"Beeping" cobra alarm

[21TonyK]

Just got the car out and gave it a good scrub having not driven it for at least a week! After washing I locked it with the remote and the alarm chirped. Two blips like most car alarms. First time it's every done this. Is it normal or have I altered an alarm setting some how?

Also getting a mechanical noise from the engine bay when setting the alarm which I hadn't noticed before.

'04 S2 Exige

Cheers

[S Works]

Have you unconnected/reconneced the battery recently?

[NWTony]

I'm not sure about Exige alarms, but my S2 Elise alarm bleeps when you set it only if one of the sensors isn't connected. In my case it was the switch in the engine cover which wasn't being triggered when I closed the lid down. I think the car is telling you that one part of the circuit isn't complete. It's not too serious , all the other sensors will work. I'd open them up one by one (open doors, remove covers etc) and then manually press the switches until you find which one makes no difference.

I hope this makes sense!

[S Works]

Well there's 2 stories here.

a) You can turn the alarm tone on or off (i.e. it'll beep correspondingly with the light flashes when you arm/disarm the alarm). This is done by disconnecting the battery and doing something to choose beeps on or off, can't remember exactly how.

b) The alarm will sound a tone if one or more of the sensors is triggered the next time you go to disarm it. The number of beeps indicates which sensor has been triggered. Details in the manual.

[21TonyK]

Cheers, went round and checked all the panels and engine cover. All back to normal now. Must have been a bit of water in somewhere or something not making proper contact somewhere.

[jamesG20]

mmmm. I'm slightly confused. Mine beeps for the same amount of time as the indicators light up when il ock it. Is this indicating a problem then? When i unlock, it beeps twice, unless it's gone off then beeps more times.

04 model 111s btw.