Alarm

Lual · Post by **Lual** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:38 pm

Hi ya everyone dont know if this is the right bit to write this on but when you lock ur car if you press it twice does that deadlock and alarm it

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Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:22 am

u only need to press it once to lock / set alarm / set deadlocks on multiplex models i.e. oct 01 onwards

Lual · Post by **Lual** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 10:41 am

Hi ya mine is a may 03 so is that a multiplex model

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: sorry if I sound thick but this is all new to me. The dealer (monkey) told me to press it twice.

Post by **Lyndon** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 3:59 pm

like derek said oct onwards to the present cars

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:05 pm

The dealer (monkey) told me to press it twice.

The monkey is wrong (he told me to pres it twice as well, fool!).

First press: sets alarm, locks doors, deadlocks doors
Second press: undeadlocks doors

Unless you have any reason to leave the car with deadlocks inactive, I suggest you only press it once.

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 5:30 pm

The easiest way to be sure is to put the window down, lock the car (press once & try pulling the luck rod bit thing up. If nothing happens then deadlocks are on. If doors open & alarm goes off then deadlocks are off. Then try the same thing afyter 2 presses

I sometimes turn the deadlocks off if i am at the cashpoint with roof/windows down, so that at least i KNOW if someone tries it on rather than them just being stopped and leaning over into the glovebox instead

Lual · Post by **Lual** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 6:22 pm

Hi ya thanks guys for the replys most appreciated

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:57 pm

I sometimes turn the deadlocks off if i am at the cashpoint with roof/windows down, so that at least i KNOW if someone tries it on rather than them just being stopped and leaning over into the glovebox instead

Yeah. Deadlocks are pretty much pointless with the roof down. They're meant to stop easy access - you can't get an awful lot easier access than no roof.

If only the glovebox was wired in to the alarm...

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 11:31 pm

I Hate locking the glovebox - i always get on the motorway and decide to change a CD DOH! Good enuff reason for a boot changer i suppose!

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 10:30 pm

Or a MP3 jukeboxy thingy, of course

mrharrod · Post by **mrharrod** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 11:51 pm

OK,
So pressing the button again after the first time, causes all the lights to flash? Why would it want to do that?

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:05 am

So pressing the button again after the first time, causes all the lights to flash? Why would it want to do that?

If you press it a second time immediately after the first time it undoes the deadlocks. If you wait a bit longer (several seconds) then it goes to car park finder mode, where the indicators flash and the internal light comes on - it's apparently so you can find it in a car park.

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 12:37 pm

Only at night though. It's completely pointless in the day unless you know roughly where you were to start with.

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 11:57 pm

And you have parked next to lots of identical cc's, and dont know your number plate