Member Since: 22 Aug 2016
Location: Manchester
Posts: 44
Bloody Alarm
Has anyone else experienced the phantom alarm? The car alarm will randomly go off. When I unlock the car it won’t let me reset it due to the bonnet apparently being open. If I open the bonnet and close it I am able to reset the alarm. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the bonnet sensor is faulty. Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone have any recommendations on where I should take it to get it fixed.
Thanking you kindly.
29th Nov 2018 9:24 pm
sasdiscos
Member Since: 22 Feb 2013
Location: Northants
Posts: 886
I think it’s common. Buy a new switch and fit it yourself. Easy job.
SteveYou remind me of a younger me, not much younger mind...perhaps even a little older!
29th Nov 2018 9:25 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8069
In the meantime bypass it with a paper clip It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
29th Nov 2018 9:29 pm
Danshort86
Member Since: 22 Aug 2016
Location: Manchester
Posts: 44
sasdiscos wrote:
I think it’s common. Buy a new switch and fit it yourself. Easy job.
Steve
Just had a quick google, £25 does that sound about right?
When I stick my head under the bonnet is it fairly straightforward to do?
29th Nov 2018 9:31 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Wirral, UK
Posts: 3067
Every time I read these threads I think I really should replace the temporary wire jumper I put in mine on an annoyed campsite in Shropshire about 2 years ago, with a new switch D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
30th Nov 2018 12:27 am
ItSmee
Member Since: 05 Nov 2015
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 34
The bonnet catch containing the switch has a spring between the micro switch and the mechanical locking actuator. Remove the bonnet catch and stretch the spring a bit to apply more pressure to the micro switch when the bonnet is closed (doesn’t need much). Since your alarm stops going off for a while after you reclose the bonnet suggests that the issue is with this spring and not the micro switch itself so you shouldn’t need a new catch.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum