Originally Posted by
tabetha
What car and what alarm, there is no reason why the cat 1 needs to even interfere with the std fit alarm.
On my dads mondy I fitted a ai600, and left the ford alarm fully working still does, most alarm probs are down to fitting, some false alarm in this heat if they use a mercury switch for the boot/hatch like mk1 sierras.
tabetha
the mondeo and it's a hornet maxx 1 and it needs a cat 1 for the insurance
everything was working fine till about 5 or 6 weeks ago when it stopped unlocking the doors when you disarmed it and started unlocking the doors when you armed it, regardless of what was going on
then the battery started to go flat at random, and when the alarm would throw a fit with the locking the battery was always flat, but when it worked fine then it fired up on the button
when it was going bonkers the central locking wouldn't work at all, so thinking it was a duff motor in the drivers door i changed it, twice and it stayed the same after the changes
then it would go off at random so i got the battery changed thinking the duff battery was causing the problems
but no, they went on which is why i called them about 2 weeks ago to find out what they could do, but without the paperwork they said they can't do anything
in the last week or so the alarm should have chirped twice when it was armed and then it was chirping again for 5 chirps and when you disarmed it it was chirping 3 times instead of the once
and this morning i disarmed it and the factory alarm went off, the hazards kept going but the car started and was running but the hazards were going, as well as the alarm, and there was a buzzer going off under the dash
which is when they said "£150 call out charge, it's your factory alarm not the hornet" even though the factory alarm hasn't worked since the hornet was fitted
Originally Posted by
london_chris
spot on, especially certain mobile fitting companies, the fitters dont care, most dont take the time to install alarms PROPERLY. I fit alarms for myself and i will only fit alarms i know like the back of my hand and know are reliable, clifford's for example are very reliable if installed properly but if not are the most tempremental alarms in the world!!!!
i have removed and binned more cliffords that have gone wrong due to poor fitting,
i refuse to work on cliffords or anyone elses work for that matter unless removing and refitting my own alarm. i generally install Toad or Cobra alarms and have never had a comeback apart from faulty parts!
i know this doesnt help, your case but i thought i'd share!
if the installer has installed to your gems module incorrectly then that will be why ur factory alarm is playing up.
so is there any chance you would be kind enough to come and have a look? and rectify it if needed? or fit another one? preferably one that works properly? pretty please
