Autocop query help !!!!!!

marnaellored · 14th August 2007, 00:39

i have a Hyundai Santro 2002 model.
The car was fitted with Autocop Cobra when bought. Yesterday, the autocop system failed and locked me out of the car.

when a known service center guy looked at it, he said the the system was screwed and i'll need to put in a new system.
I have a few queries which i hope will be answered

Do these car locking systems fail on a regular basis, cos my mechanic tells me i was extremely lucky to be using it for 5 years ?
If i have to get a new system which one wld u suggest ?
and finally do the grey market guys provide me with a guarantee ?

Thanks in advance

Zappo · 14th August 2007, 01:08

huh! then what is the lifetime warranty there for? all these systems come with lifetime warranty and there is hardly anything in these to get screwed really speaking. I do not know though if your controller unit went kaput somehow. at least i have never heard of such a thing happening. i mean even if it ill behaves they can reprogram the thing without taking it out in most cases unless of course your unit is physically damaged.

is there anything like gray market pieces in these things? i do not think so. even the minister road shops which otherwise sell a lot of gray market stuffs sell these remote central locking systems with warranty.

as for me i have a Mind-Huf FortKnoxx system installed and the post-sell service is really good.

gbpscars · 14th August 2007, 11:43

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Originally Posted by Zappo

huh! then what is the lifetime warranty there for? all these systems come with lifetime warranty and there is hardly anything in these to get screwed really speaking.

Is there a life-time warranty for autocop?

marnaellored, go for Xenos, get it installed only from a dealer / authorised technician, and get yourslef peace.

anyway 5 years for autocop seems to be good enough.

Jaggu · 14th August 2007, 11:51

Its the installation thats going wrong, sort it out.

deepak_ms · 14th August 2007, 11:54

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Originally Posted by gbpscars

Is there a life-time warranty for autocop?

i think autocop has 3 years warranty.. i am sure Xenos remote locking has a life-time warranty

maranellored · 14th August 2007, 17:38

thanks guys.
i'll be checking out the costs and will decide on the system by this weekend hopefully

kneo9 · 15th August 2007, 12:55

mention the cost when you come to know

thanks in advance

keanu_reeves · 6th September 2007, 13:57

where can be Xenos remote locking can be fitted in Nasik any one has any idea, I tried to get in touch with Autocop people (autocop is a nasik manufacturing and is a importer for pioneer car audio too) they are the worst lot they all are marketing gimmicks like full replacement warranty. when we asked how do we come to know that the product i am buying is original and some fake he said if you are getting warranty card it is original,

I can myself print some warranty cards and sell those systems.

I do not know what i am babbling what i want to say is do not buy autocop as i had a very bad experience even for a prebuy.

keanu_reeves · 6th September 2007, 14:00

can any one help me in getting Xenos remote locking in Nasik.

car123 · 10th September 2007, 23:29

Pune Motors while fitting the Autocop have disabled my manual central locking (which comes with the car), as they say that the electrical circuit is very different in fiesta as compared to other cars. On the other hand the Ford workshop tells me that both can co-exist. I am really confused, so advice will be very appreciated.

pabheda · 11th September 2007, 12:20

which company to select alram system as i have central locking and what are the rates of it. i am stay in bombay and have parking in building

narayan · 11th September 2007, 13:14

ok i think i will share this experience of a friend of mine recently with a remote locking system in this thread ( rather than starting a new one )..

he has a alto lxi and has fitted the maruti standard system from nippon - maruti..

couple of days back, our man goes to the basement parking of a shopping complex and presses the unlock button...to his surprse - another alto lxi parked 2 cars away also opens up with a beep !!!!

he then shuts his car remotely and the other car also shuts!!

he then gets in to his car and shuts it with the remote lock - and both his car and the other car now start beeping !!!

finanlly, he got out and shut out the alarm - opened his car again ( the other car also opened ) and drove off leaving another persons alto lxi open in the car park !!!! wonder how this could happen ??

vikram_d · 11th September 2007, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by narayan

ok i think i will share this experience of a friend of mine recently with a remote locking system in this thread ( rather than starting a new one )..

he has a alto lxi and has fitted the maruti standard system from nippon - maruti..

couple of days back, our man goes to the basement parking of a shopping complex and presses the unlock button...to his surprse - another alto lxi parked 2 cars away also opens up with a beep !!!!

he then shuts his car remotely and the other car also shuts!!

he then gets in to his car and shuts it with the remote lock - and both his car and the other car now start beeping !!!

finanlly, he got out and shut out the alarm - opened his car again ( the other car also opened ) and drove off leaving another persons alto lxi open in the car park !!!! wonder how this could happen ??

Extremely unlikely that this happened as in the Nippon system the remote is encoded with some information about the control unit and it has to be programmed for each controller separately.

narayan · 11th September 2007, 13:32

must be a freak incident but it happened - otherwise wouldnt be posting it here...

rkbharat · 11th September 2007, 13:42

Chances of internal system going faulty is very low........

Could be that the remote has failed.... I have one installed in my indica for last six years and never failed... I just replaced a old remote with new one for 550 Rs. Autocop guy came to my home synchronized the remote with the internal unit. Spare remote is still working fine. Battery was changed once.

