Hi TedTF85.
That's a great result then and you must be relieved to know that the prospect of being locked out will be substantially reduced
It sounds like your car's locking ok. I've just checked mine with the fob:-
lock - 1 flash, 2 clonks then 3 flashes
unlock - 1 flash then 1 clonk
I'm actually not surprised that yours actually didn't like the one press/no deadlock 'request' even though it it's a brill idea further guaranteeing that the pesky deadlock will never be able to lock you out. (There are a number of Chinese/SAIC TF differences and this one baffles!)
I can't understand why MGRover even considered this - BUT there's a further complication in the life of SAIC TF owners because it seems they changed the (imo) crazy + 'established' MGRover automatic lock/deadlock system with some sort of security 'improvement' that only
they seem to know about.
(I think that F non-Pektrons had a one press lock that further deadlocked with a second press IF you actually wanted, but TF Pektrons did the lock then deadlock/double-lock process automatically for some reason known only to someone without access to a brain, it seems...)
The upshot is that nobody with a SAIC TF, it seems, has been able to make their EKA code work and may have to physically break into their car if the scu fails. The SAIC scu (exactly the same part that the MGRover is blessed with) readily gives gives up the code if you read it with a Pscan - but the SAIC door locks and actuators don't seem to follow the MGR route and the alarm sounds incessantly when you try to use this 'emergency' key code to unlock. (I seem to recall that there's a different alarm box, too, that can't be switched off merely by disconnecting the battery like the MGRs.) Having said that, fair-do's; the handbook doesn't claim that there's an EKA code - it just seems that someone's pulled the plug on something, slammed the door, turned right and got lost on the way home
I've spoken to Pscan and he seems baffled too...we've downloaded shared and compared door lock switching data but SAIC TF is very different and...no joy...
Imo this is a very important safeguard against getting locked out. (Perhaps if your haven't owned an MGR previous to the SAIC you'll be blissfully unaware of the probem tho'...)
I think markvrs' 'scaremongering' is well-advised...I reckon SAIC-ers need to replace fob batteries every 2 years max and 'Technozen' scu relays no later than every 10 years, in order to sleep at night
