[AlanD]

Hi Dan,

On the MA series cars (and since in Europe the MA MB and MC varieties are all Mk4 cars, so I would anticipate little cahge for the later Oz models) there are a number of options regarding locking that can be programmed.

Since you are talking RACQ I presume a "pre-owned vehicel" either dealer or private.

If dealer, and there is a problem, then a fix is available under the statutory dealer warranty, if private then you will need to sort it out before you hand over any money.

Since the remote is working, I think we can conclude that the electro-mechanical stuff is OK so if a "problem" exists its probably some kind of software "glitch", but it might be the way the car has been set up.

Ours has the double lock facility and anti hijack feature active. This works in the following way.

On locking a single press of the lock button will lock all the doors to stage 1 level. In this state the interior lock tabs will work and allow doors to be unlocked.

If you press the remote lock button twice then you engage stage 2 locking and in this state the interior tabs will not work and anyone inside the car is trapped there.

On unlocking, a single press of the unlock button will only unlock the driver's door to prevent another person from entering through any of the other doors and menacing the driver (Hi-jack). Double pressing the unlock button will unlock all doors.

Having said all this, it is possible to programme the Body computer so that these features are not active. Then the lock/unlock is the simple version, ie single stage only, but I'm not sure if this single stage option is to engage the complete lock up feature or only the lower level locking ie the interior tabs still work.

So far as the auto-lock feature is concerned, I'm only aware of an automatic relocking feature. This works if after an unlock cycle, no door is opened the door(s) will return to their previous locked condition after about 30 seconds.

On cars with keyless entry and ignition I'm not clear about the locking process, as my handbook does not cover these options.

Hope this helps