Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction, but the problem i am having with my alarm which is attached to my 99 Subaru Imprea RB5 is that when I lock the car I have approx 12-15secs before the alarm goes off, for which i would then click the fob button just once and it shuts up keeping the car locked.

Now if I lock the car using the key no alarm goes off...???

Anyone got any ideas??

 

Usually a sign of the battery on its way out (the big one under the bonnet as opposed to the small ones in the keyfob!! )

I had this (and a few others I know on the club) a few years ago .... alarm would go off a short while after being set .... I ended up just locking the car without setting the alarm. After asking around, got a nice new battery, and the problem never reoccurred!!

 

Could be bonnet switch have you got the user guide and pin code as we can find out the fault via the led

Ian

 

yes mate, i have all info and pin numbers... i even changed the pin number to see if it would do anything but it didnt...., but at least i kno the keypad works!

 

Type in *17856*340# siren will beep

Then count the flashes on the dash led count them and let me know

Regards Ian

 

Cheers the code... Unfortunately last night, in the pourin rain, my alarm suddenly started goin off and it wouldn't stop, it just kept going off. I opend the car with the key and put it into the ignition to see if that would stop the alarm but it didn't, I did however notice that my dial lights were very dim, so my initial thought was dead/low battery. What I have now done is removed the battery to stop the siren going off and allow my neighbours to get some sleep, and I will be giving the battery a test tomorrow.

 

ok.... so have now got a nice new battery after Halfords confirmed that my battery was 'short circuiting'. New battery installed locked the car........ 15secs later 'beep, beep, beep' ARRGGHHH!!!

TOAD MASTER: I will give the code ago when i get home later this afternoon and let you know on the number of flashes i get from the LED on the dash.

 

Ian, I entered the code you provided at got '5 flashes' from the Dashboard LED...

 

Might be related, but mine was constantly going off and in the end i removed the siren. Upon opening the siren a lot of water came out which could have been the problem, have yet to replace the siren.

 

Try again as there is no 5 flashes
what model is it alarm that is
M series or S series

Ian

 

Ian, the alarms Is a Sigma M30 model... I will try the code again later this afternoon

Cheers for ya help mate.

 

Ok tried it again and this time I'm sure I got 8?!

 

8 Flashes is Bonnet is i first suspected

Ian

 

How do I fix this problem??

 

To start with unplug bonnet switch and test alarm if all ok you may need to replace switch

Ian

 

Unplugged the bonnet switch and then locked the car, but its still the same old story, after 15secs the alarm goes off...