Hi all
My 1994 RS2000 4x4 is equipped with remote central locking courtesy of a Foxguard F18-E alarm/immobiliser system. However, about 2 weeks ago upon returning to the vehicle, I realised the doors were unlocked but the alarm was still active. Further investigation revealed that the central locking was 'bouncing' (i.e. locking... then unlocking again). So I stripped down the doors and checked the wiring and all the mechanisms seemed to look OK to me. Then I tried the old disconnect (wait for an hour) and reconnect the battery lark to see if it cleared the problem - to no avail. I then disconnected each motor in turn and noticed that the problem was still apparent in the other door... so to my mind that ruled out the door locking mechanisms and components.
Being first hand aware of the dodgy Mk V fuse box issue, I checked this over quite throughly... no dripping water or dampness... no dodgy fuses...everything looked nice and functional. No other major electrical faults to report, just a sometimes dodgy 'sticky' full beam and a wiper intermittancy problem... of which a suitable analogy to describe would be the old one about waiting for a bus! ...But I put that down to a dodgy connection in the wiper/indicator stalk and I will get around to looking at this soon!
So, next a quick consulation with Mr Haynes and I've pulled one of the two connectors from the Central locking module (the one on the left). The doors locked and stayed locked. The doors now respond to the fob normally and lock and unlock the doors as before. However, the car is immobilised! With the left hand connector back in, the central locking 'bounces' again.
The central locking still bounces with the alarm 'disabled' with the key... but I've been informed that this may still be the problem? One other point of interest is that the little red light next to the clock on the dashboard seems to stay on a lot longer that it used to... before about 5 seconds... now 10 seconds +
Does this sound like an Alarm, Central Locking Module problem... or something else?
If it is the alarm then where do I start? The system is a Foxguard F18-E... I have a small 3 page manual but it doesn't really help...
I would really appreciate help on this one...
Thanks in advance
DJR (aka Ben!) snipped-for-privacy@NOSPAMbigfoot.com