Automatic Door locks
Automatic Door locks
Is there any way to disable the auto locking doors when the car is running? For some reason this morning when I was warming up the car. None of my spare keys worked for some reason, will be checking into the mechanism later today. If I can diable this function then I can lock the car when I need to and not when its say inside my garage. I do have a after market security system in place but its old and I'm not sure what type it is.
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The auto-locking doors are a feature of your alarm or remote starter system, not your MX-3. You'll have to get into the programming mode to disable this feature.
First step would be to start searching under your dash for the control module, find out what brand and model it is, then look up some programming instructions for it. Programming is different for every different alarm.
First step would be to start searching under your dash for the control module, find out what brand and model it is, then look up some programming instructions for it. Programming is different for every different alarm.
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The toggle switch will put the car in valet mode. Meaning the alarm won't activate, or the remote starter (if equipped) won't operate. The doorlock funtions and internal programming functions will still operate. If you have a remote for the alarm, try the door locks while it's in valet mode, you will see that the doors still lock and unlock.
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The car doesn't even come with a driver-side door lock motor. That would have been installed with the alarm. The car has follow-me locks. When you MANUALLY lock or unlock the driver door, the motor in the passenger door does the same. There is no way for the car to automatically lock the driver door straight from the factory.
I have tried to explain this to you, and you are persisting. Therefore, I'm finished. If you want, completely disconncect the power to your alarm module, and see if it still happens.
I have tried to explain this to you, and you are persisting. Therefore, I'm finished. If you want, completely disconncect the power to your alarm module, and see if it still happens.