Central locking/deadlocking

[enfieldcr]

Help! Does anyone understand the warning message I am getting when I turn the engine off in my car? The Maxidot display says "Check deadlocking - see user manual" and the user manual does indeed say that this message may occur when locking the car but I cannot actually work out why it is telling me this or what (if anything) I should do about it. There do not seem to be any problems as far as I can tell. For info - the car is set to lock and unlock automatically although I have tried various combinations and they all seem to have this message appear when the engine is switched off.

[wakev]

Help! Does anyone understand the warning message I am getting when I turn the engine off in my car? The Maxidot display says "Check deadlocking - see user manual" and the user manual does indeed say that this message may occur when locking the car but I cannot actually work out why it is telling me this or what (if anything) I should do about it. There do not seem to be any problems as far as I can tell. For info - the car is set to lock and unlock automatically although I have tried various combinations and they all seem to have this message appear when the engine is switched off.

Hi lots of us have the message do the same as us ignore it

Nothing wrong with your yeti just a stupid skoda thing

[YETI DREAMER]

Hi mine shows the same message as well but the car locks and opens fine.?????

[speedsport]

Check the LED on the drivers door.

Lock the car with the remote & if the LED flashes very rapidly for 2 seconds then stays on steady before settling down to the normal single flash every 5 secs or so, there is a fault with the central locking/alarm. The number of flashes indicates what the fault is.

At just 6 mths old my Yeti had an attack of the steady LED and after consulting the handbook I managed to convince my dealer that there was something wrong. They didn't believe me at first. It turned out that the alarm horn had failed (not that it had ever gone off) and once my dealer got the instructions to decipher what the LED flash code meant, they fitted a new alarm horn under warranty (once they'd eventually managed to get one - it took ages!)

If the LED doesn't stay on constantly for a time, then ignore the above!

EDIT - I've edited the above to agree with Kenny's post below. It was 6 months ago & I clearly didn't remember exactly waht it was doing that was wrong. His extract from the handbook is the correct version and is what my Yeti was doing when faulty. Apologies for misleading anyone!

Edited 18 December, 2011 by speedsport

[Kenny R]

The rapid flash of LED before settling down is normal operation...as mentioned in manual...

"Indicator light in the driver's door on vehicles with anti-theft alarm system

After locking the vehicle the indicator light flashes for 2 seconds fast, then more slowly.

If the vehicle is locked and the safe securing system  page 41 is not operating, the

indicator light in the driver door flashes for about 2 seconds fast, goes out and starts to

flash slowly after about 30 seconds.

If the indicator light first of all flashes fast for about 2 seconds, afterwards lights up for

about 30 seconds and then flashes slowly, there is a fault in the system of the central

locking or the interior monitor*  page 46. Visit a specialist garage to obtain assistance"

[Llanigraham]

I'm confused!!

Mine does this:

If the vehicle is locked and the safe securing system  page 41 is not operating, the

indicator light in the driver door flashes for about 2 seconds fast, goes out and starts to

flash slowly after about 30 seconds.

So does that mean the alarm isn't working?

[rockhopper]

I'm confused!!

Mine does this:

So does that mean the alarm isn't working?

Mine too and I know it works as the Skoda Assist RAC man set it off today.

[speedsport]

Oops, sorry, I got my original post wrong. Kenny's extract describing a fault condition is right:-

If the indicator light first of all flashes fast for about 2 seconds, afterwards lights up for

about 30 seconds and then flashes slowly, there is a fault in the system of the central

locking or the interior monitor* page 46. Visit a specialist garage to obtain assistance"

[900000]

To the OP. There is nothing wrong with your car. The car is just telling you there are different ways to lock the car and that if you just step out and press lock on your keyfob ONCE the deadlocks will be acticated and should you leave children in the car they will NOT be able to get out. See this very detailed thread:

http://briskoda.net/...ine-switch-off/

And specifically this post:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/216563-check-deadlocks-on-engine-switch-off/page__view__findpost__p__2552715

[enfieldcr]

Thanks Johann - so it is just a cautionary message rather than an instruction to check something about the deadlocks. I don't know why it has to give this message every time, but hey-ho I can certainly live with it. I think the poor wording in the manual is perhaps part of the issue here as it does not explain anything useful about the message. This does seem to be a feature of the Yeti manual - a lot of it is not very informative.

