help alarm knackered!!

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:08 pm

p.s. you have checked the fuse?

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:00 pm

the fuse?

well the alarm still imobilises the car and the indicators still flash so i guessed the fuse was ok tbh - is there a seperate one for hte siren?

the horn is thru the little grille on the frond passengers side - found this on saturday after 2 hours of hacking away at the car and thought i'd found gold only to get natalie to hit the horn and almost deafen me!

ninja

Post by **Shug** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:04 pm

Here's a left-field suggestion...

Has it ever worked?

If not, are you sure that it hasn't been removed for some strange reason? Is the siren a separate unit from the alarm itself?

This is just me going through a wee logic process, I have no idea about the alarm on the S2 (and very little about the S1)

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:17 pm

yeah it used to work before i washed the car!

think i may have drowned the siren at some point

ninja

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:40 pm

ninja wrote:the fuse?
...is there a seperate one for hte siren?

Yea there is for the S1 Cobra 6422. Can't remember which fuse tho.

scott

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Mon May 08, 2006 4:20 pm

interesting stuff - i'll check the er fuse! going to be very embarrassed if that's the only problem!

ninja

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:07 pm

Service manual shows Fuse number 2, 2Amp being for Alarm Siren....

Fuse should be black and it looks like the only 2amp in there..

blackbird · Post by **blackbird** » Wed May 10, 2006 10:34 pm

you cant fit a siren ,the one in your car is not just a siren it has electronics in it that are part of the alarm and it will only work with the control box that it is matched to

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:51 am

I now have a non working siren on an S1. System works other than that. Have checked the fuses, all fine. Phoned MMC, said i need the code from when it was first installed, otherwise a whole new system is needed

. Anyone else had experience with S1 siren's packing up?

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:14 pm

No but I have contacted Lotus before for mt Cat1 certificate for insurance purposes so if it was a factory fit they will have it on record.

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:14 am

Ninja,

I've found the siren module on my car - so should be in the same place in yours.

Go to the front of the car - lie on the ground - in front of you there is the main grill with the driving lamps - to the left and right there are smaller grills - if you peer into the right hand one (pax side) you'll find a small black box - it's the siren.

HTH

Mac

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:26 am

also the gumf MMC spouted at me isn't quite correct. The 6422 on the S1 is a plug and play system. MMC wanted £162 to supply and fit the new siren, including getting a code from the factory. I have spoken to cobra, two minute job to fit the siren yourself, undo bolts, unplug siren, plug in new siren, do bolts back up. Job done.

£62 for siren from Ray Smith delivered. No worries. £100 saved

.

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:34 am

Might want to contact Lotus and update them with the serials etc and get your CAT1 certificate from them.

CBrown2@lotuscars.co.uk (Chris Brown)

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:39 am

Sanjoy wrote:Might want to contact Lotus and update them with the serials etc and get your CAT1 certificate from them.

CBrown2@lotuscars.co.uk (Chris Brown)

cheers

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:28 pm

mac wrote:Ninja,

I've found the siren module on my car - so should be in the same place in yours.

Go to the front of the car - lie on the ground - in front of you there is the main grill with the driving lamps - to the left and right there are smaller grills - if you peer into the right hand one (pax side) you'll find a small black box - it's the siren.

HTH

Mac

excellent, i had thought this was the horn tbh

ninja