just when i thought i was ready for the summer!!!!!!

[smudge660]

I have a 95 4.0HC , for some reason the battery died on it so i put a trickle charger on it and let it crack on.
I got home from work last night to fire it up and the central locking will not engage, the lights are flashing off the fob to indicate it is acknowledge it is receiving a signal , but the locking mechanism is not engaging .
I got in the car ok as the roof was already down by turning the centre knob.
the car fires up ok, so there doesn't seem to be a problem with the immobiliser (the alarm is an after market Clifford).

so before i tackle removing the dash to get to the CL relay , has any one got any suggestions?

cheers in advance
lee

[TVR keith]

Maybe try resetting the alarm by disconnecting/reconnecting the battery?

[smudge660]

Hi Keith, yeah i tried that , but saying that i only left the off the battery for a couple of minutes , perhaps there is a default setting before it will rest it's self
gunna reconnect when i get home this evening and see if that has made a difference.

[PRTVR]

Don't know if its any help, but the other day my grandson was sat in my car going through all the controls asking what each one was and managed to lock me out, I think he pressed the button in the centre of the internal door release, this disables the outside door releases, like you I had to lean across and open it from the inside, it took a few minutes of pushing the buttons and trying the door to get it to work again, it did not come off with just one press.

Phil

[smudge660]

Hi Phil,

Funny you should say that as the centre button is not working either , i may give this a go.

its just frustrating that one minute its working and the next its not GGGGrrrrr

[SMB]

smudge660 said:

Hi Phil,

Funny you should say that as the centre button is not working either , i may give this a go.

its just frustrating that one minute its working and the next its not GGGGrrrrr

So I've just been thru this, car would not lock or unlock via the alarm or the central button, i spent a day checking the wiring and the central locking relay ( main culprit if it's both doors) but i ended up replacing both door motors and everything works fine again.

[smudge660]

so , what was the problem in the end?

the CL relay or the door motors?

[SMB]

smudge660 said:

so , what was the problem in the end?

the CL relay or the door motors?

motors for me