I also have impact sensor installed (as part of autocop kit), still working good and scares of dogs on slight touch of there tail of claws and also keep kids and evil mind aways from the car, not allowing them to do any scratch work.

14th August 2007, 00:39	#1
marnaellored Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Secunderabad Posts: 1 Thanked: 0 Times	Autocop query help !!!!!! i have a Hyundai Santro 2002 model. The car was fitted with Autocop Cobra when bought. Yesterday, the autocop system failed and locked me out of the car. when a known service center guy looked at it, he said the the system was screwed and i'll need to put in a new system. I have a few queries which i hope will be answered Do these car locking systems fail on a regular basis, cos my mechanic tells me i was extremely lucky to be using it for 5 years ? If i have to get a new system which one wld u suggest ? and finally do the grey market guys provide me with a guarantee ? Thanks in advance
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14th August 2007, 01:08	#2
Zappo Team-BHP Support Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 5,922 Thanked: 2,699 Times	huh! then what is the lifetime warranty there for? all these systems come with lifetime warranty and there is hardly anything in these to get screwed really speaking. I do not know though if your controller unit went kaput somehow. at least i have never heard of such a thing happening. i mean even if it ill behaves they can reprogram the thing without taking it out in most cases unless of course your unit is physically damaged. is there anything like gray market pieces in these things? i do not think so. even the minister road shops which otherwise sell a lot of gray market stuffs sell these remote central locking systems with warranty. as for me i have a Mind-Huf FortKnoxx system installed and the post-sell service is really good.
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14th August 2007, 11:51	#4
Jaggu Team-BHP Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 20,215 Thanked: 15,907 Times	Its the installation thats going wrong, sort it out.
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14th August 2007, 17:38	#6
maranellored BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Secunderabad Posts: 27 Thanked: 0 Times	thanks guys. i'll be checking out the costs and will decide on the system by this weekend hopefully
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15th August 2007, 12:55	#7
kneo9 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Secunderabad Posts: 1 Thanked: 0 Times	mention the cost when you come to know thanks in advance
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6th September 2007, 13:57	#8
keanu_reeves Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nasik Posts: 9 Thanked: 2 Times	where can be Xenos remote locking can be fitted in Nasik any one has any idea, I tried to get in touch with Autocop people (autocop is a nasik manufacturing and is a importer for pioneer car audio too) they are the worst lot they all are marketing gimmicks like full replacement warranty. when we asked how do we come to know that the product i am buying is original and some fake he said if you are getting warranty card it is original, I can myself print some warranty cards and sell those systems. I do not know what i am babbling what i want to say is do not buy autocop as i had a very bad experience even for a prebuy.
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6th September 2007, 14:00	#9
keanu_reeves Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nasik Posts: 9 Thanked: 2 Times	can any one help me in getting Xenos remote locking in Nasik.
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10th September 2007, 23:29	#10
car123 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 13 Thanked: 0 Times	Anyone got Autocop fitted in Fiesta 1.4 EXI Petrol Pune Motors while fitting the Autocop have disabled my manual central locking (which comes with the car), as they say that the electrical circuit is very different in fiesta as compared to other cars. On the other hand the Ford workshop tells me that both can co-exist. I am really confused, so advice will be very appreciated. Last edited by Zappo : 11th September 2007 at 01:56. Reason: Threads merged. Please take care to post in the correct section and use related existing threads instead of opening new ones.
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11th September 2007, 12:20	#11
pabheda BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: mumbai Posts: 105 Thanked: 4 Times	which company to select alram system as i have central locking and what are the rates of it. i am stay in bombay and have parking in building
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11th September 2007, 13:14	#12
narayan Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,114 Thanked: 2,372 Times View My Garage	ok i think i will share this experience of a friend of mine recently with a remote locking system in this thread ( rather than starting a new one ).. he has a alto lxi and has fitted the maruti standard system from nippon - maruti.. couple of days back, our man goes to the basement parking of a shopping complex and presses the unlock button...to his surprse - another alto lxi parked 2 cars away also opens up with a beep !!!! he then shuts his car remotely and the other car also shuts!! he then gets in to his car and shuts it with the remote lock - and both his car and the other car now start beeping !!! finanlly, he got out and shut out the alarm - opened his car again ( the other car also opened ) and drove off leaving another persons alto lxi open in the car park !!!! wonder how this could happen ??
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11th September 2007, 13:32	#14
narayan Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,114 Thanked: 2,372 Times View My Garage	must be a freak incident but it happened - otherwise wouldnt be posting it here...
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11th September 2007, 13:42	#15
rkbharat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gurgaon/New Delhi Posts: 1,601 Thanked: 724 Times View My Garage	Chances of internal system going faulty is very low........ Could be that the remote has failed.... I have one installed in my indica for last six years and never failed... I just replaced a old remote with new one for 550 Rs. Autocop guy came to my home synchronized the remote with the internal unit. Spare remote is still working fine. Battery was changed once. I also have impact sensor installed (as part of autocop kit), still working good and scares of dogs on slight touch of there tail of claws and also keep kids and evil mind aways from the car, not allowing them to do any scratch work.
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