Ghost II immobiliser on T6.1

[Deviant Tubs]

Reviving this thread...

Had my Ghost Immobiliser on my T6.1 since my conversion (2022) Very happy with it and (touch wood) it's been good as gold.

One thing I wanted to ask the collective Ghost owners, specifically on your T6.1, does your Ghost kick in when the vehicle's Auto Stop/Start actives?

Generally I find that if I'm waiting at a Red light for more than 30 seconds and the Stop/Start has killed the engine, when it's time to pull away (and the engine starts again) the Ghost kills everything. Leading to a frantic reentry of the Pass Code at the green light and some very pi*sed off drivers behind me!

Ways I've been getting around it is putting Ghost into Service mode when in heavy traffic or keeping revs slightly higher - enough so the Auto Stop/Start doesn't kick in. But generally it would be much better if this just wasn't an issue.

Thoughts welcome and greatly appreciated

 

[T6Jay]

Reviving this thread...

Had my Ghost Immobiliser on my T6.1 since my conversion (2022) Very happy with it and (touch wood) it's been good as gold.

One thing I wanted to ask the collective Ghost owners, specifically on your T6.1, does your Ghost kick in when the vehicle's Auto Stop/Start actives?

Generally I find that if I'm waiting at a Red light for more than 30 seconds and the Stop/Start has killed the engine, when it's time to pull away (and the engine starts again) the Ghost kills everything. Leading to a frantic reentry of the Pass Code at the green light and some very pi*sed off drivers behind me!

Ways I've been getting around it is putting Ghost into Service mode when in heavy traffic or keeping revs slightly higher - enough so the Auto Stop/Start doesn't kick in. But generally it would be much better if this just wasn't an issue.

Thoughts welcome and greatly appreciated

This has never happened to me in 3 years, and I must have had a stop/start idle for more more than 30s.

Next time I'm in the van I'll try it.

 

[Dellmassive]

Reviving this thread...

Had my Ghost Immobiliser on my T6.1 since my conversion (2022) Very happy with it and (touch wood) it's been good as gold.

One thing I wanted to ask the collective Ghost owners, specifically on your T6.1, does your Ghost kick in when the vehicle's Auto Stop/Start actives?

Generally I find that if I'm waiting at a Red light for more than 30 seconds and the Stop/Start has killed the engine, when it's time to pull away (and the engine starts again) the Ghost kills everything. Leading to a frantic reentry of the Pass Code at the green light and some very pi*sed off drivers behind me!

Ways I've been getting around it is putting Ghost into Service mode when in heavy traffic or keeping revs slightly higher - enough so the Auto Stop/Start doesn't kick in. But generally it would be much better if this just wasn't an issue.

Thoughts welcome and greatly appreciated

yes,

I've had this on occasions. ( prob under 10/20 times since 2018 )

with my 2018 T6 T32 and ghost fitted in 2018.

as you say after a long stop/start duration. . . . it can re-activate causing a no start. (prob 30 sec or longer)

normally its a frantic, off/on stop/start lock/unlock code/no code madness to get started.

after i worked out it was the Ghost,

i changed my driving style:

i either just blip the break peddle at the lights if im stilling for a while - which restarts the engine for that occasion. so doesnt hit the +30sec

or

just press the stop/start button to disable it for that journey.


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so your not going mad.

theres not a fault

its the ghost just reacitvating. . .


i never bothered contacting Ghost or the installer to see if there is setting in the FW? - or if later FWs had a longer delay timer?

i just lived to work around it.

 

[Bav]

Reviving this thread...

Had my Ghost Immobiliser on my T6.1 since my conversion (2022) Very happy with it and (touch wood) it's been good as gold.

One thing I wanted to ask the collective Ghost owners, specifically on your T6.1, does your Ghost kick in when the vehicle's Auto Stop/Start actives?

Generally I find that if I'm waiting at a Red light for more than 30 seconds and the Stop/Start has killed the engine, when it's time to pull away (and the engine starts again) the Ghost kills everything. Leading to a frantic reentry of the Pass Code at the green light and some very pi*sed off drivers behind me!

Ways I've been getting around it is putting Ghost into Service mode when in heavy traffic or keeping revs slightly higher - enough so the Auto Stop/Start doesn't kick in. But generally it would be much better if this just wasn't an issue.

Thoughts welcome and greatly appreciated

I don't have a Ghost, but that sounds like madness to me. Surely this indicates an error in installation? Perhaps @Dav-Tec can comment?

 

[Dellmassive]

I don't have a Ghost, but that sounds like madness to me. Surely this indicates an error in installation? Perhaps @Dav-Tec can comment?

from memory its a 4 wire install, and the unit FW is loaded from the main website before fitting - that sets the vehicle type and CAN protocol etc .

not much to do wrong.

got say mine did catch me out a few times till i worked it out.

+30sec may be a bit to quick.

say even, maybe 45-60sec? - just sitting there at the lights, IGN ON, in P or N. when stop/start has kicked in.

then lift peddle for the restart and bang !! - No crank. and with Imob acive on the dash maybe?

cant remeber. . . TBH i normally just switch off the stop/start these days with the button at the start of most journeys.

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though 100% love the T6.1 system where it detects cars in front moving and auto restarts. . . thats brilliant and i love it,

@Dav-Tec - can you retro fit that for me???? - the T6.1 stop/start to a MY18 T6?

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[Jonwm]

I had mine taken off, didn't have any running problems to speak off but not long after having the van my wife got stuck down the local shops on a Friday night, had to go down and pick her up and leave the van there as even me putting the code in it just wouldn't start, fair play though as I called DAV TEC who installed it for the previous owner and he told me what to do and it sorted it so I could get the van started, I just always had the niggle at the back of my mind of being stuck somewhere so he removed it for me when I got some other stuff done. Vans still on my drive (cursed it now lol)

 

[Dellmassive]

mines been on for 6years now.

and the peace of mind that someone cant just take my keys and immediately drive off out weighs any worries about having it.

its a work van and my keys are always hanging about somewhere.

makes me happy,

one of the best auto security techs in years.


i have had the keys nicked, and tools robbed.

I've had the van smashed into and robbed.

but they never managed to drive it away.. . . so far !


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[Bav]

though 100% love the T6.1 system where it detects cars in front moving and auto restarts. . . thats brilliant and i love it,

TBH, in practice, I find that feature quite annoying. You'll be sat in queueing traffic with the engine off and then, just because the bloke in front moves a couple of feet forward, your engine restarts. A lot of the time, in that scenario, I wouldn't even bother moving forward, but now I'm wasting fuel and all the components required to start the engine are that bit nearer end of life.

The above is why I disable auto stop/start at the start of every journey.

 

[Oldrat]

Had my Ghost for years and it's never kicked in on auto stop

 

[Van&Man]

Make sure that you let the Double Indicator Flash twice before you turn over the engine. I had it where I used to ignite the engine before waiting for the 2nd flash and it was very buggy

 

[Dav-Tec]

Shouldn't kick in on stop/start sounds like it needs different firmware to make it stable

 

[Deviant Tubs]

After a bit of trial and error - waiting for the double flashing indicator lights (immobiliser disarm signal) to finish before turning over the engine has seemed to resolve the issue.

I think the problem I was encountering was that I was starting the engine once the disarm light sequence begun flashing but not waiting till the end. Doh!! That'll teach me to wait 1 extra second