[V8] My car scared the $$%# out of me!

[Tony and Lillie]

I believe there is a microswitch in the vacuum locking mechanism of the 
drivers door that may be broken/disconnected for the alarm.

Does the drivers side unlock the rest of the car as well? If not, it's a 
broken linkage to the locking mechanism. That's what engages the rest of the 
doors to unlock.

The gas cap just works with the key, the trunk locks and unlocks with the 
doors when the key slot of horizontal. It's locked with the key slot in the 
vertical position, and then if you turn the key to the right from vertical, 
and push in, that also will open it.

Tony
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Subject: [V8] My car scared the $$%# out of me!

> So I bought it and put it in the car.  First time driving with it I played
> with the locks and it was cool, they work and all.   So I get where I'm
> going and I turn the car off and the courtesy lights come on!  That's 
> never
> happened before, because they go through the Central Locking Pump which 
> was
> not installed.   That trips me out.  Get out of the car and lock it, and 
> the
> radio turns back on!  Oh crap.  It is on a relay for the door switches 
> which
> hold power for a bit after power down. So I locked the car and then tried 
> to
> unlock it at the drivers door, but it would lock itself after i took the 
> key
> out.  So I just held it over and opened the door and the alarm went off.
> Hah, and I couldn't get it off at the drivers door.  I used the key in the
> passenger front door and that turned the alarm off.   Something weird 
> about
> the key with the drivers door.  Are they chipped or is something amiss?
>
> Man that was a fun few minutes too.  Oh, also, how does the locking of the
> trunk and the gas cap work from the drivers door?  I think that's part of
> the setup?