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bluebottle

Member Since: 08 May 2015
Location: Not in my Landy enough!
Posts: 705

Central Locking Itself

Here's one I haven't noticed before and searching the TD5 sub-forum cannot find. I'll recreate the situation, this has happened twice today:

1. I press unlock button on remote fob
2. Doors unlock (I can hear the motors actuating the lock, I can see the buttons pop up in the interior)
3. Indicators flash, so far so good
4. I faff about for some time, not opening a door
5. Landy relocks itself & indicators flash

To get back in I have to press the button again, fortunately still with me.

The second time it happened I had opened the rear door, relocks itself, beeps twice because the door is open.

Is this something to do with a low battery problem? I went to drive somewhere on Sunday and it wouldn't start so I jumped it, drove there and back without a hitch. The little indicator on the battery is black which according to the manual means it needs a charge.

Thoughts gratefully received as I have to make a fairly long solo journey on Saturday morning.

28th May 2020 6:05pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4804

Relock is a selectable feature in the 10AS so if you don't open a door before 30 seconds after unlocking it relocks.

Strange though that you had opened a door and it knew it (by beeping the horn) but still locked anyway

If you have access to a nanocom then it might be worth disabling the feature to see if it cures it

Edit: not sure if you have to open the drivers door to stop it relocking. As the alarm unit sees the drivers door as a separate door to the others

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28th May 2020 9:06pm

ickle

Member Since: 22 Jul 2010
Location: South Vendee
Posts: 1864

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Alpine White

Standard on mine, unlock the doors, load shopping in the back horn beeps as it tries to re lock - get nasty looks off person in adjoining space who's just cr4pped themselves!

Next time, unlock car, open drivers door, load shopping all, is good.

29th May 2020 7:34am

bluebottle

Member Since: 08 May 2015
Location: Not in my Landy enough!
Posts: 705

grafty99 wrote:
Relock is a selectable feature in the 10AS so if you don't open a door before 30 seconds after unlocking it relocks.

Interesting, I can't believe in 5 years of ownership I hadn't noticed that before! I wonder if it was turned off but somehow has been reactivated by the low battery state?

grafty99 wrote:
Strange though that you had opened a door and it knew it (by beeping the horn) but still locked anyway

Yes, this was what really threw me. If it had relocked without a beep then I would be annoyed but I'd know it was likely that the repair I made a while ago to the rear door sensor had failed. But it knew there was a door open, so I think this links with your edit below and ickle's answer - you need to open the driver door to stop the 30 second relock timer?

grafty99 wrote:
If you have access to a nanocom then it might be worth disabling the feature to see if it cures it

Edit: not sure if you have to open the drivers door to stop it relocking. As the alarm unit sees the drivers door as a separate door to the others

29th May 2020 7:46am

rallysteve

Member Since: 10 Feb 2014
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 2243

2002 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Keswick Green

Mine does exactly the same, does my head in when you ar just loading/unloading and havent opened the driver's door!

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29th May 2020 7:46am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4804

It's quite possible that only the driver door deactivates the relock timer

I'm sure the 10AS settings are 'hard coded' (for want of a better phrase) into the unit so power loss shouldn't alter the settings.

Easily deactivated with a nanocom or similar

29th May 2020 8:56am

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