Dean250
18-08-2014, 19:34
The alarm keeps going off does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
I keep having to turn the alarm off in the engine bay, when leaving the car in the garage.
Here's the story of how this all started….
I had an issue with my williams battery running flat whilst I was working away and the alarm going off much to my neighbours and partners annoyance.
Anyways it killed the old battery to the point where it would no longer charge as the alarm had been trying to sound and was just very quietly chirping for a long period, whilst trying to charge the battery the alarm kept sounding as soon as enough charge was there, opening the door and leaving the car unlocked would sort the alarm going off but the battery was knackered.
I fitted a new battery and got the car started, the new bosch battery drained down again through lack of use whilst away (Alarm light being constantly 'on' whilst the car is locked seems to drain the battery in 2 weeks), I tried to charge the battery using the trickle charger that came with the car but that unfortunately died at some point throughout charging so I fully charged the battery with a normal charger.
Now to start the car the alarm has to be switched on in the engine bay otherwise the car can't be started, but since switching the alarm on and off the car alarm keeps going off when the car is being used normally.
The last few times I've driven the car anywhere and locked it the alarm goes off so I don't like to leave it locked anywhere, I tend to go out just to drive the car not to go somewhere in it as such but it's frustrating and the alarm light drains the battery very quickly! must get another maintenance charger soon!
I keep having to turn the alarm off in the engine bay, when leaving the car in the garage.
Here's the story of how this all started….
I had an issue with my williams battery running flat whilst I was working away and the alarm going off much to my neighbours and partners annoyance.
Anyways it killed the old battery to the point where it would no longer charge as the alarm had been trying to sound and was just very quietly chirping for a long period, whilst trying to charge the battery the alarm kept sounding as soon as enough charge was there, opening the door and leaving the car unlocked would sort the alarm going off but the battery was knackered.
I fitted a new battery and got the car started, the new bosch battery drained down again through lack of use whilst away (Alarm light being constantly 'on' whilst the car is locked seems to drain the battery in 2 weeks), I tried to charge the battery using the trickle charger that came with the car but that unfortunately died at some point throughout charging so I fully charged the battery with a normal charger.
Now to start the car the alarm has to be switched on in the engine bay otherwise the car can't be started, but since switching the alarm on and off the car alarm keeps going off when the car is being used normally.
The last few times I've driven the car anywhere and locked it the alarm goes off so I don't like to leave it locked anywhere, I tend to go out just to drive the car not to go somewhere in it as such but it's frustrating and the alarm light drains the battery very quickly! must get another maintenance charger soon!