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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #30 on: May 19, 2011, 02:10:06 pm »
£112 from VW or £40-£50 from eBay, needs drilling out though :(

Which fuse is the alarm horn matey?

Drilling out?? whats that all about?

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #31 on: May 19, 2011, 02:28:59 pm »
The alarm horn is in a box that is rivited behind the wheel well!
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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #32 on: May 19, 2011, 02:47:01 pm »
oh ok, drilling rivets out isn't too bad.

I guess i'm going to have to tackle this at some point.  You would have thought for such a common issue this should be a recall issue.

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #33 on: May 19, 2011, 03:53:48 pm »
Just tried mine for the first time in 2 years of ownership byopening it and waiting for 15 seconds.
Made me jump out of my skin when it went off!  :signLOL:

Neighbours must think im a weirdo  :P
Atleast I can confirm mine works

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #34 on: May 19, 2011, 04:46:42 pm »
Shoved a fuse in mins and still nothing, looks like the fuse box doesn't have the metal terminals behind where the fuse goes in if that makes sence?
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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #35 on: May 20, 2011, 08:15:37 am »
Spoke to #@*&ing soon...

Last night the beep had stopped working - then the same this morning.

But just about to pull into cobham and the alarm starts going off....as I'm driving  :confused:

Got to work and the beeps obviously work as well now....ears are ringing - damn that things loud.

Now I get the feeling I'm going to have to take this to the stealers.  :confused:

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #36 on: May 20, 2011, 08:42:03 am »
At least yours works sometimes lol, mine has nothing what so ever? :S

Defiantly interior fuse 35 and defiantly 5A?

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #37 on: May 20, 2011, 08:48:37 am »
At least yours works sometimes lol, mine has nothing what so ever? :S

Defiantly interior fuse 35 and defiantly 5A?

:(

So taking out interior fuse 35 will stop alarm working? Will it effect anything else?

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #38 on: May 20, 2011, 08:59:40 am »
Well I was told it was Fuse35 which is a 5Amp fuse controls the Alarm horn, I didn't have a fuse in this socket so stuck one in and still nothing for me so maybe try removing it for you to stop the alarm horn?
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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #39 on: May 20, 2011, 09:08:55 am »
alarm gremlins.....

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #40 on: May 20, 2011, 09:54:56 am »
Well I was told it was Fuse35 which is a 5Amp fuse controls the Alarm horn, I didn't have a fuse in this socket so stuck one in and still nothing for me so maybe try removing it for you to stop the alarm horn?

Will do.....livid as at work i don't have a car space as i'm a contractor but asked to park there (usually half empty) as I had to disconnect the battery so it doesn't keep going off but can't lock the car...Secuirty guard was arsey though I followed someone else in.

He then goes crying to the receptionist who asks me to remove my car - told her the problem and she said it was unfair to people who have spaces............

I then called her back to say I'll move it in 5 minutes so I can tell the PM I have to go and get this sorted so she goes to HR and asks them to tell me to move it....

F*&king jobsworth

Thinking about taking the siren out and leaving it as is....spent far too much on the car 4 months already and TPS want £100 for a new siren and it might not even be that.

Rant over...

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #41 on: May 20, 2011, 11:34:37 am »
You were right....35.

Taken it out and come back to work...not missing out on a days rate  :evilgrin:

Will get the codes read today and see what comes back.

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #42 on: May 20, 2011, 11:57:04 am »
Was it a 5A yeah? All I can think of is that mine is deffo the faulty horn :(
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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #43 on: May 20, 2011, 12:04:55 pm »
Was it a 5A yeah? All I can think of is that mine is deffo the faulty horn :(

it was a 5A

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Re: Alarm no sound
« Reply #44 on: May 20, 2011, 09:03:37 pm »
I replaced the alarm siren on mine not so long ago and its a simple job with the right tools.....but......here's what I learnt.

Once you take off the wheel liner, you DO have to drill out the rivets that hold it on. It's held in a metal carrier.

You need 6.4mm rivets! and unless you are The Hulk you will also need a Lazy Tongue Riveter. It was a pain getting these rivets but I have a bag of them now. You will need 2 of them.

The alarm siren is about £90 from TPS. It's simply a plug and play component.

I hope this helps. :happy2: