Gee, the alarms in D2's work well

[td express]

The alarm on the car went off last night, much to the delight of the neighbours, so ran out to expect to see some little $hit trying to steal something from the car, but nope no one there.
Hmm strange, re set the alarm go inside and bugger me, off it goes again. So now im thinking some weird electrical fault has occured. Go back out, turn off the alarm open the door and with that a big ass moth :vampire: flys out as I get in. :eek:
Now I dont know why a moth would want to try and steal my car, but after he flew away, I set the alarm and it never happened again.

[dmdigital]

At least you know the volumetric sensors are working:D

Will also do the same thing if the piece of equipment you left standing upright in the back decides it will fall over all by it self:(

[td express]

:D:D

[alien]

Some thing simmilar hapened to me at the shops.
Turned out the DOG in the back kept moving :eek2::oops2:
We all learn;)


Cheers.

[td express]

and I can just picture the look on the dogs face too....:wacko:

:D

[dmdigital]

Some thing simmilar hapened to me at the shops.
Turned out the DOG in the back kept moving :eek2::oops2:
We all learn;)


Cheers.

SIT, Stay ... and don't set of the bloody alarm by panting, scratching or licking your <>.

[gazk]

Some thing simmilar hapened to me at the shops.
Turned out the DOG in the back kept moving :eek2::oops2:
We all learn;)


Cheers.

I did it again today, the dogs don't seem fussed they are used to it happening about once a month. Have to remember to lock it with the key rather than the remote when they are back there behind the cargo barrier.

[simonl8353]

So it a common problem with dogs, not just me then. My two recovered, but it did take a while before they were able to relax. Now when I lock the car only WITH THE KEY when they are onboard. :woot:

[DI5CO]

I'm just wondering how my wallet managed to find its way in there????:eek:

[Captain_Rightfoot]

It could be worse.. you could have an Amcal chemist move in next door :eek: :wasntme: :D

[scarry]

At least you know the volumetric sensors are working:D

Will also do the same thing if the piece of equipment you left standing upright in the back decides it will fall over all by it self:(


Happened to me in the Dalhousie springs camp ground late one night.:mad:

I now always lock it with the key when camping,as the volumetric sensers are disabled.

[PhilipA]

On my 1992 RRC with the then factory/LRA fitted "Repeller" alarm if I leave the windows cracked the wind moving the seat belts sets it off.
Regards Philip A

[tip]

mine also went off twice on friday night. spooky.

Couldn't find a moth though.

[Hay Ewe]

after 5 pretty big weeks of stuff, at 01:00 this morning the alarm goes off, even thougth I was asleep I knew what it was, found the key, bolted to the window, sorted it out and two mins later it was off again.

this time, I found the moth, sorted him out, and then spent a few mins reading the book and locked it with the key.......I remembered this thread from some time ago so wasn't too worried but it was wake up alarm......

apart from those 10 mins, I clocked 11hrs sleep last night .........

Hay Ewe

[CJT]

I had issues with mine going of regularly and I could not find anything in the car to set it off.

I ended up disabling the volumetric sensors so that I can still lock the car with the key fob and not have the alarm go.

[BMKal]

I had mine go off in the early hours one morning - again to the annoyance of the neighbours.

Good thing they didn't see me running out in my undies to turn it off.

Turned out to be a sticking horn button on mine - wasn't the alarm at all. I found that one of the horn buttons was partly depressed into the wheel, and I guess that there must have been enough moisture in the air that night (it was drizzling rain and bloody freezing) for it to make contact.

Have since "adjusted" the horn button so that it doesn't stick and have not had the same happen since.

[Disco99]

Lol the moth seems to be a common problem, mine went off a few weeks back from a moth, only prob was I had it switch to air horns instead of the factory horns. Needless to say neighbours loved it at 10pm in the middle of the week :)

[wanglemoose]

kept having the same problem with mine, stuffs me how the moths kept getting in, so i plugged in the hawkeye and turned the volumetric sensors off and haven't had a problem since. Still get moths flying out in the mornings tho.

[DiscoCam]

Had the same problems with moths. Now I like to lock the kids who are slow to get out in the car and tell them it is the special 'kids still in the car' warning signal :D. The joys of fatherhood

[BMKal]

kept having the same problem with mine, stuffs me how the moths kept getting in, so i plugged in the hawkeye and turned the volumetric sensors off and haven't had a problem since. Still get moths flying out in the mornings tho.

Mate - get into the habit of opening your wallet and giving it a good shake-out.

