Alarm Help Please

[sisley]

Went to start our GB270 this morning and the alarm wouldn't de-activate as a result of a flat battery through lack of use. Can anyone please confirm that when I open the door with the key, I know the alarm will go off but if I then put the key in the ignition and turn it to the second stage (as if dashboard lights were on)and then put the alarm pin code in via the key pad in the drop down panel this will turn the alarm off?

Thanks in advance

Edited by sisley on Sunday 14th September 11:26

[ohtari]

Just use the button on the key to turn it off. If not then I do believe it's a ignition on and keypad job

[sisley]

Thanks, will try tomorrow when all the neighbours are at work - just in case!!

[Ennoch]

If all else fails just pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery.

[sisley]

When I opened the door, the alarm didn't go off, then tried to jump start the car (alarm was chirping so managed to stop that via the keypad with key in ignition) but couldn't as the battery was that flat. Bought a heavy duty charger yesterday and after charging the battery for 3 hours, car started first time.

[Mr Taxpayer]

There's also a chap on fleabay in West London that recon's keys. New batteries, microswitches etc for about £15 a key. Done both of my Impreza keys and I'm very impressed.

[ohtari]

sisley said:

When I opened the door, the alarm didn't go off, then tried to jump start the car (alarm was chirping so managed to stop that via the keypad with key in ignition) but couldn't as the battery was that flat. Bought a heavy duty charger yesterday and after charging the battery for 3 hours, car started first time.

What do I search for?

The button on one of mine is almost completely useless now

[Mr Taxpayer]

ohtari said:

What do I search for?

The button on one of mine is almost completely useless now

Search something like 'Impreza key' or 'car key repair'. It wasn't at the top of the search, it was about £15 a key + postage IIRC with a 2-3 day turnaround. He changes the microswitch on the key and the battery, uses an RF scanner to check the key's output. Top service.

[sisley]

sisley said:

Went to start our GB270 this morning and the alarm wouldn't de-activate as a result of a flat battery through lack of use. Can anyone please confirm that when I open the door with the key, I know the alarm will go off but if I then put the key in the ignition and turn it to the second stage (as if dashboard lights were on)and then put the alarm pin code in via the key pad in the drop down panel this will turn the alarm off?

Thanks in advance

Edited by sisley on Sunday 14th September 11:26

Following on from the above problem a couple of months ago. How long would you expect a battery to stay charged for before it goes flat.
Basically we took our GB270 out for a long run on Sunday of last week, then 8 days later on Monday of this week the recently fitted new Bosch battery was flat as a pancake.
Due to my wife's change of job, the car is usually now only used on a weekend (but it has been like that for 6 months and no problem until the above happened in September), the car is alarmed, immobilised and has a tracker and a parrot hands free kit fitted but would this cause the battery to go flat.
Unfortunately I cannot use a trickle charger as I only have one garage and another car is in there!
Any help would be much appreciated.

[AWG]

Ennoch said:

If all else fails just pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery.

How will this help?

Get yourself a battery conditioner, CTEK are great. I had battery issues as I rarely move my car so got one of these and although only used once the battery is bang on.

[sisley]

AWG said:

How will this help?

Get yourself a battery conditioner, CTEK are great. I had battery issues as I rarely move my car so got one of these and although only used once the battery is bang on.

Trouble is car is in the drive and not in a garage so that's another problem