Alarm/Immobiliser Woes

[TorqueVR]

I've done a cracking 230 miles today but on the way back the alarm would start sounding while I was driving. I stopped and reset it but it kept doing it for an hour or so but then seemed OK. A few miles from home I stopped and turned the engine off and then it would not start. The ignition light's on but pressing the plipper gets no result at all, nothing from the alarm, fuel pump or from the doors. I thought that maybe the plipper battery had died and called my wife who came out with the spare, that that's also as dead as a dodo.

I'm back home now waiting for a call from the AA (thank god I've got Relay cover)but does anyone have any ideas as to what's wrong?

[nutsytvr]

Similar problem with my chim a few years ago, turned out to be the pressure switch in the sills for the door switch for interior lights. Doors not closing the switch properly, setting off the alarm. Solved by sticking a small piece of hard rubber on each door to meet the switch in the sill.

[pk500]

my one locked out in a fuel station !got AA home i unplugged the meta control box under the dash and it reset ! been fine since

[TorqueVR]

I had a local vehicle electrician out this morning, dreading how long he'd be and what he'd charge. The 1st problem was working out how the hell to get the top off the dash, but with the aid of "the bible" it took 10 minutes to locate and undo the two passenger side bolts and lift up that side of the dash, and lo and behold there was the alarm box. It took him 5 more minutes to find that 14 years of condensation had corroded the fuse terminals, which he fixed with a quirt of WD40 and and 2 new fuses. Job done and only £60. If only fixing the leaking toilet flush pipe in the house was that easy.

[swallet]

TorqueVR said:

I had a local vehicle electrician out this morning, dreading how long he'd be and what he'd charge. The 1st problem was working out how the hell to get the top off the dash, but with the aid of "the bible" it took 10 minutes to locate and undo the two passenger side bolts and lift up that side of the dash, and lo and behold there was the alarm box. It took him 5 more minutes to find that 14 years of condensation had corroded the fuse terminals, which he fixed with a quirt of WD40 and and 2 new fuses. Job done and only £60. If only fixing the leaking toilet flush pipe in the house was that easy.

Crikey - if only it was always that easy!

I never really trusted the factory fit alarm - far too tempremental and was always paranoid it would do something like yours did. They seem to start playing up after a few years. I was going to get Carl Baker to change mine but parted ways with the car before I got round to it. New car has a new alarm so much more relaxed.

[kennybgr8]

As always an interesting subject and one that gets a lot of stuck frustrated drivers, what alternative alarm and immobiliser system setups are there out there,,,

[BillC99]

Abacus alarms seem to do a replacement - Meta M36T2 TVR Might be worta a try. They also do exchange units

[kennybgr8]

Thanks Bill Im looking into it now certainly a thing to give serious consideration to ,,,

[Alun450]

Abacus alarms there the one, great knowledge, have replacements etc, the alarm system ain't so bad it's the installation, in fact they are very reliable I've been told! Ive just had new fobs and immob key and alarm re coded by Abacus about a month ago and it's been fine since.