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EdwardLieber

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Posted: March 26, 2002 at 8:06 AM / IP Logged

I recently purchased a Vampire Alarm and remote door actuator. I installed it on my 1997 Nissan Altima GXE.

I could not get the door actuator to work until I ran wires from the driver side door switch instead of from the

wiring harness behind the fuse panel. Now the alarm sets and deactivates along with the parking lights flashing,

and upon activation the doors lock just fine. But upon deactivation the alarm chirps, the lights flash but the

doors do not unlock most of the time. When they do unlock there is a long (several seconds) delay between

the chirp and light flash and the doors unlocking. Can anyone give me a clue as to what I did wrong?

Ed Lieber

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Posted: March 26, 2002 at 8:13 AM / IP Logged

Is the GXE not the top of the line Altima ? I'm assuming that if it is, there was power door locks to begin with ? Correct me if I'm wrong here . If not , then you used two relays to install the door lock actuators in line of the alarm system. If you did not then there is your problem. Please give some more details of your installation and we can help you more.

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EdwardLieber

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Posted: March 26, 2002 at 7:17 PM / IP Logged

You are correct the GXE came with power door locks and yes I used two seperate out puts from the alarm

module for door open and door lock. Today both functions are working properly, but yesterday only the lock

function worked. I have done nothing between yesterday and today to change the operation, other than to

press the activation button on the remote to lock the doors when I got home and to unlock the doors this

morning. When installing the alarm, I verified that the positive pulse went to the positive side of the alarm

and the negative pulse to the negative line on the alarm. No seperate relays were installed since I did not

install the actual alarm. I was only interested in the remote door operation not in the security aspects of the alarm.

Thank you for your input and help

Ed Lieber

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Posted: March 27, 2002 at 8:27 AM / IP Logged

Hey Ed,

I just need some more clarification here and I'll be off your back with questions and may have a solution for you Vampire Alarm in 1997 Nissan Altima -- posted image. . You first mentioned that door lock actuators were added to the Altima or were you just refering to the Vampire alarm system & keyless entry ? "I recently purchased a Vampire Alarm and remote door actuator" I just wanted to verify that the " remote door actuator " was not add-on door lock actuators.

Sounds like either there is a loose conenction to the lock wires or the plug going into the Vampire alarm is loose. Double check to make sure that the connection from the unlock wire has not loosened off. If I remeber correctly, the wires for the keyless entry has a GREEN, BLUE and a RED wire but they are very small gauge ( about 20 gauge ) Make sure that as much of the wire from the Vampire unlock wire is wrapped with the wire going to the unlock wire of the Altima to ensure a solid connection and always solder your connections . Please post your results and we'll see if there are any other suggestions for you from other installers.

Jeff

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EdwardLieber

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Posted: March 27, 2002 at 9:19 AM / IP Logged

Correct again, I just added the Vampire alarm module. The door lock actuators were original equipment

with the car. I will re check the wires going to the door switch and the plug on the module, I suspect that

you are right about a loose connection, I used crimp on connectors instead of soldering as I would do if

I were building an electronic component. I will let you know what I find when I recheck the connections.

thanks again for your help.

Ed Lieber

sikoe

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Posted: March 28, 2002 at 10:38 PM / IP Logged

Do you have right wires for the unlock and lock? I also have a 1997 Altima and i haved installed a DEI alarm also, Hornet 732t. If you need any wiring infor you car just send me an email. sikoe_99@yahoo.com

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