there when I bought it)?
Second question: the locking doors... When I activate the alarm, it does what it's supposed to do, but when deactivating it seems like the door locking mechanism stays activated, and I can't enter from the outside. Strange part, the inner buttons stay active all the time, so I've "solved" the problem for now by taking off the roof so I can reach for the buttons inside. Any ideas as to what I need to check are welcome (as I'm about the only owner of a Tuscan in Belgium
) Thanks in advance !!
PB
Again sorry for the edit!
Edited by Big Al. on Friday 29th September 12:42
It sounds like it's either a fault with the door lock button or you are pressing it by accident (the button on to the left of the steering pod that is next to the immobiliser key slot).
Normal behaviour is that if you press it then the boot locks and the outer door switches become disabled but the internal switches stay working.
Normal behaviour is that if you press it then the boot locks and the outer door switches become disabled but the internal switches stay working.
Rather that double post, you will get the information you require in the Tuscan forum.
Going to close this and put a link to your other post.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=5&t=311761
Going to close this and put a link to your other post.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=5&t=311761
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