right im as scatty as they come.... cant remember if the zed had central locking when i got it or not (whats the standard??)

 

had my alarm fitted with central locking a couple of months ago and they had to fit some motor thing with the alarm ... (so more than likely didnt have central locking - who knows)

 

anyway - now when i lock the car with the alarm, my driver door locks, but the passanger one doesnt. I popped into Sextons where they fitted the alarm few minutes ago, and the guy reckons its not anything to do with the alarm, but its a 'car fault' so something is up with my door locks..... stumped!

 

Anyone had problems like this b4.... what did u do? :cry:

 

FFS who knows for how long i've left my car unlocked thinking its locked... with radio, handbag blah blah in it :shock:

IIRC, an extra solenoid has to be fitted when they do the alarm which sounds like "the motor thing".

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=74576&highlight=solenoid

 

Vijay

As I recall it has central locking from the factory, but when I had my alarm fitted they had to put the same box in my passenger door.

 

When you went into the garage did they check the car out or just fobb you off, I would have asked them to disconnect the alarm so you could fix the door lock and then make sure it all worked propperly without the alarm, then if it was still playing up when alarm was reconnected then you could tell them to fix the thing.

 

Just me really, I'm sure some of the bods on here can help you with all that anyway.

 

Good luck.

I think central locking was standard? My 92 UKTT 2+2 has it and the alarm is disabled at the moment.

 

Possible test?.....

 

Can you disarm the alarm undern the bonnet and then lock the car on the key at the drivers side and the passenger should lock. If not get sextons to disable it so you can test this!

 

If it does, then its an alarm fault, and if not the solenoid on passenger side needs changing and it is indeed a car fault!

cheers for that guys... i've been tearing the house apart for the receipt to see what they actually did... they did charge me about £800 for the alarm, turbo timer and to install system etc... so they must of stuck some motor in there!! Or ripped the shit out of me.. maybe even both :rolleyes:

 

yeah Scrawni - they just fobbed me off - come on - Im a girl ffs... guys can say anything technical and most girls will believe them.. :cry:

 

He sid that becuase the alarm is telling the doors to do something ie: the drivers door is locking, there is nothing wrong with the alarm itself.... but a problem with the locking mechanism in the passanger door. And he gave me some number and name of some bloke who can have a look at it.. no doubt another £300 / £400 for that :rolleyes:

 

If i could disarm the alarm i would... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

they just fobbed me off - come on - Im a girl ffs... guys can say anything technical and most girls will believe them.. :cry:

 

Thats true we tell you we love you, when we want a shag and you girls believe us :rofl: :rofl:

 

hunni why dont you just reach across and lock the door yourself from the inside before you get out and set the alarm its a lot cheaper :)

Standard is central locking but it only works when locking the drivers side. I.e. there is a motor in the passenger door that will lock it for you but not in the drivers. When you get the alarm installed you now need to be able to lock the driver door without the key so they have to put the solenoid (motor) into the drivers door.

 

I have noticed though that occasionally when I lock my drivers door (with the key as my central locking/alarm has not been sorted yet) the passenger side doesn't close properly. So I have to open and close it again.

 

Does your door never lock or is it occasional?

 

Sounds like they didn't hook the solenoid up properly as the guy who installed my alarm had no idea how to fit the solenoid (loser), so myabe your lot did it but a bit dodgilly.

All the alarms ive had on the 3 zeds i've owned the door locks never worked could only lock and unlock the doors on the alarm fob.

by the way.... it unlocks with the alarm but just wont lock..

 

 

UPDATE: WD40..... what a lubricant!!! :) all sorted now!

 

thanks anyway u clever boys! :nana2:

Hmmmm

 

I am having the same issue at the moment - unlocks fine - and tries to lock when I use the alarm or the drivers door handle [to lock] - but dies not quite pull the passenger door handle across enough to securely lock!

 

I am thinking lazy solenoid or that something needs lubricating!

 

Does your handle move at all Honey? (as they say)! ;)

 

Andy GP

yep it did move a little... WD40 the lock thing.... then get ur key and unlock and open and unlock n open etc.... then try your fob! works a treat! :dance:

 

hee hee I'm gonna take over duffmeisters 'job' on here!!

 

:rofl:

yeah wd40 down locks does have a positive effect. Zed locks are crap though. They have this little piece of plastic that seems to break if you use the key too much.

 

Good work andy. I mean Hunni

yeah wd40 down locks does have a positive effect. Zed locks are crap though. They have this little piece of plastic that seems to break if you use the key too much.

 

Good work andy. I mean Hunni

 

:bow: thank you !! hopefully you will all understand my terminology.... 'this thing, that thingy, the dangly bit, the clipy thing etc....' sure we will get there in the end!

 

:p

:bow: thank you !! hopefully you will all understand my terminology.... 'this thing, that thingy, the dangly bit, the clipy thing etc....' sure we will get there in the end!

 

:p

 

I just have to ask the wife what you mean.

 

She points at it and then I understand.

 

Nice work fixing it by the way.

 

Darrell

All hail hunnipie, the mechanic who can help the little people!