Anyone else experienced anything like this?
The battery only just started the car last night, so I fitted a new one this morning - Bosch Silver 75Ah. I used the normal procedure of switching the ignition on before disconnecting the battery. When I reconnected it there was a single chirp from the alarm siren about 10 seconds after I connected the negative terminal.
Now, every time I remove the key from the ignition I get a single chirp from the alarm siren after a 10-15 second delay. Then, when I lock the car I get a double-chirp from the siren, but the LED single-flashes every 2 second or so (as it should). There are NO faults shown on a PST2 test.
I have to say this is the first time I have ever heard the alarm siren. On the occasions that I have left the oddments cover open and locked the car, I got a single-beep from the car horn - not this loud chirp from the siren. I have disconnected the battery for about 10 minutes and reconnected it. Still the same, and no faults in the memory.
I KNOW this is going to drive me crazy, so before I disconnect the alarm siren by unplugging it, has anyone else experienced this problem? My initial thought is that something in the alarm control module has been corrupted during the battery change, but could it be something co-incidental? Could it be the backup battery in the siren, maybe? These must go bad eventually, and it is probably the original.
Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.
The battery only just started the car last night, so I fitted a new one this morning - Bosch Silver 75Ah. I used the normal procedure of switching the ignition on before disconnecting the battery. When I reconnected it there was a single chirp from the alarm siren about 10 seconds after I connected the negative terminal.
Now, every time I remove the key from the ignition I get a single chirp from the alarm siren after a 10-15 second delay. Then, when I lock the car I get a double-chirp from the siren, but the LED single-flashes every 2 second or so (as it should). There are NO faults shown on a PST2 test.
I have to say this is the first time I have ever heard the alarm siren. On the occasions that I have left the oddments cover open and locked the car, I got a single-beep from the car horn - not this loud chirp from the siren. I have disconnected the battery for about 10 minutes and reconnected it. Still the same, and no faults in the memory.
I KNOW this is going to drive me crazy, so before I disconnect the alarm siren by unplugging it, has anyone else experienced this problem? My initial thought is that something in the alarm control module has been corrupted during the battery change, but could it be something co-incidental? Could it be the backup battery in the siren, maybe? These must go bad eventually, and it is probably the original.
Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.
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