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Alarm no sound
johnhol78:
Last week I borrowed someones VCDS and chnaged some settings....one of which was turning on the blink/horn when locking.
This worked perfectly for a couple of days. But the other night we had a thunder and lightening storm....I was in the back garden and the car is parked at my back gate. My son came in and said the lights were flashing on my car.
Went out and the hazards where flashing as if alarm had gone off. No sound though.
Open the car and then checked all the windows and doors......then locked the car - No Horn notification!
Not sure what to do now.....would disconnecting the battery for 30 minutes reset everything? Ask if I can borrow the VCDS?
Can these settings be lost due to electrical interference? Neighbour said the lightning storm could have messed with it....took that with a pinch of salt though could it be?
johnhol78:
Well tested the alarm at lunchtime and the lights go off but the siren doesn't.
Anyone had this before?
alexperkins:
You may have changed the Alarm sounder setting in VCDS by mistake
johnhol78:
--- Quote from: alexperkins on April 27, 2011, 01:28:39 pm ---You may have changed the Alarm sounder setting in VCDS by mistake
--- End quote ---
Thought about that though the Horn notification when looking was on when i changed the settings though now doesn't work....nothing has been done to the car except that lightning storm at the weekend....
Might have to hook up the car and have the codes read....might be a fault
daboy3000:
I noticed my car doing this when I was jet washing it the other day.
I had an issue with some clocks/dials and had the power steering light come up and the traction control is stuck off, I wonder if it caused this to.
I was just thinking it might be like a warning when it feels some vibration.
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