Alarm keeps going off

[Chris197F1]

I have had my 197 for 3 days now and the alarm has gone off 4 times (twice during the night lst night). Does anybody have this problem and is there a way to lock the car without setting the alarm? I have a steering lock and the car is right outside my living room window so not setting the alarm wouldnt bother me.

Cheers, Chris

 

[930Tech]

Is your boot/hatch shutting propperly?

Common fault the latch not being right, could be the wind moving the tailgate triggering the light then alarm.

 

[Chris197F1]

Great, thanks mate I will have a look!

 

[Roy]

Spiders

 

[Graeme GTR]

cats? wind? someone trying to break into your car? Im sure if you press the lock button again after you lock the car it does something with the alarm.

 

[Chris197F1]

I assume maybe press once to lock and press again to alarm? Thats what the Fiesta ST did.

 

[ryan197]

Press twice dealocks the locks i think.

 

[Roy]

Press twice dealocks the locks i think.

It does indeed

 

[Chris197F1]

please help its still going off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! twice so far tonight, only been home 2 hours!

 

[Giles]

is the bonnet switch working??

 

[Chris197F1]

as in the bonnet pop pull handle?

 

[930Tech]

No, in front of the battery on the front panel/slam panel there is a switch which tells the alarm the bonnet is open/shut.

 

[Chris197F1]

^ thanks mate, when you say switch does that mean it can be activated/deactivated? Im not fussed about not having the bonnet alarmed

 

[Giles]

No, in front of the battery on the front panel/slam panel there is a switch which tells the alarm the bonnet is open/shut.

ditto

that could be fault or plug might need cleaning.

 

[Roy]

Try disconnecting the battery for 20 mins then reconnect and see if that does the trick as it will reset its self(hopefully)

 

[Chris197F1]

well Ive opened and closed both doors and the boot and it hasnt gone off for nearly two hours so fingers crossed lol. Will have a look underneath the bonnet tomorrow when its light

 

[930Tech]

^ thanks mate, when you say switch does that mean it can be activated/deactivated? Im not fussed about not having the bonnet alarmed

Sorry, not a switch like that, no on/off to switch.

It's. . .like a pin, when the bonnets closed it pushes the pin in sort of thing.

Like a door switch that turns your interior light on/off (in an older car)

 

[Chris197F1]

cheers mate thought as much. Will have a look tomorrow anyway and give it a clean (if possible). Failing all of this I have found out how to deactivate the alarm.

 

[Chris197F1]

well I thought I had found out how to deactivate the alarm but it didnt work and it is still going off randomly, grrrrrrrrrr getting fed up now lol

 

[Foxspeed]

could be the ultra-sonic sensors being over sensitive....i think you can swap them over on the alarm wiring plug to make them less sensitive