Cheney5 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Hi everyone! New to the forum so please bare with me if this is a common issue. I have searched for it to no avail. Ok so this is what happened. Got out of my car after a trip, locked the car using the remote on the key. Return to car 5 mins later to go back out and unlocked the car with the same remote. The car looked like it hadn't locked. Because the drivers window was still a little bit open. I got in the car and it wouldn't do anything. The only thing working was the interior light upon pressing it. So i pressed the remote again to lock & unlock the car. ... Nothing. Dead! It did however do some crazy spazzing of the lights and instruments if I have the key in the ignition turned to 'ON' and press unlock on the key again. So i checked the battery.. All good. I then attempted to lock and unlock the car using the key in the drivers door. This would turn the barrel but not activate the central locking. I looked on-line and found some info about resetting the remote on the key. Putting the key in and out the ignition or turning 6 times in the ignition etc etc. Would not reset remote. So it appears a complete electrical immobilisation. At this point i yielded 100 man points and called the AA. The AA guy did everything I had, test battery, try door lock, reset key along with scratching his head and researching on-line. The conclusion he made with a 'expert' on the phone was that the door actuator in the driver door had failed and this was causing the car to think it was never locked. He attempted to fix the door, but couldn't get into the door mechanism enough on the roadside to repair (if it was this fault). Flat bed was called and my new yellow toy was loaded shamefully and taken home to my nearest garage. This too forever due to the lack of the tow point on the car and the bodywork being very tight to drag it by the wishbone on to the truck, oh and being 70 miles from home. Nearly home and out of now where the hazard lights come on. These were pressed and tested by the AA guy and didn't work earlier. After unloading the car all of a sudden the key remote worked. I got in and it fired up fine, but with the engine warning light on. I left the car at the garage and they have since said there was nothing wrong with the door and the engine light was an 'unrecognised error'. They have reset the error and say the car is fine. BUT IS IT? Has anyone heard/had/or know of this fault? Was it the door actuator and whilst being bounced about of truck it fixed itself? Or is it an electrical fault in need more help with? Any advice or help would be amazing. I am worried it will happen again. And if it does i will have to pay for recovery because the AA will only offer a tow for the same issue once. Many Thanks Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 That's a bit of a weird one and sounds like electrical gremlins to me. Hope you get it sorted, mate, it'd be really @*!# to be stuck at the roadside again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Possibly a lose connection somewhere which while on the back of the flat bed made contact again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheney5 Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Damn! I was hoping someone would have had it before. Just gonna pray and hope it doesn't happen again. Thanks tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmikester Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Have you got any after market parts on the car by any chance?? Sent from my HTC One X+ using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheney5 Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Hey, no aftermarket parts. I have since installed a new headunit. But as of yet it hasn't done it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheney5 Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 I spoke far too soon!! Got in the car sat am went for a drive, forgot my wallet so darted back home. Got out of the car with the keys, got my wallet and .... dead. Interior light works, but everything else DEAD! Battery showing full health! I have spoken to the guys i have bought it off and they are very happy to try and fix the issue for me. Now i have got to find the £400 to get it recovered from Sussex to Harts! B*££ox!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheney5 Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 I don't like knowing half a story so here is my update. Fuses! Fuses fuses fuses. Despite 4 different mechanics looking at the car it has now revealed itself to be a fuse issue. The main issue was prior to my owning of the car the battery appears to have been jumped with the terminals round the wrong way. This didn't quite but nearly fried the main fuse attached to the '+ve' terminal. Some days it worked fine, others it would heat up and short. Hence the lack of rhyme and reason to when and why it would die. This has then damaged the next fuse board housing the central locking and immobiliser fuses. So I bought a new battery terminal fuse holder and fuse (£60) and this allowed me to start the car but not remote lock it and the alarm went off every time I opened it. This is when I took it back to the guys I bought it off, to address the on going issue. They immediately knew the issue and got the fuses swapped in the main fuse board. So car is alive. Note to self... Always seek an expert advice and the AA can be hit and miss in their problem solving. Issue could have been spotted very fast if you know how to use a multimeter or have the know how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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