Alarm keeps going off

[4Lmike]

Was fine last night - drove it into london, parked up, locked it and it behaved as it should.

Drove it back home this morning and now whenever I try to lock it the alarm sounds. It doesn't happen so soon after I lock it to suggest the boot is open as the alarm goes off about 30secs to 1min afterwards if that is the case. It seems to go off maybe 5 mins later give or take.

Any suggestions?

[rfein]

Had similar problems with mine.
In the end, in my case it was the bonnet lock which was always "on the verge" between having contact and not having contact. Sometimes a little wind slightly moving the bonnet was enough to make the alarm go off.
Try to look into it! A very easy fix: Just regulate the length of the pin on the bonnet side of the lock.
Hope this helps! Good luck!

[FlipFlopGriff]

Bonnet and boot not alarmed as far as I'm aware.
Call to Carl Baker should sort it. He is at TAG too if you can wait.
FFG

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Mine does the same thing - so when you resolve it I would be interested in knowing the cause.

[4Lmike]

Thanks I'll have a look into the bonnet thing.

The boot is definately alarmed - I know this because 5 mins after I bought it I had to fill up, and usually i would lock a car when I'm filling up, but on the chim it just meant that the alarm kept going off. Was quite embarasaing!

[JonathanT]

[quote=FlipFlopGriff]Bonnet and boot not alarmed as far as I'm aware./quote]

boot and bonnet definately alarmed on my '99 450 - the siren chirps if I leave the bonnet open and try and lock the car. FWIW I had a similar problem with the bonnet switch which needed realignment.

[FlipFlopGriff]

Not on either Griff, just the doors and proximity sensor in the middle, no contacts on either boot or bonnet. Maybe there to protect the golf clubs?
FFG