[s-cars] Wiring question

[JC]

Erik - I think you need to fix the OEM wiring problem that has always 
been there. AFAIU the rightclick expects/needs the OEM system to be 
working properly in the first place.  I suspect you are right the switch 
in the door lock assembly isn't wired up or has failed somehow.  The OEM 
alarm CAN get flip-flop confused about 'state' - aka think everythings 
locked when its not and vice versa - but that doesn't sound like the 
case for you - sounds more like a straight wiring problem.  Until the 
key-in-door unlocks the whole car you'll still have this problem IMO, 
and once you fix that you'll have no need to dump the alarm because it 
should all work fine.

The electrical switches in the door locks useta commonly fail like that 
on older cars - had it on both my CQ and 200TQA.  In your case, some 
braindead hack might have just chopped wires or pulled plugs in order to 
get the alarm to not go off for the PO so you might be facing the 
double-whammy - fixing what he hacked and then fixing the original 
problem. BTDT too many times.  Good luck - I'd start looking around OEM 
alarm to be sure nothing was chopped there, then I'd look in the door 
hinge wiring boot for cracked/broken/cut wires, then finally I'd pull 
the door panel and look inside as the last resort... Access to the key 
area and the switch is a real hassle IIRC...

On 10/31/2011 10:33 AM, Erik Addy wrote:
> Since I have had the car, the central locking has ONLY worked from the door switches, NOT by using the drivers door key or trunk key.  Makes me think something is wrong or disconnected somewhere so the oe system does not get the signal that you opened the door/trunk with the key.  Any ideas on that anyone?  If I can't figure it out, I will just try to wire the system so that it locks/unlocks but doesn't arm the alarm (using the instructions you just gave me).  Then I just need to wire up the trunk release and I am done.
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> Thanks!
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