Urgent Problem with Alarm!!!

[humpy]

Ramon is in France after a week of a Eurohoon. The car has behaved impeccably until now - but the alarm is continually going off for no apparent reason and he needs to stop it. Can someone email me with the instructions on how to disable the alarm so I can pass it on?

[mgbond]

humpy said:

Ramon is in France after a week of a Eurohoon. The car has behaved impeccably until now - but the alarm is continually going off for no apparent reason and he needs to stop it. Can someone email me with the instructions on how to disable the alarm so I can pass it on?

if its because of faulty sensors. then when he turns the arlarm on press it again and this will dissable the interior sensors.

Bondy

[snuffy]

Disconnect the battery - that will at least shut it up.

If it's gone flat the alarm will go off and not stop.

[mgbond]

snuffy said:

Disconnect the battery - that will at least shut it up.

If it's gone flat the alarm will go off and not stop.

I thought they were cat 1 arlms so would have a battery back up, so diconnecting the battery will not stop it!

Bondy

[snuffy]

mgbond said:

snuffy said:

Disconnect the battery - that will at least shut it up.

If it's gone flat the alarm will go off and not stop.

I thought they were cat 1 arlms so would have a battery back up, so diconnecting the battery will not stop it!

Bondy

It wont disable the immobilser but it should shut the alarm up. When my battery has gone flat the bloody thing has gone off and when I disconnected the battery it stopped.

[trimman]

Had this problem a couple of years ago,turned out to be the sensor on the rear clam,just needed adjusting.
Martyn

[m12_nathan]

Disconnect the siren.

[peterguk V6 KWK]

trimman said:

Had this problem a couple of years ago,turned out to be the sensor on the rear clam,just needed adjusting.
Martyn

Count yourself lucky - at least you have a sensor on your rear clam.

[AMG Merc]

As Martyn said, the rear clam switch can cause this (clean the end contact with emery and then WD). Also, what about replacing the battery in the blipper in case its sendiing rogue signals as it fails?

[Naso Grande]

AMG Merc said:

As Martyn said, the rear clam switch can cause this (clean the end contact with emery and then WD). Also, what about replacing the battery in the blipper in case its sendiing rogue signals as it fails?

The switch only makes contact when the clam is open so cleaning up the contact face will only fix the problem of the alarm not going off when the clam is open. It is possible that if the car is out in the rain that the water could be shorting out the the rear clam switch (asuming that's where the problem lies). Pulling the push-on-connector off the rear clam will take that switch out of circuit.

If it's windy then it might be strong enough to get a bit of a breeze inside the car through the air vents (but we're talking tree ripping wind speeds)that might trigger the internal sensors.

I don't think there is a way of disabling the alarm eg with a key you insert into the alarm control unit and the siren unit has it's own internal batteries so any attempt to disconnect the siren will set that off. It does mention in the alarm manual that you can go through a sequence using the ignition key to interogate the Alarm Unit and depending on the response determine what has triggered the alarm. The information is exchanged via the Alarm LED.

[m12_nathan]

Naso Grande said:

AMG Merc said:

As Martyn said, the rear clam switch can cause this (clean the end contact with emery and then WD). Also, what about replacing the battery in the blipper in case its sendiing rogue signals as it fails?

The switch only makes contact when the clam is open so cleaning up the contact face will only fix the problem of the alarm not going off when the clam is open. It is possible that if the car is out in the rain that the water could be shorting out the the rear clam switch (asuming that's where the problem lies). Pulling the push-on-connector off the rear clam will take that switch out of circuit.

If it's windy then it might be strong enough to get a bit of a breeze inside the car through the air vents (but we're talking tree ripping wind speeds)that might trigger the internal sensors.

I don't think there is a way of disabling the alarm eg with a key you insert into the alarm control unit and the siren unit has it's own internal batteries so any attempt to disconnect the siren will set that off. It does mention in the alarm manual that you can go through a sequence using the ignition key to interogate the Alarm Unit and depending on the response determine what has triggered the alarm. The information is exchanged via the Alarm LED.

Not true - disconnecting the siren does shut it up.

[Naso Grande]

m12_nathan said:

Naso Grande said:

AMG Merc said:

As Martyn said, the rear clam switch can cause this (clean the end contact with emery and then WD). Also, what about replacing the battery in the blipper in case its sendiing rogue signals as it fails?

The switch only makes contact when the clam is open so cleaning up the contact face will only fix the problem of the alarm not going off when the clam is open. It is possible that if the car is out in the rain that the water could be shorting out the the rear clam switch (asuming that's where the problem lies). Pulling the push-on-connector off the rear clam will take that switch out of circuit.

If it's windy then it might be strong enough to get a bit of a breeze inside the car through the air vents (but we're talking tree ripping wind speeds)that might trigger the internal sensors.

I don't think there is a way of disabling the alarm eg with a key you insert into the alarm control unit and the siren unit has it's own internal batteries so any attempt to disconnect the siren will set that off. It does mention in the alarm manual that you can go through a sequence using the ignition key to interogate the Alarm Unit and depending on the response determine what has triggered the alarm. The information is exchanged via the Alarm LED.

Not true - disconnecting the siren does shut it up.

I thought the Siren would keep screaming away on it's own internal batteries if the car battery was disconnected. For anybody looking to replace they're clam switches then this was where I found mine

http://www.rclick.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php...

[Ramble]

Thanks guys for all your advice.

Had an awesome trip covering just over 2600 miles in 9 days. Experienced the Pyranees and the Alps, and got to drive thru the Riviera and into Monaco. The Noble got a lot of attention in Monaco. Had a very memorable day in the Alps with my mate and his R1. Due to the tight roads, I was able to get a good couple of minutes ahead of the R1 which was amusing. The car performed flawlessly (except for the alarm) and I would say that a trip to the Alps in your Noble is mandatory!!!

[alex s]

Ramble said:

Thanks guys for all your advice.

I would say that a trip to the Alps in your Noble is mandatory!!!

Off on the 18th Sept. Third year running.
Glad you had fun.