tom_beverley
28-12-04, 11:03 PM
I have had my new alarm fitted properly by a vauxhall garage and when they were doing it they found that when the bodyshop who did my car had done the wiring for the door solenoids they had made a right mess.
They had used household wire with a seperate live feed for both doors. Vauxhall ripped all this out and wired it so there was one live wire that split into two (for both doors). Replacing the old wire with usual car wire stuff and wrapping all the wire up. This looked a lot tidier and sounded as if it would be better (since two switches had already been blown).
Worked fine for a while but now sometimes i cant get in my door. I press the button and i can hear the solenoid trying to pop but it wont kick the door open. I thought it was the switch but it is a new switch plus power is getting to the solenoid for it to pop. Before it used to work all the time apart from when a switch was on its way out, but now it works sometimes and sometimes doesn't.
Why is this?
They had used household wire with a seperate live feed for both doors. Vauxhall ripped all this out and wired it so there was one live wire that split into two (for both doors). Replacing the old wire with usual car wire stuff and wrapping all the wire up. This looked a lot tidier and sounded as if it would be better (since two switches had already been blown).
Worked fine for a while but now sometimes i cant get in my door. I press the button and i can hear the solenoid trying to pop but it wont kick the door open. I thought it was the switch but it is a new switch plus power is getting to the solenoid for it to pop. Before it used to work all the time apart from when a switch was on its way out, but now it works sometimes and sometimes doesn't.
Why is this?