DB9 Volante - Project Car

[camel_landy]

Hi All,

So I thought I'd dip my toe into the world of Aston ownership and bought myself a little project car.

It's an '06 plate AM04/1xxxx (Cologne) engine with 40k on the clock. However, for the past 10yrs it has done very little mileage so it has one or two issues that require attention.

Firstly, it needs a damn good service... All fluids, filters, etc. It also needs a new set of boots & wiper blades. That's the easy bit.

The niggles I'm gonna need some help/pointers with are:

• Rear qtr window - Doesn't come up. I'm just about to pull the panels off to investigate but any pointers would be useful.
• "Alarm System Service Required" - After doing a bit of reading, it sounds like the battery in the alarm sounder unit has expired. Is it the same unit & location as the unit used in the V8V? That'll be next on the list, to pull it out and have a look.
• Alarm fob & key - At the moment, the fob isn't working, so I'm assuming it's related to the above for now. However, the car only came with 1x set, so any pointers on getting another set made up?

I'm sure other things will turn up while being serviced but that's the "Starter for 10", so any help/pointers would be useful.

Cheers,

M

[camel_landy]

So the rear qtr window is working again.

Everything was live from the fuse, etc but the following link let me work out how to test the motor in situ:

https://db9s.com/aston-martin-db9-rear-window-cont...

Grounded the necessary to raise the window and hey-presto, it worked. However, whatever I did managed to un-tangle its knickers and it's all working again.

Now reassembled and onto the next thing...

M

[Import]

Hey…good news you got the window working…for spare key and fob..Chris at phoenix bespoke keys can help you out..but as far as I know..you will need amds to programme them..alternatively..thinkdiag obd readers can do it..and you will prob need a scanner anyway…lol…best of luck ..

[camel_landy]

Hehe... Ta for the info on the key.

Next question - Are there any recommended/specialist breakers out there for these things?

M