Technical Stilo Alarm Siren Location

[sandman67]

Hi chaps

My old dad is having major nightmares with his once trusty Stilo.

Basically the alarm, when connected, just goes off constantly. Lock the car, walk off, 5 mins later the alarm starts going off. Reset it, lock up, walk away, 5 mins and the alarm starts again. You can imagine how popular that made him with the neighbors.

My old man has had enough and just wants to take the sodding siren unit off, or isolate it completely.

I downloaded the e-Learn workshop manual for him (thanks for the post of that) and we printed off the relevant section. On the main diagram the siren appears to be component P90.

Trouble is after having a look at it at work my dad and his mate still cant find the actual siren unit. (Oh for the days of Haynes manuals and their useful photo guides.)

So....where is the siren unit actually located, and will removing it cause any knock on issues?

any useful advice (or photos of the siren location) you can give would be diamond. My old dad is at his wits end with it, which is a bit of a knock for him as hes an old school car nut who finds working on his Stilo a nightmare.

The car is a 1.4 Stilo Active right hand drive 2004 vintage.

cheers chaps in anticipation of help

Dave (and his dad)

 

[mhowse]

Have had an issue with my alarm in the past , the alarm Siren is a battery back up type located under the windscreen wipers scuttle plate..the black plastic trim just below the wipers, you can acces the siren there and remove, though knock on effects will lead to you getting a fault security message on the dash every time you unlock the car and go to start the motor. you will need to remove wipers and prise up 3 plastic tree clips to remove the plastic scuttle plate, the clips do tend to snap so have a few spare ones to hand,, very cheap part of this fix..
I used the well know multiscan software to change my security settings and if remember use my cars 5 digit electronic security code also only available over the counter at fiat
So anyway I no longer have this issue, provided it is the alarm siren at fault the siren is available for replacement obviously at a price from fiat, or second hand item is cheaper.
You would need to get the car plugged into diagnostic software either at fiat or using software such as registerd version of multiscan to get the fault code read so you know for sure you have a faulty siren, you could then do as I did and change the security settings to no longer have your current fault or the knock on problems, I also do not know if you may have an issue with your car horn if that is also connected to sounding when the alarm is triggerd.and you have only removed the siren, I never noticed my horn sounding so you may be ok there.

But yes after my wee sermon there is knock on effects as above if you just remove the siren but they are just annoying faulty security message on dash when unlocking and starting car each time which I got well fed up of and got it sorted.

 

[sandman67]

Thanks mate, you are a diamond. Just had a look now with my old man at where the little bugger is hiding. He will take it into work tomorrow and have at it with his mate.

The diagram in the e-learn disk is as much use as a chocolate fireguard. That has it positioned somewhere under the battery or near the offside wheel arch, which is why dad couldnt find it for love nor money.

Once again many thanks for the swift help.

Happy travels bro

 

[mhowse]

Good Luck Dave ..yes not too difficult to get to when you know how ..like lot of things in life hey ..you could try just removing the connector to the Siren and taping the connector up well so it is very waterproof, you would have to do this anyway even if you remove the Siren,keep the water out of electric connectors as well as you can.

I think the item you are referring to on eper could be the actual car horn which is located towards the lower front of drivers side (uk) wheel arch behind the wheel arch lining.

Chin Chin