Thread: Puma immobilised. problem solved (Blown fuse)

It lives!! Thanks for the replies, unfortunately it was the Pommy Defender 2 forum that had the answer, a blown 20amp fuse under the driver's seat. Apparently there are 3 different fuses that affect the alarm / immobiliser system, I had checked the one under the steering wheel but all the while I was sitting on the problem. Went back just now and went straight to this fuse, sure enough- blown. Replaced it and the alarm started beeping, used the remote to lock & unlock and now the car is trying to pretend that nothing ever happened.
All's well that ends well.
When my wife got home this arvo, she asked how my day was. I started to tell her how unbelievably bad my day had been, then I remembered the day last year when my dad died. Kind of put things back in perspective.

Great to hear you got it sorted, and thabks for letting us know what to look for

I will change the title and move to the defender section so it can be searched a little easier by other members

Originally Posted by POD

It lives!! Thanks for the replies, unfortunately it was the Pommy Defender 2 forum that had the answer, a blown 20amp fuse under the driver's seat. Apparently there are 3 different fuses that affect the alarm / immobiliser system, I had checked the one under the steering wheel but all the while I was sitting on the problem. Went back just now and went straight to this fuse, sure enough- blown. Replaced it and the alarm started beeping, used the remote to lock & unlock and now the car is trying to pretend that nothing ever happened.
All's well that ends well.
When my wife got home this arvo, she asked how my day was. I started to tell her how unbelievably bad my day had been, then I remembered the day last year when my dad died. Kind of put things back in perspective.

Good to hear it is all go. The fuse under the seat will blow if the central lock actuator wires are pinched/cut where they go through the rubber conduit between the door and pillar
. Pretty common I have had 2 defenders do this. Jc

Originally Posted by justinc

Good to hear it is all go. The fuse under the seat will blow if the central lock actuator wires are pinched/cut where they go through the rubber conduit between the door and pillar
. Pretty common I have had 2 defenders do this. Jc

The rear door opening extension brackets often cause this - the wiring is shorter than the rubber tubing suggests - so everything looks fine but you've actually separated the wires within the tubing. Trick for young players!

Originally Posted by n plus one

The rear door opening extension brackets often cause this - the wiring is shorter than the rubber tubing suggests - so everything looks fine but you've actually separated the wires within the tubing. Trick for young players!

Correct! a good place to start when your CDL for either rear door isn't working, and if any of the front door electric windows cease to function check the corresponding door conduit for wire breakages.

JC

Thanks for the info Justin, I had not yet got as far as trying to see why the fuse had blown.

Can the immobilizer be disabled in the Computer.

In addition to the normal bayonet (?) fuses, should one carry the Mega fuses, and if so, what size?

cheers