Hey all!
I bought the OBD plug-in module for activating the Speed Sensing Auto Door Lock (SSADL) feature, from AliExpress.
1. Installation:
Near the right side of the steering on the lower half of the dash, is the fuse box cover. When you remove this cover, you see an array of fuses, and below this is the OBD port.
The SSADL Module is to be plugged into this port.
(Just remember to remove this when you give your Creta for servicing)
2. Functioning:
Once you start the engine, and start driving, you cross a speed of 10km/hr, the doors get locked.
(This module is for Automatic Transmission cars only. Seller has asked me to test on Manual Transmission Creta, but I don't have any in my circle to test it. Anyone in Hyderabad is welcome to visit and test in their car.)
3. Missing Feature / Point to note:
This module locks the car after 10km/hr after you start the engine and start driving. Suppose you have a companion with you and you halt the car at some place for them to get down, and you carry on with your drive, when they unlock the door, this will not Auto Lock this time.
I hope you get what I am trying to explain.
In my Elantra, this feature is oem, so when i unlock the car middle of my drive, it again re-locks when it detects the speed crossing 15km/hr.
With this module, if you unlock the car middle of your drive, without stopping the engine, you have to manually re-lock the doors.
Well, this scenario hardly happens with me, but i would have liked if this feature was possible.
4. Price & Purchase link:
It costed me around Rs.1,050/- landed at my doorsteps. (No custom duty)
The link for the AliExpress product page is:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...739119445.html 5. Review:
That's it! Simple as that. This is it's functioning. For the price, i suggest every Creta AT owner to have this, worth the simple safety it offers.
It's really foolish of Hyundai to omit this small yet important safety feature from all variants but the SX (O). This must have been standard feature starting from the entry model, and i think this should be made a standard for all cars.
I always keep the doors locked. I have a concern that if the doors are not locked, the following could happen with anyone:
1. At a signal, someone distracts you and just opens the door and steals your laptop bag / briefcase.
2. Beggars on the roads at signals are sometimes aggressive, and may just open the door.
3. In an extreme case, you don't fall victim easily to some one just barging in your car and asking you to drive them somewhere. (Ok, little filmy, but life is a drama, anything could happen!)
The first two points are my main concetn, and i badly needed the doors to lock themselves, and then the Hyundai workshops say it is not just a switch that they can on and the function starts in our car, it's supposedly a different controller in the locks.
After it worked successfully, i have ordered one more for a friend of mine.
Note: There are one or two other sellers selling similar product, but some said they had problems with Creta, their product is for ix25 only, with a host of added features that is exclusive for ix25, and not the Creta.
Hope you enjoy the review, let me know any questions you have.
This seller also has it for other cars too if you like.