Haywire Alarm (405...)

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CountryPug
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Haywire Alarm (405...)

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Well guys, last night whilst I was driving over to see the missus through a busy part of town my car alarm went off. Its been acting funny since I got the car but it was generally just a squeak every few days and I wasn't that bothered about it. But last night I managed to attract everyones attention and had to pull the car over, lift the bonnet and play about with the wiring for a minute until I could get the damn thing shut off :x Anyone got any experience with these systems, The siren is located in the passenger wing somewhere and theres another box under the drivers seat related to it. I want to permanently disconnect it but worried that if I start cutting wires the immobiliser will stop me from starting the car. Help please :cry: lol
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Re: Haywire Alarm (405...)

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as a quick fix just pull the wires of the siren.
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Re: Haywire Alarm (405...)

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omega wrote:as a quick fix just pull the wires of the siren.
Yeah will have a go at it omega, just wanted to post to make sure that I wasn't gonna upset the whole system before doing it 8)
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Re: Haywire Alarm (405...)

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Okies, just to finish this thread off, I found the alarm siren tucked away in the passenger side wing after removing the wheel and splash guard. I then cut the wires to the siren to find out that it had a built in backup battery, and a really good one for being 17yrs old :shock: so with the siren blaring away I lifted out the fuse/relay box in the engine bay to gain access to the 2 bolts which held the siren unit to the car. Luckily they came off pretty quickly and I got the siren removed and smothered in a cloth :lol: removed the now pointless wires when I was at it :) After screwing everything back together the car starts and runs/locks etc. without any problems. So it was a pain in the arse problem fairly easily solved :lol:
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