Alarm Woes... DIY Solution?

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 17:00

My alarm is doing strange things.

Last night (by chance) i was under the bonnet of the car, and the alarm box went up in a ploom of smoke.

Ever since then, i open the doors and the lock when i open them,. random lights stay on (interior light, and flashes when indicators are on).

So obviously... the alarm is fooked.

Now, can i simply chop the loom to the old box, or will that nacker everything up?

Phil

Al-Ectrician · 17 Jan 2007 at 17:06

If it has an immobiliser you will have to rejoin the ignition wires that the immobiliser breaks on install.

Al

MNuTz · 17 Jan 2007 at 17:18

buy yourself a CAT 1 toad alarm (or similar pro type) and get one of their professional fitters to come and fit it. Thwy will do all the work for you, plus your insurance will go down (it has to be fitted by a pro tho) and you get peace of mind.

Yes, it will cost you £300+ but its piece of mind that counts in my book.

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 17:29

I was after a more temporary solution

BenST · 17 Jan 2007 at 18:13

MNuTz said:
Thwy will do all the work for you, plus your insurance will go down .

Yeah, if your car is worth something like £30K+.

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 18:16

Did you not know?

Parkers valued my 160k Ashtray at £35,995

bmh.01 · 17 Jan 2007 at 18:30

splitz said:
Yeah, if your car is worth something like £30K+.

Mine would've gone down £20, needless to say I installed it myself.

BenST · 17 Jan 2007 at 18:34

Likewise, ToadAI606 from eBay installed myself. I've read on a couple of other motoring forums that insurance premiums rarely decrease when a CAT1 alarm is added unless the car is of significant value. The baseline tends to be around £30K.

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:04

So anyway, can i cut the alarm box off or what?

BenST · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:08

I'm pretty sure you've already been answered, or you haven't answered a question.

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:09

I don't think the immobiliser is connected to the alarm, it is on a separate fob, and surely that woiuld be playing up with the alarm, seeing as the alarm is doing strange things to all the electrics.

BenST · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:12

By the sounds of it the immobiliser is seperate from the fob. Is the alarm an aftermarket one? If so most are wired in parallel with your vehicles electronics so it would be quite safe to remove the box. Otherwise I wouldn't touch it.

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:27

splitz said:
By the sounds of it the immobiliser is seperate from the fob. Is the alarm an aftermarket one? If so most are wired in parallel with your vehicles electronics so it would be quite safe to remove the box. Otherwise I wouldn't touch it.

It is an aftermarket unit. The immobiliser is on a complete different fob, its one of those key things that plugs into a thing on the dash.

My thoughts were seeing as its an aftermarket one, its been spliced into the existing loom, so by cutting the box off it will just be like the old loom again (providing i insulate the wires so they dont touch.)

I'm going to get the top of the box off tomorrow to see if theres an internal fuse i could possibly remove to save cutting wires up.

BenST · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:29

Yep, most are wired in parallel so cutting the box out won't stop any your original features from working correctly.

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:31

I might give it a go on Friday, damn overtime means no light evenings to have a fiddle with it.

I'll check inside the box first to make sure theres no fuse that i can remove...

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:34

One thing that is a little strange though, the alarm doesnt appear to be connected to the door locks, it doesnt operate them from the fob anyway, but today driving the car was locking itself :confused:

agw_01 · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:44

Any info on the alarm? Make/model number?

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:45

Its a flashpoint, not sure on model...

agw_01 · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:48

Never heard of them. Probably just some cheap jobbie.

Is the siren and control box seperate, or combined?

Is there a multiplug to the control box which you can remove?

Phil W · 17 Jan 2007 at 19:52

They are separate, and no the wires seem to go direct into the control box, although they go undera removable cap which i will take off and have a peek under on Friday!