Hello everyone,
I don't usually like starting a new thread until my older threads come to a conclusion - but since I've not gotten anything new to share about my ABS situation (Ignoring it for now until I have time to replace the Modulator) - I figured it would be a good a time as any to start chipping away at this the rest of this poor old P38s issues.
When I bought the car it came with what you see below (I put a new shell on the fob as the old one was falling apart) - Pretty much just the two bare key blades and a fob.
One key blade unlocks the doors, the other does the ignition - The fob does absolutely nothing (Ill explain it more further down)
Basically I assume that the lock in the door broke at some stage (Maybe microswitches as well or something?) and a previous owner decided it would be easier to just swap in another door handle with matching key blade...
The one good thing (at least) is that the key blade does lock and unlock all doors.
More lovely oddities of this P38 in question:
I think that the immobiliser is disabled - no matter how many times I've disconnected the battery etc it has never ever given be any engine disabled / keycode lockout. (I dont even know the keycode)
Also its got "Alarm fault" on the dash (I assume this is because since I cant lock with the fob its never able to go through all its normal security arming steps)
I think that the door outstation is fine since all the door functions work/all the doors lock/unlock from the drivers door - I have also checked the RF receiver and it appears to be fine (Its plugged in anyway)
Things ive done to try and get any response from the key:
Just to clear this up - the key does "work" - the light lights up and keeps flashing if you hold the button.
I cannot sync it with the vehicle - I've tried :
1. Putting in the door, turning to lock position, holding lock button, doing same for unlock etc - no response.
2. It appears that from 1997 onwards they have passive immobilisation coil in the ignition - so I placed key in the ignition - turned to ignition II with fob right next to the barrel - no response from key.
3. Ive also tried step 1 while holding the fob right next to the receiver and still no response.
Where do you think I should start looking next? Is there a chance this vehicle had some kind of battery drain or immobilisation issues in the past and a previous owner just completely disabled both the immobiliser and remote central locking? Can this stuff be toggled from the BECM? How do I even know if the fob I have is linked with the BECM?
I have a second car for parts that has a working fob, should I swap parts between the two cars? (cant swap BECM due to ECM issues on the parts car)
Thanks.
I don't usually like starting a new thread until my older threads come to a conclusion - but since I've not gotten anything new to share about my ABS situation (Ignoring it for now until I have time to replace the Modulator) - I figured it would be a good a time as any to start chipping away at this the rest of this poor old P38s issues.
When I bought the car it came with what you see below (I put a new shell on the fob as the old one was falling apart) - Pretty much just the two bare key blades and a fob.
One key blade unlocks the doors, the other does the ignition - The fob does absolutely nothing (Ill explain it more further down)
Basically I assume that the lock in the door broke at some stage (Maybe microswitches as well or something?) and a previous owner decided it would be easier to just swap in another door handle with matching key blade...
The one good thing (at least) is that the key blade does lock and unlock all doors.
More lovely oddities of this P38 in question:
I think that the immobiliser is disabled - no matter how many times I've disconnected the battery etc it has never ever given be any engine disabled / keycode lockout. (I dont even know the keycode)
Also its got "Alarm fault" on the dash (I assume this is because since I cant lock with the fob its never able to go through all its normal security arming steps)
I think that the door outstation is fine since all the door functions work/all the doors lock/unlock from the drivers door - I have also checked the RF receiver and it appears to be fine (Its plugged in anyway)
Things ive done to try and get any response from the key:
Just to clear this up - the key does "work" - the light lights up and keeps flashing if you hold the button.
I cannot sync it with the vehicle - I've tried :
1. Putting in the door, turning to lock position, holding lock button, doing same for unlock etc - no response.
2. It appears that from 1997 onwards they have passive immobilisation coil in the ignition - so I placed key in the ignition - turned to ignition II with fob right next to the barrel - no response from key.
3. Ive also tried step 1 while holding the fob right next to the receiver and still no response.
Where do you think I should start looking next? Is there a chance this vehicle had some kind of battery drain or immobilisation issues in the past and a previous owner just completely disabled both the immobiliser and remote central locking? Can this stuff be toggled from the BECM? How do I even know if the fob I have is linked with the BECM?
I have a second car for parts that has a working fob, should I swap parts between the two cars? (cant swap BECM due to ECM issues on the parts car)
Thanks.