1997 wrx

stopped working, alarm will close the drivers door as it has a seperate solenoid hooked up


so far

checked all fuses in both fuse boxes = all ok
removed actuator switch thing from drivers door lock + tested it with mulimeter = switch works and makes a connection when lock is moved
timer box in passenger wheel arch, checked for water ingress = none present, dry as a bone!!!


now i am going to have to start looking at wires
can anybody tell me how the system works

assume the drivers switch is sent to the timer box direct, this must then be split into 3 other doors and told to fire the actuators in them for a second or so to lock/unlock them ?

or is something else (relay box maybe??) in the system ?

 

omg

fixed after stripping car to bits, my fusebox cover is in jap, but still tells me that 2 of them fuse spaces are blanks


errr no



one of them is a blank, the other one is for the central locking
after putting a fuse in the "blank" slot, it started working again, so i can only assume that i have the "wrong" fuse box cover fitted and

1.the pixies stole my fuse
2.it somehow fell out and is "hidden"

simply can not explain it, but its working again