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johnv
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Can anyone help.
On one car I left it for a month, unused, because of the bad weather. Did not want to get it dirty, used the oldess one.
So battery was flat. normally the batteries hold up for months, but I reckon this one is about to give up, in time to come.
So I put on battery charger and the horn started together with flashing indicators.
So I disconnected, the battery and proceed to charge it up.
All charged up nice now, took charger off, but each time I go to re-connect battery terminal the horn starts again.
I thinking that if I left it to blare away for 45 seconds it would then turn off on its own.
It says in the owners handbook, unlock a front door and it will stop, but it does not.
I might tomorrow try locking the car and then let the horn sound and then try unlocking it but anyone esle got the right way to stop it.
I can't really let it sound for 45 seconds, because of neigbours
Thanks to anyone that can help.
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Re: Car Alarm keeps going.
« Reply #1 on: Mar 7th, 2005, 5:15pm » |
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You could try locking then unlocking the car again and if that fails then you can disconect the ALARM horn which is situated behind the battery on the nearside .. it will stop it from sounding....
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« Reply #2 on: Mar 7th, 2005, 5:16pm » |
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Im sure the neighbours wouldnt even notice. Nobody seems to bother these days when alarms go off. Id just let it sound then lock and unlock after..
Cheers Nick
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johnv
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« Reply #3 on: Mar 7th, 2005, 6:50pm » |
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thanks for help. i already tried locking and un-locking many times.
i throught it was the road horns behind the bumper that did the sounding.
but you are saying the alarm as it own horn by the battery. i will look tomorrow.
thanks for advise.
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Re: Car Alarm keeps going.
« Reply #4 on: Mar 7th, 2005, 6:50pm » |
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Hi Johnv,
My scorp has been stood all winter and this happens everytime the battery is connected. If the horn fails to stop when unlocking by the drivers door, unlock using the passenger door. this should stop it. If you want to disconnect the alarm all together, simply pull apart the multiplug to the pin switch under the bonnet at the front.
HTH
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« Reply #5 on: Mar 7th, 2005, 7:22pm » |
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Or the horn by the battery like the Snoopster said. It will be easy to find as it will be going off in your ear   
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johnv
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« Reply #6 on: Mar 7th, 2005, 7:36pm » |
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thanks for all the help. i tried both doors and it don't work.
but i disconected batteries many times and reconnected and never had this problem before.
But I thinking the battery was very flat this time, real dead, I wonder if this is the factor. Like it thinks that the battery has been disconnected, for a long time as danny states.
I might try mufferling it by placing lots of old blankets over it till it stops.
It goes for 45 seconds i reading in the owners handbook before it re-arms itself.
I will let you all know tomorrow how I get on.
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Re: Car Alarm keeps going.
« Reply #7 on: Mar 8th, 2005, 1:12pm » |
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How did you get on, John?
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« Reply #8 on: Mar 8th, 2005, 4:36pm » |
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Well this morning it was the same, just offer up the terminal to the battery and off it goes.
Found the horn at the back of the battery but no way to get at it unless I removed the battery.
Opening both doors did not help.
So I put old blankets and a lot of padding to muffel the sound. waste of time you could still here it just as loud.
So I went for broke, decided to let the horn run its course.
I was exspecting it to sound for 45 sec, I think that what it says in the owners handbook, without going to read the book.
But after just 10 sec it stopped, but the indicators kept flashing.
Then they stopped after a while.
The battery must have been very flat because I had to re-enter my code for the radio.
So it all storted now.
Some time ago I got off ebay, a charging panel that you put on the dash and plug into a lighter socket it suppose to trickal charge your battery from the daylight. waste of time don't waste your money, does not maintain a charge to stop you battery running down.
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« Reply #9 on: Mar 8th, 2005, 6:36pm » |
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I didnt think the indicators flashed when locking or unlocking? Or do you have the mod fitted? Mine never flashed.........
