ok im stuck 5 mile from home at work, missis cant come get me because of the snow..

My 2003 blob wrx has std alarm, (uk model i think)
took the car round the corner, came back got out of the car and the alarm wont work. so atm can get in the car and can turn on the ignition but it wont start.

When i press the fob i dont get a beep, or anything. Have replaced the battery in the fob, still nothing..

Any ideas plaese before i abandon it and walk home.

 

Is it parked anywhere near a mobile phone mast? It is VERY common for them to interfere with the alarm.

 

no m8, parked it same place for last 2 years, so def. not that, cheers 4 the reply though m8..

 

Does everything light up on dash when you turn ignition on?

 

yes m8 everything as normal,

 

just the "red key" light flashing

 

Try disconnecting and reconnecting battery, may reset alarm! Worth a try if you're stuck.

 

cheers m8, will give it a go now thanks

 

Red key light is a transponder warning rather than alarm. Is the car cranking but not starting? Or do you hsve the pin code for the alarm?

 

Hold and press the fob inside near to the dash as due to the bad weather it still could be transmission interference and keep trying as there could be a lull in the transmission signal.

 

car wont crank no, all lights up but is waiting for me to press the fob, i do have the pin (at home in booklet)

will re connect battery in 5 mins and see what happens...

atleast im at work with a kettle (phew)

 

battery back on, no good... any idea how 2 disable the alarm?

 

you need a local theif. You not have break down recovery?

 

Get someone to send you the pin number.

 

yes i do have recovery, but its saturday, i want it recovered 2 a garage, which are closed now, taking me home will leave me with a dead car on my drive way, with a big bill 2 get recovered to a garage on monday, hence the fact that i want it sorted now if poss.
i am kinda pi$$ed off atm, and getting more wound up by the min, so please no more coments like "you need a local thief" u may think ur being funny, but it dont help, trust me.

 

my missis can get that for me, but sorry for sounding thick, but what do i do with it when ive got it

 

If you have recovery they will recover you twice if the garage is closed now. most people dont realise this and think they have to pay once they are home. you only have to pay if the garage is open and you get recovered home then want to go the garage.
If you have not checked your alarm fuse it might be worth looking for that see if its blown

 

i had a look but cant see what fuse it is, do u no which one it is and where plz

 

warm the fob, its likely its too cold to remove the immobiliser hence it cranking but not starting........

if it wont work, then input the 4digit code into the key pad before trying the key and it should sort immobiliser

 

it wont crank the engine m8, all lights up but thats it. this always happens when ive had the door open for a while (key out) and the alarm has kicked in, all i usually do it press the button on the fob and it cranks over fine.

 

see if these help. I dont know where the fuse is sorry. iv got classic WRX. Dont even know if i got a keypad

http://www.scouk.net/subaru-impreza/...M30_Manual.pdf
http://www.scouk.net/subaru-impreza/..._m30_codes.pdf

 

same answer its your immobiliser potentially because the fob is too cold / battery goosed

 

Put the pin code into the key pad and it will disable the alarm. Keypad is either in the glove box or coin holder to right if steering wheel depending on year of car

 

Nice 1 cheers...


changed battery, had heater on in car, got 2 work got out of car and it wouldnt work, so dont think its a cold remote, but cheers anyway.


got my missis looking through all the manuals at home looking for the code.. hopefully she will find it.

 

Did you get the car running?

 

if yr stuck i can give u the number of my auto electrician..i had exaxtly the same probs as u with my sigma alarm..it basically went into melt down. so he replaced it with an auto watch alarm/immobiliser and he s mobile...top bloke too

 

no m8, just got home....



pm sent

 

This happened to me, mrs brought me spare key, If you have swapped the battery the key needs programming, i never found out how to do it but my local subaru dealer did it in 10 seconds flat and didn't charge me. So shouts out to Dennis Common at Longframlington

 

my problem is i have been through all the paper work / booklet and cant find the 4 dig code so cant turn off the alarm, i even tried to phone the guy i bought the car off 2 years ago but his phone is dead. if i cant get the key fixed i asume i am looking at a new ecu

 

Thats a pita. Its a 4 digit code on a small silver sticker. Have you tried spare key etc?

No alarm is nothing to do with the ecu. Although the transponder in the key is coded to it