ok here is my dilema, i had a hole in my battery and it wasnt holding any charge so i have replaced it with a new battery and this is where the problems start lol i connect both terminals and my alarm goes insane and i keep pressing the key fob but it doesnt cancel the alarm so it keeps going off (bearing in mind i did this at half 12 at night lol) does anyone know how to stop it?
the alarm is a cliford concept 50x on an fd and the key fob worked fine before the battery died,
any sugestions will be much appreciated
Cheers
Kris
Just a thought, do you have a switch inside the car, hiden, the reason i ask is that the car thinks someone is trying to be smart and disconect the power to trick the alarm.
so it shoul dhave osme form of reset
The alarm needs resetting, no idea howto do this tbh, I had the same problem with my immobiliser, had to rip it out, obviously you don\'t want to do that with your alarm... ask an alarm installer
there is a two way switch inside the car but i havet got a clue what it does so ussually i dont touch it lol but i think that i will try that tommorrow,
keep the ideas coming lol
Kris
you should of got a manual with your alarm it will have a code in it its a sequence you have to push the 2 buttons in the car... but not sure how much it will help, i think if you press the 2 left buttons on the fob if you have the 4 button fob it will do the same.
ask batman on here he is an alarm installer
TO give you a bit of time, if the siren part of the alarm is put in facing upwards, fill it with water before connecting the battery. It won\'t stop the alarm going off, but it will silence it to such a degree that you\'ll only just be able to hear it. That\'ll give you time to press all the buttons you have available to you and see if you can reset it...
Outside of that, do a search for instructions online???
on your key fob you should have four buttons try pressing different combinations of two buttons at the same time this will put a clifford into valet mode allowing you to open doors and mess around without setting or arming the alarm .
next time you use the ignition the valet mode will cancell
when you have the right buttons the alarm light will stay on constantly not flash
ok i tried pessing combinations and it stop the alam going off and now iv got a headache lol please any other suggestions
Kris
hedex..???
Have you tried disconnecting and reconnecting the battery again?
yeah tried disconnecting and re conecting again but the same thing happened im starting to get annoyed now lol if i removed the fuse to the alarm would the car still start or would the immoboliser stil be active?
if it would work it would ony be until i find my code
Kris
Best bet is to contact the installer and ask...they can probably sort you out in seconds over the phone:)
ok so i have just been out and fitted the battery with the alarm still oing off and managed to get the car started with the alarm still going and its official i have the worlds fastest ambulance lol
all of a sudden it stopped when i wasnt doing anything and now wont arm or anything, fo the moment this is good, but what happened? im thinking the alarm fuse went but im not a guru so i wouldnt know
also batman i spoke with Carl hayward today and he says you are a bit of a hero when it comes to electrics is there anychance you could pm me your number so i could give you a call?
Cheers
Kris
First of all, apologies in advance if I\'ve got the wrong end of the stick.
When connecting the earth terminal to your battery, you need to press the plunger down on your alarm system after you\'ve connected the battery and whilst holding the plunger down, press the "open" button on your alarm fob to disable the alarm and immobiliser.
Holding the plunger down is telling the car that the bonnet is shut (all doors, etc should be shut as well) and that its safe to turn the alarm off.
The plunger is just a metal pin and will probably be located around the outside edge of the engine bay, somewhere where the bonnet will be able to compress it when closed.
Hope that helps.
ah il try that this weekend when its quiet so i dont annoy anyone lol
cheers
Kris
Just out of interest, did the alarm blip about 3 times when you tried to disable the alarm and then when the alarm went off and you tried to disable it again, blipped about 3 times again and so on?
nope could arm or disarm it just went nuts when i put the battery on and couldnt disarm it so i took it for a drive and it just stopped but cant arm or disarm it...
confusing i know
Kris
ok i have just been out to try and start my car and do a little work on it and the problems started, the imobiliser seems to be engaged and i cant use my key fob because this isnt working and the valet code doesnt seem to be doing anything, im starting to get a lil ....ed off about this and would love any help just to disable the alarm and imobiliser until i get home for xmas and get it fixed then
Kris
ok i have decided what i am going to do i will have to get rid off the imobiliser wiring in the ignition i know what i have to do and i have the clifford wirining diagram but i need to know the colour of the ignition wire and the starter wire as i need to do a lil bit of cutting and soldering lol i have the car wiring diagram but there is no indication of the colours of wires and this is all i need.
Cheers everyone in advance
Kris
Prety sure I have a full FD wireing diagram on a memory stic somewhere..... about 800 pages long though I think!! If you bring your memory stick when you pop down I\'ll try to find it for you ;)
Jono
all sorted now called the RAC and they sorted me right out, thanks for all your help and i hope this helps people in the future
Kris
My clifford keypad naffed up. the contacts under the buttons snapped left me with issues like urs, new keypad sorted it.lol