Can you disable auto locking & unlocking easily?

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mercenary

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Bought my car with a turbo timer installed, but when the engine turns off the doors unlock. Kind of defeats the purpose of a turbo timer. Is there a way to disable the automatic locking and unlocking, or do I need to take it to an auto electrician?
 
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seanleed

Guest
Do you have an alarm in the car? If so, it's more likely to be that that unlocks the doors when the engine stops (mine does).
 
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hmmm

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yeh same here. When I start the car the doors lock and when I switch off the car the doors unlock (due to the alarm). If this is the case with you, then may be there is a way to stop this feature in the alarm system, then your car wont unlock itself when it turns off.
 
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Shaun

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:D Hi guy's,be very carefull if your going to disconnect them permanentley as i have the same problem,and when i spoke to the people who installed the alarm and asked them to disconnect it,they told me it would null and void the insurance :shock: A friend of mine has had timer relays fitted by his alarm specialist,they hold the alarm on standby until the turbo timer has finished and stops it opening the doors :!:
 
Fast Guy

Fast Guy

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If it's a clifford alarm, read you're manual and it tells you in there how to disable/able auto lock/unlock
 
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geetee

Active Member
but then if you have a Clifford u don't need the turbo timer - most Clifford models do a timed shutdown anyway - maybe optional extra though.

And I wouldn't worry about reconfiguring ur alarm not to open the locks invalidating it's insurance status - the turbo timer will do that anyway :lol:

And do you really want ur alarm in standby mode whilst the turbo timer keeps the engine running???

Cheers
GeeTee 8)
 
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mercenary

Guest
I have no idea what type of alarm I have, no markings on the unit and I have no manual. It is pretty dodgy, all coloured wiring, although it has an engine immobiliser. I suppose I cant just rip the whole thing out, I dont need my alarm for my insurance in OZ, but would like to keep it?

Any suggestions????
 
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seanleed

Guest
If you take the panel off the drivers door and look at the rod that locks the door, there will be a solenoid attached to it. This is what operates the auto locking/unlocking. Disconnect the wiring to the solenoid (there will only be 2 wires) and that will disable the auto stuff. The central locking will still work normally with the key, but not from your alarm remote.
 
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mercenary

Guest
Disconnected the wires to the solenoid, working really well thanks for the advice. :D I did notice the solenoid has another set of wires which have already been cut? Any thoughts what these could be for? I mean if I connected these up instead, could it be likely that central locking via the remote would work?
 
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ExoDet

Guest
If other wires (usually 3) that have been cut off are coloured black, white and something else, then they are for the position location microswitch.

These are just signal wires for some types of alarms to tell the alarm the position of the acutator arm.

As someone else has already posted, there should be something in the alarm unit that switches to turn of the auto lock. My old alarm was a small jumper that was removed, on others it's a dip switch.
 
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