Bl**dy alarm

[V8Bert]

'98 Chimaera.

This lunchtime my alarm just started chirping every now and again. The suddenly all hell broke loose and it just went off. Used the 'plipper' to open the doors/turn off the alarm, but siren kept going. Got in the car, started the engine with the siren still wailing

I locked and unlocked the doors a few times, but still it carried on.

I decided to give the local TVR specialist a ring. The reply was most amusing:

"Have you been driving it in the rain?"
"Yes!"
"Ah! That'll be the problem. Best thing you can do is take the siren out, wrap it in a blanket and put it in a cupboard till the battery runs down."

[V8Bert]

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The other alternative although a bit late now, this happened to me and the reply from TVR I got was to unplug it at the front and then plug it back in again, this cured mine!!!

I tried this last night when it started again. Unfortunately it was dark and I didn't realise how fragile the connector is. When I found a torch the four little pins inside were splayed about all over the place. Spent 10 minutes with the siren wailing in my ear with a small screwdriver bending the pins back to where they should be.

Still didn't fix the problem.

Had to displace the Westie from the garage for the night and stuff the front of the car full of carpet so that the neighbours could get some sleep and hopefully let it dry out a bit.

It does seem better today, though.

[V8Bert]

I think it must have dried itself out. Everything was quiet last night