Technical Factory fit Alarm problems

[Argonought]

That's an interesting idea that a passing lorry might cause a contact vibration rather than actually affecting the anti-jack detector directly (you could always turn this off to check anyway).

Most of the electronics a held within the header console which is easily removed for examination. The rest are within the body computer which is probably best left alone.

 

[dan-the-man]

I'm gonna check all the contacts in the header console at weekend & post a pic up because I'm not sure which ones are for skyroof and which are for alarm?

 

[Argonought]

That's easy Dan

Here you GO

 

[dan-the-man]

Thanks

Just had a thought, it must be the connector and nothing to do with examiner because it wouldn't just alter by itself, like I said when I was poking round trying to stop the rattle I may have knocked a few wires then.

 

[gazwagon]

I had the same problem with my Stilo, the Fiat dealer I took it to put some acoustic material (looked like the wife's tights) over the sensors. This solved the problem, apparently this fix was recommended by Fiat themselves.

 

[dan-the-man]

what about if I put some cotton wool or something in the console to help stop vibrations? or could it be a fire hazard? :chin:

 

[benmuir]

Factory fit Alarm Siren Position?

Alarm siren is not working and the fault is showing on the dash console on start up (Alarm Failure return to stealers). Car does not beep on locking/unlocking anymore (used to) and when you leave the window down then break the infa red field the indicators flash but no siren

1. Any idea where the siren is located on my Abarth.
2. Can you do a reset etc.
3. Is the siren seperate or all one unit.

Aw well had 2 weeks motoring without alarms suppose thats good !!

 

[Argonought]

re: Factory fit Alarm Siren Position?

Access is dead easy once you remove the scuttle cover.

Examiner has quite a few options for testing so you might want to get it checked out first although it does sound like a defective siren to me.

 

[benmuir]

re: Factory fit Alarm Siren Position?

What is the scuttle cover ??? Argonought

 

[Argonought]

re: Factory fit Alarm Siren Position?

It's the black cover that hides the wiper motor & mechanism.

To remove:

1. remove both wiper arms (be warned this can be VERY difficult)
2. remove 3 plastic clips at front (under bonnet at rear) and then remove scuttle cover (also a bit tricky)

You might want to search on this to get a few more tips. The scuttle cover is quite tricky to replace and I'd recommend taking very careful note of how it's fitted before you remove it (assuming it's never been removed before). Make sure you get some replacement clips from your dealer as the originals nearly always snap.