BEFORE getting into the Disco. :p

[adonuff]

Some thing simmilar hapened to me at the shops.
Turned out the DOG in the back kept moving :eek2::oops2:
We all learn;)


Cheers.

Its ok I can lend you some zip ties and duct tape!

[Hotspur]

I did it to my 3 year old. Got home one arvo, forgot she was in the car with me, about five minutes later the alarms go off. Lots of tears. She obviously stayed very still for some reason then it all went pear shaped. Lucky really. I thought she was with her mother...

[Black Beauty]

So glad it's not just me!!!
So far I've had flys, moths, my dog and the magic tree hanging in the back attemp to rob me...
Don't know what I did in my sleep stopping the alarm the other night but the car was still all deffensive next morning! I had to get out and lock with before it would let me unlock with the remote and therefor disable the immobiliser!!!;)

[CJT]

The worst thing I had on mine other than the alarm going of regularly was when the battery went in the fob.

You can not disable the alarm by just unocking the door with the key, you need a code that you put into the door lock by turning your key a number of times left, then a number of times right etc. I think the code on mine was something like 12 or 14 digits long.

It does seem to be a well thought out alarm system though.

[ramblingboy42]

does having an Amcal chemist next door make a difference?:confused:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

dunno about the alarm,,,
but it/they will stop you restarting the car quite well!


you usually only need to roll it away 20 ft for it to start up;)

[biggin]

does having an Amcal chemist next door make a difference?:confused:
Damn.
My alarm has gone off a couple times in the last 24 hours for no apparent reason.
It never has before.
Could it be because a chemist just moved in next door?:eek::eek::p
I wish I could remember how to reset the alarm. At moment I just run outside in a panic and turn locks and things until it stops.
Looks like a search is in order.:(

[adonuff]

Hi Iv'e already put up a post about my recent experiance, I walked over to my D2 at lunch time pushed the remote and nothing? There was a tilt tray delivering a small roller to the job site, the tilt tray was operated by a remote, the Disco would not unlock or disarm when I just used the key the alarm went off.

As soon as the tilt tray left all was well ! I have also heard that a local Land Rover place has a policey of not leaving keys in the ignition due to the vehicles locking when a simular tow truck drops off a not to healthy one.

[biggin]

Damn.
My alarm has gone off a couple times in the last 24 hours for no apparent reason.
It never has before.
Could it be because a chemist just moved in next door?:eek::eek::p
I wish I could remember how to reset the alarm. At moment I just run outside in a panic and turn locks and things until it stops.
Looks like a search is in order.:(
Well....all okay until 3.34 this morning. The horn goes off for 30 seconds (cycles on and off at 1 second intervals), then nothing for a few seconds, then it goes off for another 30 seconds etc.
I tried pressing the fob switches but that did nothing. This is odd as any of the fob switches should silence the alarm:eek:.
Had to go outside and use the key to cancel the alarm. I left the car unlocked for the rest of the night.
I'm almost positive there are no animals living inside the car moving around, although cats seem to like climbing over it. Could this set it off? Are there any other possibilities? Is it worth disconnecting the sensors, are they known to be dodgy?
The car is parked directly under our neighbours bedroom window - they must be impressed.
P.S. I made a search but came up with no solutions other than things moving about in the cabin.

[caledoniastore]

:angel:My 2000 D2 Landrover TD5 awoke us Sun night with the horn blaring at 2am. Went on for about 10 minutes before I got it off by puting the key in the ignition (remote keypad didn't seem to disable it). It wasn't the actual alarm as the lights weren't flashing and the engine would actually start while the horn was blaring? Went back to bed and it happened again about an hour later. Found a spanner and disconnected the battery. Next morning got it running and used the car. Mon night the whole thing happened again and I disconnected the battery again. Vehicle now parked down the back with the battery disconnected. Any suggestions? Could it be linked to a loose positive battery terminal lead as even when the hex nut is completely tight, you can still just turn the clamp on the terminal??

[caledoniastore]

:angel:My 2000 D2 Landrover TD5 awoke us Sun night with the horn blaring at 2am. Went on for about 10 minutes before I got it off by puting the key in the ignition (remote keypad didn't seem to disable it). It wasn't the actual alarm as the lights weren't flashing and the engine would actually start while the horn was blaring? Went back to bed and it happened again about an hour later. Found a spanner and disconnected the battery. Next morning got it running and used the car. Mon night the whole thing happened again and I disconnected the battery again. Vehicle now parked down the back with the battery disconnected. Any suggestions? Could it be linked to a loose positive battery terminal lead as even when the hex nut is completely tight, you can still just turn the clamp on the terminal??