MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Gene Hunt on January 14, 2013, 01:06:12 pm

Title: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: Gene Hunt on January 14, 2013, 01:06:12 pm: http://www.my-gti.com/1022/alarm-chirp-on-arm-and-disarm-with-factory-alarm

Tried to set it on saturday & problems?. Got to step 3 on the above guide Step 3(Byte 11). Tried to go to next step Step 4 (Byte 16) but in the settings mine would not go past (Byte 13) so unable to set siren???. Mate was pulling his hair out but tried all sorts but still unable to activate it?. Car is 08 reg.Any ideas please?. :smiley:
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: S2 Ant on January 14, 2013, 01:43:58 pm: I thought there were some tick boxes to enable some of these kind of things so you dont need to manually change parts of the coding. Its been a while since i browsed around it all on my car to remember the exact locations of this stuff.... unless of course this option isnt listed on that tick box bit, in which case, im no help to you at all :smiley:
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: skard on January 14, 2013, 02:02:48 pm: Does the siren work? Try setting the alarm off manually.

Common fault that they die. I replaced two in my old mk5.
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: zerolag on January 14, 2013, 02:09:13 pm: Quote from: skard on January 14, 2013, 02:02:48 pm
Does the siren work? Try setting the alarm off manually.

Common fault that they die. I replaced two in my old mk5.

^^ This. I've replaced mine just recently - just a FYI to OP, they are rivoted into place under the drivers side wheel arch lining. You'll need some replacement nuts and bolts... I just ended up using 6 or so cable ties; holds it strong enough.
If you do a full VCDS scan it will show an error with the siren if one is present.
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: Gene Hunt on January 15, 2013, 07:00:02 am: Quote from: skard on January 14, 2013, 02:02:48 pm
Does the siren work? Try setting the alarm off manually.

Common fault that they die. I replaced two in my old mk5.
............did this last night & it works,so no idea why the chirp won't activate????. :sad1:
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: galaxie500 on January 15, 2013, 07:52:05 am: I had a rental Golf Mk 6 2.5 in Canada recently that 'beeped' when the alarm was set. In combination with flashing indicators the beep is a great tell-tale the alarm is operational.
Is this possible to set on my edition 30? I guess this is what is being discussed here...? Thanks. PR
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: Gene Hunt on January 15, 2013, 09:24:19 am: Quote from: galaxie500 on January 15, 2013, 07:52:05 am
I had a rental Golf Mk 6 2.5 in Canada recently that 'beeped' when the alarm was set. In combination with flashing indicators the beep is a great tell-tale the alarm is operational.
Is this possible to set on my edition 30? I guess this is what is being discussed here...? Thanks. PR
...........using the guide above(first post) then ''yes'' some have done it but with mine it's a strugle?.
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: zerolag on January 15, 2013, 09:44:28 am: If the siren is fully operational and VCDS is free of fault codes, then I bet it's on a slightly different byte, I had the same issue with activating the boot pop mod, it's in there somewhere.
Title: Re: Can't activate the factory alarm chirp?.
Post by: andybon on January 17, 2013, 06:36:07 pm: Sometimes they have to be long coded in. Mine just turned on after ticking the box, but as for the puddle lights they had to be long coded in.