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« Reply #10 on: Mar 8th, 2005, 6:50pm » |
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hi badboy, well others will know, i would be interested in what they say.
this car in question is november 1998 "S"" reg.
But all my cars even the 1996 2000cc car do, when they feel like it, then when they don't feel like it they don't.
It very much a hit and miss affair.
Lets put it this way, they are suppposed to, but not as good as other makes of cars that always do.
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« Reply #11 on: Mar 8th, 2005, 9:56pm » |
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I see. In my hand book ( my 24v 1995) quotes indicatord flash depending on country. Who else's indicators flash when arming?
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« Reply #12 on: Mar 8th, 2005, 10:00pm » |
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Mine don't, only when deadlocking, I think it's a software update that Ford will do for you, But you don't have to believe me as i know nothing about wheels either, 
If you press the bonnet switch in and out about ten or so times you will be able to test all the circuits by opening doors etc, this might tell you if you have a problem with one of your switches, as far as i remember you'll get a beep or two when you open a door.
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« Reply #13 on: Mar 8th, 2005, 10:04pm » |
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Mine flash for lock and on deadbolt
also when unlocking
no mod fitted
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« Reply #15 on: Mar 9th, 2005, 6:37am » |
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on all my cars, if the alarm sounds all indicators flash for sure.
but its when you lock or unlock the cars that it hit or miss. like some times they flash and sometimes they don't.
like the key flob, sometimes they work and sometimes they dont.
on a vaxhall consiar i was loaned a few weeks ago, that fob was just so good and postive.
it worked first time and ever time from the other side of the road.
i going to clean the contacts in my fobs but i don't think that will do much as one is nearly new and that's the same.
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Re: Car Alarm keeps going.
« Reply #16 on: Mar 9th, 2005, 10:01am » |
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John,
use a pair of long nose pliers to get to the wire on the horn behind the battery if you ever need to again - there is just enough room. I managed to reconnect it a couple of weeks ago without battery removal too, but it was not particularly easy. Lesser of 2 evils though as our car seems to have a particular aversion to having its battery removed! 
On our september 1996 car the indicators do not flash when unlocking/locking/deadlocking or when the alarm is going off!
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« Reply #17 on: Mar 9th, 2005, 2:26pm » |
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thanks for inflo Dave.
well my 1996 March flashes all right and just to rub salt into the wound. it flashing the best, better than the 97/98 cars. but having said that it still a hit and mis affair.
right i got that about long pliers and in fact own such a very long handle pair.
you have not forgotton that i keft the car for over a month, perhaps getting on for 6 weeks or so. that is why I had a flat battery. But even so the battery should still hold up. I thinking that it might be on the way out. If it runs flat again I will have it tested.
But if I need to disconnect the battery for a while I got those Draper memory savers. very cheap to buy and on ebay.
You plug then in you rear lighter socket, they have a 9V battery in them and you dis-connect you main battery and it saves all you computer and clock settings and you can still have you radio on.
They are really good.
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« Reply #18 on: Mar 9th, 2005, 2:29pm » |
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to Dave. have you got on your September car the puddle lights and the big red lights in all four doors that light up when you open a door.
They are real great and make the car look real expensive at night when they come on.
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« Reply #19 on: Mar 9th, 2005, 3:05pm » |
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Hi John,
yes the car has kerb lights and puddle lights on all four doors, got a couple of good photos of those at dusk! 
Regarding your flat battery, I wonder if the alarm draws enough power to drain it over those 4 to 6 weeks?
With our car when we got it there was an aftermarket alarm fitted. After the run home the car was parked up for about 10 days while it waited for some work to be done on it. When we came to start the car it made absolutely no attempt to fire (it jump started fine) and this after only a week and a half.
Now, with regular use, it sits for up to 3 or 4 days at a time but starts fine, with occasional flicking needles if it is cold!
Cheers 
PS - Our aftermarket alarm MAY have been more "powerful" and so drawn more current than the Ford one, but it is a thought anyway!
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