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I always wondered what was the point of that stupid little cubbyhole to left of steering wheel. Now I know, and can go to Valhalla with my mind at rest....
Keyless start but central locking needs sorting.
Hi Dave.The central locking and electric steering lock unlocks when you're within a few metres of the car (providing you had the blip in your pocket). You just need to pull the door handle to open the car, and press the Stop/Start button to start it. The immobiliser deactivates once the blip is anywhere inside the car. Having stopped the engine with the button, it should all relock once you've walked a few metres away from the car. But would you trust it?
If the blip battery is flat, there's a key blade inside the blip to unlock the car with, and an induction loop below the curved lines symbol under the handbrake lever. Placing the blip on the symbol gives it enough power to deactivate the immobiliser.
It's not something you can just activate with MES, there's a host of new parts required for it, including:
- Different door locks for every door.
- Electrically activated steering lock.
- Easy-Go ECU.
- Induction loop.
- Several aerials distributed all around the car.
- Easy-Go blip(s)
- Different body computer.
Hi Dave.
My comment was due to the fact that the central locking on the car in the eBay listing doesn't work and needs sorting. Hence my question: "I wonder if MultiECUScan is able to do this" ?
I'm guessing it was not factory installed and like many others you missed that part of the listing(see attached screen shot). Perhaps it was listed that way on purpose, in the hope the buyer wouldn't notice the keyless keys don't lock and unlock the doors, the cracked window screen and the dented door? As the owner has already obtained the correct code from Fiat, my guess is he has tried and failed to solve the key problem and has decided to sell.