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Offline Geoffjackson

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Alarm 07 plate eddy
« on: July 01, 2020, 06:40:06 pm »
Hi folks
Had the car a good few weeks and alarm has just randomly started going off. This is worrying as it will soon start annoying the neighbours.
I have clicked the button twice and pressed the switch de-activation internally near the seatbelt as a temp measure. Should this give me a quiet night or would I be better just licking with key.
Would the alarm go off with a dying main or siren battery even if it isn’t armed??
Cheers In advance

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Re: Alarm 07 plate eddy
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2020, 04:38:42 pm »
I would hazard a guess the alarm controller thinks a door or window is open, or there might be a fly trapped inside the car buzzing around triggering the cabin sensors.

Have you scanned the car with VCDS to check for fault codes?


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Re: Alarm 07 plate eddy
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2020, 07:35:00 pm »
I had the same issue, it was the alarm horn internal battery that had given up. New from Aliexpress and all quiet again.

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Re: Alarm 07 plate eddy
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2020, 07:39:04 pm »
I have the car booked in to plug it in to vcds to see if I can find the culprit
Will keep updated on my progress