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central locking

Post by ailishl » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:40 pm

Hi, can anyone help us out with our central locking?
It works fine on the drivers door, but when we lock the passenger door or the sliding door - the other doors don't lock centrally. They all lock with the same key. Maybe the others were never meant to lock centrally- but it would be really useful if we could get them too.
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Re: central locking

Post by Peg leg Pete » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:42 pm

Our Bongo only centrally locks via the drivers side :wink:
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Re: central locking

Post by daveblueozzie » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:43 pm

that sound's about right for a lot of bongo's the driver door has the central locking but not the others. you will have to fit new actuators to get them to all lock at the same time, or get an alarm with an actuator for the drivers door to do the lot for you.
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Re: central locking

Post by Magwa » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:02 pm

mine came with a mazda remote centarl locking system....

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Re: central locking

Post by Benjymac » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:05 pm

Yes that's right. The drivers door has a switch to activate the locks on the other doors. I had an alarm fitted but also needed a central locking motor for the drivers door. Now everything locks at the press of a button. (Shame it doesn't lock the missus's mouth in the closed position as well. One can only dream!! :)
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Re: central locking

Post by jaylee » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:20 pm

Mine was the same..
I had a Vauxhall Combo van for 13 years the same too, drivers door actuated but with deadlocks.
The Bongo don't have deadlocks.. something to do with low car crime in Japan??

I fitted an actuator in the Bongo drivers door with the alarm, still easy to get the door open if the window was smashed...

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Re: central locking

Post by jaylee » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:21 pm

Mine was the same..
I had a Vauxhall Combo van for 13 years the same too, drivers door actuated but with deadlocks.
The Bongo don't have deadlocks.. something to do with low car crime in Japan??

I fitted a remote actuator in the Bongo drivers door with the alarm, still easy to get the door open if the window was smashed...

... But thass a different ball game!


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Re: central locking

Post by missfixit70 » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:42 pm

Drivers door has no actuator, fit a remote central locking kit, best mod I've done on the bongo :D .
You'll need a 2 door kit, but you'll only need to fit one of the actuators in the drivers door, I think Maplins do them for about £20. There's a fact sheet in the members section with piccies & everything on how to fit it, it's a bit of a contortion act getting the actuator rods in place, but shouldn't take more than a couple of hours.
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Re: central locking

Post by jaylee » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:08 pm

I used a good quality wire coat hanger fer my activator rod.. less hassle to fit! :P
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Re: central locking

Post by brorabongo » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:04 am

jaylee wrote:I used a good quality wire coat hanger fer my activator rod.. less hassle to fit! :P
Not easy to get hold of these days?
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Re: central locking

Post by jaylee » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:58 am

brorabongo wrote:
jaylee wrote:I used a good quality wire coat hanger fer my activator rod.. less hassle to fit! :P
Not easy to get hold of these days?
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Re: central locking

Post by John the sparky » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:41 am

you'll need to stock up on skin for your knuckles too!!

or you will, if you've got sausage fingers like me!!! :lol:

definitely worth a bit of bleeding though, and all the tar from the plastic sheet that sticks to your arm and.....etc :shock: :lol:



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Re: central locking

Post by cheffy34 » Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:15 am

Oh the black stuffff :!:

everywhere

good for sticking the module to the inside of the door tho :roll: :wink:
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Re: central locking

Post by stringman » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:45 am

Back to the original question, it is correct that as standard the central locking is only actuated by the driver's door. Virtually all the Japanese manufacturers do it this way presumably to reduce production costs. There is just a switch in the drivers door which "tells" the other doors when to lock.
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Re: central locking

Post by jaylee » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:00 am

stringman wrote:Back to the original question, it is correct that as standard the central locking is only actuated by the driver's door. Virtually all the Japanese manufacturers do it this way presumably to reduce production costs. There is just a switch in the drivers door which "tells" the other doors when to lock.
On the whole from what i have read & seen, yes..
Though i did read a thread from someone who thought they had found what looked like a factory remote central locking controller a couple of months back & queried it! :?:

Some one else might know better... :D
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