Early Mondeo Factory Fitted Alarm

[Conian]

Pal of mine has a 1994 mondeo, 2 litre GLX and the alarm aaalways goes off. I used to have a Mondeo deisel of the same age and i could lock my doors without the alarm being activated, but his wont do that, it always puts the alarm on.

What's the easiest way to deactivate the alarm?
Failing that, where is the horn located that the alarm uses? Is it the regular car horn or is there another one just for the alarm?
I once borrowed a Sierra with a similar problem and i just unplugged the alarm-horn which was nice n easy to find.

Any tips please?

[Conian]

I bet the TVR lot would've solved this by now.

[cj_eds]

Passenger side boot wall. Connections are spade crimps, so even a monkey could detach the horn.

I know this because I did it myself, not because I go around disabling the alarms on stolen Mondeos...

The TVR lot wouldn't have fixed it yet. They'd have called the AA because the car had broken down again!

[cj_eds]

PS. Some ways to fix the alarm instead of just disabling it:

http://www.mirez.co.uk/AlarmProbs.htm
http://www.mirez.co.uk/AlarmRoutines.htm

Chances are its a dodgy door switch anyway.

[Conian]

Thank you chap

Some of the TVR know their cars inside out. Well they have to don't they hehehehe

[dern]

cj_eds said:

Chances are its a dodgy door switch anyway.

The bonnet switch is a common fail point too.

[Conian]

Are they the normal door switches that also activate the interior lights and stuff?

Cheers both of ya for the info

Step 1 is to unplug that horn
Step 2 is fix problem if possible
Step 3 is de-act the alarm if not a very easy fix cos his car aint worth smeg all.

[dern]

Conian said:

Are they the normal door switches that also activate the interior lights and stuff?

I don't know if they're the same ones that activate the internal lights but they either are or they're the same sort of thing. The link cj-eds posted about alarm problems lists them all and where you'd find them.

Conian said:

Cheers both of ya for the info

Step 1 is to unplug that horn
Step 2 is fix problem if possible
Step 3 is de-act the alarm if not a very easy fix cos his car aint worth smeg all.

I can't remember if the alarm stops the immobiliser being disabled from memory so if you unplug the horn you may still not be able to start the car. If it were me I'd check the bonnet and then the door switches. I'd imagine they'll be nothing more complex than a switch that either makes a connection between two wires or breaks it so if you're not bothered about the alarm actually protecting the car then you could either short out the loom going to the switch if the switch breaks the connection or cut the wires off and wrap with tape if the switch makes a connection - this is guess work by the way but what I'd be doing.