98 honda civic locking problem

Door Lock      GREEN / WHITE (-)        Above Fuse Panel or at Anti-Theft Module Door Unlock      GREEN/ Orange (-)      Behind Radio Green ConnectorJeff

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UK Rovers and Honda Civics of that model use a 5 wire or what I call a motor interrupt. Sorry Ringo, you got it wrong for once, do the following:- use your Cobra install manual and follow the diagramme that shows adding an actuator. Lock control is in the console below heater. White /red is motor lock output and white / YELLOW is unlock. These may also be picked up in the driver's kick well before they divide up to the different doors but be careful, it's a white plug which has to be pulled off the kickwell and access is difficult, also cut the white red first and see which side goes to 12v+ when you push the lock button, the other side is the motor side. from the Cobra, use violet/white and ORANGE / white fused 20amp or connect them after testing to a WHITE/ green in the same wiring section which should be 12v+ permanent.. Connect violet to motor side of lock wire and either grey/black OR yellow /black to the other end temporarily,  if the system works when you press the lock button on the door(door latched and key out of ignition), then the first one you connect is OK. You will do no damage if you conect the wrong one, the locks won't work, or take a meter and check to see which of the others the grey/black and yellow/black are commoned to. Then cut the yellow /white and do the same. Int/dome  contact is either green or GREEN/ red and boot (trunk) contact is either of above on a plug at top of fuse box. Indicators will be on plug below this. Hood switch required, this is one of the easiest cars in the world to install PROVIDED you know about the locks.

Also sorry to Jeff, the UK models used a different system also mokijin, what Cobra has a 2 wire system? They are all 6 wire proper relay control. Read the instructions again.

howie ll wrote: UK Rovers and Honda Civics of that model use a 5 wire or what I call a motor interrupt. Sorry Ringo, you got it wrong for once, do the following:- use your Cobra install manual and follow the diagramme that shows adding an actuator. Lock control is in the console below heater. White /red is motor lock output and white / YELLOW is unlock. These may also be picked up in the driver's kick well before they divide up to the different doors but be careful, it's a white plug which has to be pulled off the kickwell and access is difficult, also cut the white red first and see which side goes to 12v+ when you push the lock button, the other side is the motor side. from the Cobra, use violet/white and ORANGE / white fused 20amp or connect them after testing to a WHITE/ green in the same wiring section which should be 12v+ permanent.. Connect violet to motor side of lock wire and either grey/black OR yellow /black to the other end temporarily,  if the system works when you press the lock button on the door(door latched and key out of ignition), then the first one you connect is OK. You will do no damage if you conect the wrong one, the locks won't work, or take a meter and check to see which of the others the grey/black and yellow/black are commoned to. Then cut the yellow /white and do the same. Int/dome  contact is either green or GREEN/ red and boot (trunk) contact is either of above on a plug at top of fuse box. Indicators will be on plug below this. Hood switch required, this is one of the easiest cars in the world to install PROVIDED you know about the locks.

cheers for the replies people.

i have done like you said howie and it works a treat i would never have guessed to do it that way so i can finally stick my car back together.

thanks eveyone.

regards

........................dave

Ok you are right . But the civic jdm models  2000& 1/2 up use the door lock systems  yr talking about we use a directed 451m door lock interface it works like the system yr talkin about But all the jdm civics ive worked on fom 1992 to early 2000 if they have a factory keyless the door module is in the drivers door and youget negative pulse lock and unlock thereI have never had the chance to work on a uk civic but now i know how to deal with the door locks thank for the info.Jamaica home of the worlds fastest man.

Ringo this is going to blow your mind! We had FOUR BODY STYLES for that model. 5 door saloon= UK, 5 door estate= France, 3 door hatch= Japan, coupe=USA. The Jap. and US versions are an inch narrower, have a different interior, and a DIFFERENT LOCKING SYSTEM, ie control unit in door. The only shared parts are lightbulbs, engines and transmissions, even the original stereos were different,  Pioneer for UK/France and Panasonic the rest! Incidentally at the time Rover was building the 400 series. This was a Civic with a different badge, grille engines and an ISO radio plug with a Philips on the end EXCEPT when BMW owned Rover and it got a BMW round pin plug on the radio with a Philips made BMW Business radio! This is all bloody sad, I've got to get out more and find a woman or two. 

Right hand kickwell on a white plug, or coming out of lock control unit, though for this location you will probably have to remove the console. Is this a 5 door see above. See above but WHITE/ red is motor lock and WHITE/ yellow is motor unlock. Don't think you have the right wires, test , both should sit on ground (neg) and red /white should go to 12v+ on lock and vice versa. Only pick-up where I said, otherwise you might get all bar driver's door or left side only. These are not trigger (control or relay activation) these are motor wires and if you don't understand, don't attempt it, at best you will blow fuses at worst more expensive damage.