micklea

I’ve finally got around to fitting the rclick replacement c/locking kit to my 2000 Fabia 1.9Tdi Elegance. Yes, this model does have remote central locking as standard but my control unit had failed and the local Skoda dealer wanted £300+ to fit a replacement. I’d been unlocking using the key but the double unlock to open the passenger doors (or pressing the unlock on the inside of the driver’s door) resulted in setting off the alarm siren and making the hazards flash until I turned the key in the ignition. :thumbdwn: Took the fuse out of the alarm siren to avoid disgruntled neighbours and lived with the flashing hazards. Thanks to Jon Wendzina for his excellent guide and for his responses to my personal emails back in January when I first explored the replacement kit option. Taken me 4 months find a free weekend and pluck up the courage to fit it. I thought I’d share my experiences and also try and tap into the wealth of knowledge to try and overcoming the issues I still have outstanding. I recommend Maplins for the resistor and for spare Scotchlocks connectors. The biggest problem I had was feeding the white wire through the door opening and then wiring it into Pin 5 with the yellow and blue cable on the door plug. Ended up feeding a wire back into the chassis from the door opening rather than the other way round. Fitting into Pin 5 ended up being just wedging it into the plug with the yellow and blue cable pin holding it in. Wise to test the system before you put all the dash back in place. Was well please when my first test for locking via the remote worked and all doors locked. The unlock worked but only on the driver’s door. A second press of the unlock button did not release the passenger doors. Unlocking the passenger doors using the unlock on the inside of the driver’s door still sets the hazards flashing (and presumably the alarm siren if I were to replace the fuse). Does anyone know how to overcome the missing passenger doors unlocking via the remote?:confused: Hoping by resolving this I’d get rid of the flashing hazards. There’s certainly a few unwired cables in the wiring harness for the rclick c/locking unit. Some I believe relate to boot unlock and auto-window closure but I’m not bother about these functions. Maybe I need to disconnect the original fault c/locking control unit but I don’t know how to or even where it’s located. Another quirk I experienced was the next day when I actually drove the car out. About 2 minutes after pulling out of the drive the car locked all four doors and the unlock button on the driver’s door would not unlock them. Luckily the door handle pull did let me and my passenger out when we got to our destination. Not had this self-induced locking since so hoping it’s a one-off glitch. I’d appreciate any further help here and thanks for all the postings on this subject that have allowed me to get this far.