Im having a real bad run with this new cossie i have purchased, after 2 days of ownership the battery was flat as a pancake so go and purchase a new 1 now that is totally dead????

Have something drawing current from it but i wonder what??

Think i have a good idea thanks to 666 when i asked for a laptop with xp so i could use the cliffnet to adjust the settings he had a quick look and well lets just say picked up on a few shall we say unsafe things

Car is booked in on Saturday afternoon after i finish work to look at alarm and intellistart but to be honest think im going to get a new alarm so what do you guys advise quiet like the vipers with the lcd display????

Any views

 

sorry mate i am well shit on alarms !why not disconnect one thing at a time while measuring the amp draw on your battery just to be sure it is the alarm

 

more than like that bloody alarm mate lol,more so the central locking, could be other things thow, boost gauge, amp (if not wired right) or a few other things on yours, will be a drawen out process of doing what mechanic28 said, you or the alarm shop can do it
get them to cheek all add on's to the car when thay sort the alarm thow mate, just to be sure its all good as i could only cheek so much without pulling half the car apart

 

Think im going to get a new 1 installed to be honest cant have this every few days its on the trickle charger at the moment.

Guy said that the alarm is an old version now anyway

 

What do you consider unsafe..if you have the laptop and the software you can change the settings yourself

mines been flawless

 

Why have you jumped to the conclusion thats its the alarm at fault? Reckon this guy from clifford is just trying to get a sale out of you fella, new models are brought out all the time so its unsirprising you have an old version. Sounds more like a alternator fault if anything, get a multimeter on it, it will give you a good idea of whats going on.

 

Get a good auto electrician on the case. I was having problems with my old Bm'er 740. If you left it for a day the battery went flat. Thought the battery was duff so changed that, it still done it. It ended up been the fan motor was still going all the time and the car wouldn't go into sleep mode. It cost me Ł75 to get it all done and then it was back to been as good as new and back to wasting money on fuel

 

im a tracker fitter and have looked over the cossie, my moneys on the alarm, he no's why and aggrees with why

 

Honestly i can say without 666 finding a few shall we say problems (not going to delv into them) then the car would of probably caught fire.

Got a guy looking at it Saturday and not charging me going to give me his honest opinion and he has been recommended by a few friends who have had work completed by him and are totally satisfied.

The alarm is 6 years old been installed in a silly place where a thief could just pull it, hmmmmm dont realy want that.

Will update everyone on Saturday