P38A Engine immobiliser

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Wazzajnr

Wazzajnr

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OK, when I got the rangy, I could leave it unlocked forever and jump in and it started fine.
When I took it to Czech, it sat in mother in law's garage for 4 weeks and drained the battery.
Tried entering the eka code with the key but no luck. Then remembered that I could do it with nanocom. Put the code in and all was well.
Now, the question is, why does it immobilise the engine now after its been unlocked for a while.
In other words, click the fob and jump in and it starts straight away, but, unlock it on the fob, load up, have a cuppa then try starting and get the engine imobilised warning up. Lock it on the fob and unlock again and it's fine.
Any ideas??
Cheers.
 
Wazzajnr said:
OK, when I got the rangy, I could leave it unlocked forever and jump in and it started fine.
When I took it to Czech, it sat in mother in law's garage for 4 weeks and drained the battery.
Tried entering the eka code with the key but no luck. Then remembered that I could do it with nanocom. Put the code in and all was well.
Now, the question is, why does it immobilise the engine now after its been unlocked for a while.
In other words, click the fob and jump in and it starts straight away, but, unlock it on the fob, load up, have a cuppa then try starting and get the engine imobilised warning up. Lock it on the fob and unlock again and it's fine.
Any ideas??
Cheers.
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Guess it doesn't like being in Eastern Europe.;)
 
Wazzajnr said:
OK, when I got the rangy, I could leave it unlocked forever and jump in and it started fine.
When I took it to Czech, it sat in mother in law's garage for 4 weeks and drained the battery.
Tried entering the eka code with the key but no luck. Then remembered that I could do it with nanocom. Put the code in and all was well.
Now, the question is, why does it immobilise the engine now after its been unlocked for a while.
In other words, click the fob and jump in and it starts straight away, but, unlock it on the fob, load up, have a cuppa then try starting and get the engine imobilised warning up. Lock it on the fob and unlock again and it's fine.
Any ideas??
Cheers.
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Check the settings in the Nanocom. Switch off passive immobilisation etc. In fact, you can probably do without most of the security features in there.
 
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tomcat59alan said:
Guess it doesn't like being in Eastern Europe.;)
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Foolish if it doesn't, it's a fantastic place!
But, being serious, it was fine until it was left long enough to kill the battery. It's obviously in a different mode now. It's not a big problem, years ago I had a Renault that did exactly the same so I guess it's normal. It's just that it didn't used to do it.
 
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Grrrrrr said:
Check the settings in the Nanocom. Switch off passive immobilisation etc. In fact, you can probably do without most of the security features in there.
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OK looked in nanocom to see if there was anything different but couldn't find anything. Nothing in the handbook about a timeout either.
Where is passive immobilisation on nanocom?
 
Wazzajnr said:
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OK looked in nanocom to see if there was anything different but couldn't find anything. Nothing in the handbook about a timeout either.
Where is passive immobilisation on nanocom?
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Think it is under Alarm in the BECM module. It says Immobiliser but it is just the passive one. It doesn't actually switch off the immobiliser.
 
OK, cheers for that, I'll have a look next week when I get there.
It's coming back to UK for a couple of months to get MOT'd as I haven't had time to put it on Czech plates yet. Another 1000 miles to do so hope she's good to me!
 
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