Huffer
10-12-2005, 12:32 PM
Long story. Read at own peril.
98 BD GT, 4EAT.
Ever since I've owned this car, the keyless entry system has been iffy. I originally never bothered to find out why it didn't work (the original remote was pretty beat up). I discovered one day that the control module was unplugged. So I plugged in 3 matching plugs, and hey presto, I had keyless entry. The sun shone, the birds sang.
A few weeks ago, I realised that when I opened the drivers door, without locking/unlocking, the dome light didn't switch on, nor did the door light.
I figured that the lights were hooked into the door sensor (in the door frame). I opened up the rubber boot on the door frame to find that the button was BACKWARDS and pushed DOWN INSIDE the frame. 8O :x
I tried to remove the button, but it just dropped a little deeper. And the interior trim decided to be prissy, so I just left it.
Recently the remote died, so I ordered a new one. New one arrived with programming instructions. Except I don't seem to have a button mounted on the car for that. Another set of instructions told me that the alarm LED might also function as a button - except that it's never blinked at me.
So I open up the dash, and lo, the wires are cut. :evil: I drop the entire lower console, find the matching wires, and reconnect them. Brilliant!
I plug in the alarm brain, and the lights start flashing on/off. Crapper.
Then I figure the alarm brain is now recieving some kind of input relay from the door switches (it's all connected to the LED), so I HAVE to resolve the door switch problem. The prissy trim comes off easily this time, and I utilise my legendary chopstick technique to grab the missing door switch and button - which (yep) have also had their wires cut. :roll:
Some more ninja wiring is completed, and when the battery is reconnected, the dome and door lights come on. Woohoo!
I'm almost there. I can taste victory. I'm stealing Catherine Zeta-Jones from Michael Douglas!
I reconnect the alarm brain - and it SEEMS to be working fine, except that it doesn't do anything. I also seem to have reactivated the annoying "you've left your key in the ignition and the door is open" reminder chime.
I think, in order for the alarm to work properly, I have to reprogram the remotes - except, I am missing the programming button.
Is the button supposed to be wired to plug into the missing slot on the alarm module?
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/10/051011_KeylessEntrySystem1-1.jpg
^ All plugs are there, except the last one, which reads "Starter Interrupt". In order to reprogram remotes, you have to turn the key to "ON" and hold down the programming button.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/10/051011_KeylessEntrySystem2-1.jpg
This is where the programming button is supposed to be (according to SOA). I spent an hour hunting under the dash for anything that looked like a button.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/10/051011_KeylessEntrySystem3-1.jpg
Another view under the dash, this is what you'd see if you were lying on the floor, staring up at the hood release cable.
98 BD GT, 4EAT.
Ever since I've owned this car, the keyless entry system has been iffy. I originally never bothered to find out why it didn't work (the original remote was pretty beat up). I discovered one day that the control module was unplugged. So I plugged in 3 matching plugs, and hey presto, I had keyless entry. The sun shone, the birds sang.
A few weeks ago, I realised that when I opened the drivers door, without locking/unlocking, the dome light didn't switch on, nor did the door light.
I figured that the lights were hooked into the door sensor (in the door frame). I opened up the rubber boot on the door frame to find that the button was BACKWARDS and pushed DOWN INSIDE the frame. 8O :x
I tried to remove the button, but it just dropped a little deeper. And the interior trim decided to be prissy, so I just left it.
Recently the remote died, so I ordered a new one. New one arrived with programming instructions. Except I don't seem to have a button mounted on the car for that. Another set of instructions told me that the alarm LED might also function as a button - except that it's never blinked at me.
So I open up the dash, and lo, the wires are cut. :evil: I drop the entire lower console, find the matching wires, and reconnect them. Brilliant!
I plug in the alarm brain, and the lights start flashing on/off. Crapper.
Then I figure the alarm brain is now recieving some kind of input relay from the door switches (it's all connected to the LED), so I HAVE to resolve the door switch problem. The prissy trim comes off easily this time, and I utilise my legendary chopstick technique to grab the missing door switch and button - which (yep) have also had their wires cut. :roll:
Some more ninja wiring is completed, and when the battery is reconnected, the dome and door lights come on. Woohoo!
I'm almost there. I can taste victory. I'm stealing Catherine Zeta-Jones from Michael Douglas!
I reconnect the alarm brain - and it SEEMS to be working fine, except that it doesn't do anything. I also seem to have reactivated the annoying "you've left your key in the ignition and the door is open" reminder chime.
I think, in order for the alarm to work properly, I have to reprogram the remotes - except, I am missing the programming button.
Is the button supposed to be wired to plug into the missing slot on the alarm module?
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/10/051011_KeylessEntrySystem1-1.jpg
^ All plugs are there, except the last one, which reads "Starter Interrupt". In order to reprogram remotes, you have to turn the key to "ON" and hold down the programming button.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/10/051011_KeylessEntrySystem2-1.jpg
This is where the programming button is supposed to be (according to SOA). I spent an hour hunting under the dash for anything that looked like a button.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/10/051011_KeylessEntrySystem3-1.jpg
Another view under the dash, this is what you'd see if you were lying on the floor, staring up at the hood release cable.