Hi all.
My old Mondy, that I've owned for 10 of it's 14 year years, is on it's last legs sadly. The latest fault is an intermittant activation of the alarm system, even when the door is unlocked and the alarm therefore not armed.
Yesterday at 5:30 I was woken by the alarm horn, but not doing it's normal on/off/on/off sound. Just an intermittant bip... bip,bip,... pause... bip... and so on, each time with the hazard lights flashing with it.
Locking and unlocking the doors, several times and from both front door locks, didn't stop it so I pulled the wire off of the horn. It stopped of it's own accord about 10 minutes later. It has done this before, but only for a couple of seconds.
So, without immobilising the car, is it possible to physically isolate the alarm system? Is there a common fault where a known set of wires rub and short out? If not I'll just leave it as it is. When the car's finally dead, it's dead. Stop.
Oh, it's an early Mk2, 2.0l ghia manual hatchback. P reg and 1997.
Another oh, I did the alarm test as described in this web page (thanks TTT in november 2010)...
Any clues folks? And no, sadly I don't have the funds for even a cheapie banger to replace it just now. My council job expires in a month.
Thanks.