Central Locking/Alarm issues!

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JimmyGandalf
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Central Locking/Alarm issues!

Postby JimmyGandalf » Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:42 pm

Hi there,

Just bought a '55 plate Megane Privilege Saloon second hand. Had to work so my father checked it out and bought it for me. The previous owner showed him the strange way to lock the car.

According to him, you had to stop the engine, pull the key card out, press the start/stop button five times, get out quickly then lock it.

Whilst this is absolutely right and the ONLY way to exit and lock the vehicle without the alarms going off, surely this cannot be right! Pressing the button 5 times must be some sort of override and not the real procedure, as it is a nightmare getting the kids out as this way of doing things seems to time out and I have to restart the engine, stop it, remove keycard, press the button five times then leap out quickly or it WILL NOT lock!

Any help or advice would be brilliant.

(I did wonder why he was selling a low-mileage, good condition top-of-the-ranger Megane so cheap, but its bought and too late now!!!)

Jim

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Re: Central Locking/Alarm issues!

Postby morganjake1544 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:41 am

Being the Privilege model the car will have hands free locking.

This means that you do not have to use the card at all to lock, unlock or start the car. By having the keycard in your possession the sensors on the car recognise you and when you put your hand on the exterior door handle it will unlock automatically.

When you get in the interior sensors recognise you and all you need to do is press the start/stop button (with clutch or brake pedal pressed) and the engine will start.

To stop the engine just press the start/stop button.

If at this point you want to disable the interior alarm sensors press the start/stop button 5 times. If you want the alarm on then just exit the car.

To lock the car press the small oval button inset into the exterior door handle. Pressing it twice will double lock the doors.

If any part of the above procedure does not work then you have a fault, usually a sensor or the exterior locking button.

However you can still use the keycard in the standard way by pressing the lock/unlock buttons on the card and inserting the card into the card reader to start the engine.

Hope that helps.

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