brybusa

I have a Clifford immobiliser fitted to my car which passively arms 30secs after taking the keys out of the ignition.

However when I go to start the car its reluctant to “switch off “ no matter how much waving around and running the little fob around the dash , it always takes 5 mins of sodding around with it until the system registers and turns itself off

Its supposed to recognise the instant I get in the car that the fob is present.

Anyway idea’s peeps?

thanks in advance

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Does the car already have a standard immobiliser built into the key fob??

It's very common with aftermarket inductive loop type immobilsers to get interferance from the manufacturer's immobilser. Resulting in one or the other or even both not deactivating.

Moving the pickup (reciever - behind dash/steering cowl) usually cures it - if this is the case, the installer should have known better and only fiited a contact type immobilser

On the otherhand it could be a faulty indcutive loop (pickup/reciver) or it has moved or fell behind the dash (blame installer). Or a fault with the immobilser itself (which knowing clifford doesn't shock me at all).

brybusa

Thanks Ali,

It has a seperate Clifford remote alarm, as is typical, it wasnt Thatham approved, so the previous owner fitted this imobiliser for insurance purposes, this was 4 years ago

The alarm itself works perfectly...as did the imobiliser for 2 days!...

I spoke to the previous owner who seems a genuine guy, he said he'd never had any problems with it...and I do believe him.....

The theory of the inductive loop falling behind the dash or elsewhere sounds feasible

Either way its a right royal pain

have Clifford alarms got a bad reputation?...The only time ive seem Clifford stickers on a car has been on some Lax Power special..even the name sounds cack..