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shaunskiman
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Changing Battery
« on: Oct 27th, 2005, 5:22pm » |
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I have just changed my cossy,s battery on reconnecting the flipping horn keeps going off, 
PLEASE can someone tell me how to stop this I connect black lead then red HORN, red first then black still horn
Any help much appreciated
Cheers Shaun I ......
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David_South_West
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #1 on: Oct 27th, 2005, 6:32pm » |
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Try leaving battery disconnected for an hour or so then reconnect if horn sounds try locking car and then unlocking
David
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craig
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are you also 100% sure you have replaced ALL the wires back on the battery,sounds obvious,but you might be suprised....
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Dave
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #3 on: Oct 28th, 2005, 9:30am » |
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Quick question - is it the horn, or the alarm horn i.e. constant or pulsing on and off? If it is the horn for the alarm, when the battery is reconnected trying unlocking the car - even if it is unlocked already. Try from the remote, then both doors, it might stop it.
Failing that the alarm horn is behind the battery with a single wire connection 
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shaunskiman
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #4 on: Oct 28th, 2005, 5:50pm » |
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Cheers for the replys, Hi Dave yes it's the alarm horn and I gave up yesterday and pulled the wire off it but I will have to try the unlocking bit
Thanks
Shaun I.....
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Kjetil S
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #5 on: Oct 28th, 2005, 8:35pm » |
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My alarm does go off if I disconnect and reconnect the battery. but my scorp doesn't have, for some reason, the originally fitted alarm system. It's an aftermarket sweguard-thing.
Atleast on my scorp, it works to just turn the alarm off, immediately after reconnecting the battery.
I've never tried this on an original ford alarm system, though. So..
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Paul B
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #6 on: Oct 28th, 2005, 8:35pm » |
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Another silly thing to point out (or remind you about)...
When you've connected the battery and doing the locking business, don't forget about the bonnet. That will need to be closed as well OR the button pressed down.
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #7 on: Oct 29th, 2005, 6:23pm » |
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Hi All
First sorry for a late repply.....have been out of town for a week and no internet access 
Well this is the first problem i had with my scorp. The alarm keep on going after i have disconnected and reconnected the battery. To solve the problem i had to close all the doors keep the bonet switch pressed and then lock the car with the key ( i do not have an original remote) after unlocking the car the lights keep on blinking for about 2-3 minutes and finally it was ok.
Hope it helps
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nuttyscorp
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #8 on: Oct 29th, 2005, 7:25pm » |
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my alarm kept going off, and i did not disconnect the battery,it turned out to be a loose connection on the boot/alarm, the display on the dash was indicating that the boot was open too, so i would tend to agree with the posts about the bonnet by paul b and octavian_p.
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shaunskiman
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Re: Changing Battery
« Reply #9 on: Nov 1st, 2005, 1:10pm » |
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Hi Guys,
Problem sorted, I pushed the connecter back on to the alarm horn today it did'nt go off so to test it I left the bonnet up locked the doors and pressed the bonnet alarm catch beep beep beep went the horn sorted 
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