[Llanigraham]

Oops, sorry, I got my original post wrong. Kenny's extract describing a fault condition is right:-

If the indicator light first of all flashes fast for about 2 seconds, afterwards lights up for

about 30 seconds and then flashes slowly, there is a fault in the system of the central

locking or the interior monitor* page 46. Visit a specialist garage to obtain assistance"

So basically the:

rapid flash for 2 seconds

then flash every 30 seconds(ish)

is the correct "I'm working normally" situation!!

[Big Rich]

well i've learnt something new.

I always understood that 1 click on the remote locked the doors and a second click deadlocked them. (This is how Ford, Vauxhall, Nissan etc do it)

I now realise that when I had the demo I was double clicking and effectively reducing the alarm system.

[900000]

well i've learnt something new.

I always understood that 1 click on the remote locked the doors and a second click deadlocked them. (This is how Ford, Vauxhall, Nissan etc do it)

I now realise that when I had the demo I was double clicking and effectively reducing the alarm system.

And on top of that you also disabled the dead-locking instead of enabling it! Well now you know! One click is best.

I wonder how long the alarm system allows between clicks to read a double click? I sometimes lock with one click and walk away thinking did I see the lights flash? Then I click it again and see the lights and feel fine. But there was about 5 to 10 seconds between the clicks... :( Who knows... I suspect it must be like a computer mouse in that there is a very specific time to register the second click as a double click. If you wait too long with a mouse the second click just registers as a single click. Guess the key is the same?

[wendychrissam]

Hey can anyone help ? Got my new yeti yesterday, when I lock the car my maxi dot display is still lit up for about 30 seconds to a minute then it switches off, this never happened on my old 2010 yeti so just wondering if its a new thing or a fault ?

[rockhopper]

Hey can anyone help ? Got my new yeti yesterday, when I lock the car my maxi dot display is still lit up for about 30 seconds to a minute then it switches off, this never happened on my old 2010 yeti so just wondering if its a new thing or a fault ?

My 2010 Yeti does that.

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[Brijo]

Hey can anyone help ? Got my new yeti yesterday, when I lock the car my maxi dot display is still lit up for about 30 seconds to a minute then it switches off, this never happened on my old 2010 yeti so just wondering if its a new thing or a fault ?

Normal on Annie (Sept 2012). Relax and enjoy....

[Llanigraham]

Normal on Dewi. (March 2010)

[wendychrissam]

That's great news thank you for you help in answering that question ????.

[wendychrissam]

????? Meant to be a smiley face this obviously doesn't like emotions app lol , try again .

[Mozza8]

.........so if you have folding door mirrors.......ONE long press on the remote lock button only should a) double-lock and fold mirrors.

(Up to now I've been pressing the lock button, then pressing it again to fold mirrors.

[fuzzybunny]

And on top of that you also disabled the dead-locking instead of enabling it! Well now you know! One click is best.

I wonder how long the alarm system allows between clicks to read a double click? I sometimes lock with one click and walk away thinking did I see the lights flash? Then I click it again and see the lights and feel fine. But there was about 5 to 10 seconds between the clicks... Who knows... I suspect it must be like a computer mouse in that there is a very specific time to register the second click as a double click. If you wait too long with a mouse the second click just registers as a single click. Guess the key is the same?

While I was waiting to go into a meeting this morning I sat in the car park and checked this out.

It needs to be two clicks within 2 seconds to deactivate the deadlocks, (so the mouse analogy is good).