stuzbot
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As mentioned in the Programming the Keyfob thread; while trying to programme my transponder key yesterday, my alarm went off. even though I was in the truck with my master key in the ignition [I think it may have been because I'd locked the doors with the fob on my new key].
Anyway, whatever the cause of that; today I was out soaking the bolts on my Lower Ball Joints with PlusGas, prior to having a crack at them later this week. The truck was unlocked with rear door open and the bonnet up [as I'd just changed the air filter]. Twice while I was under, the car started bleeping.. bleep! bleep! bleep! bleep!... as if warning me that the alarm was going to go off. Both times I scrabbled out from underneath and opened the driver's door and the bleeping stopped. So, still not sure if it was an alarm warning or something else?
Anyway, as I also said in that keyfob thread; believe it or not, this 20+ year old truck is actually the newest and most electrically sophisticated vehicle I've ever owned. I've never had anything with an ECU, alarm or immobiliser before. So given that, weather permitting, I'm going to be embarking on a few jobs over the next couple of weeks, I want to know how the feck do I stop the alarm going off while I'm working on the car? I don't want to have to be crawling my way out from underneath to turn the alarm off, every time I jerk the thing while wrestling with bolts or whatever and it thinks its being molested and starts screeching its head off.
So, under what circumstances does the alarm go off? And, under what circumstances is it disabled?
Anyway, whatever the cause of that; today I was out soaking the bolts on my Lower Ball Joints with PlusGas, prior to having a crack at them later this week. The truck was unlocked with rear door open and the bonnet up [as I'd just changed the air filter]. Twice while I was under, the car started bleeping.. bleep! bleep! bleep! bleep!... as if warning me that the alarm was going to go off. Both times I scrabbled out from underneath and opened the driver's door and the bleeping stopped. So, still not sure if it was an alarm warning or something else?
Anyway, as I also said in that keyfob thread; believe it or not, this 20+ year old truck is actually the newest and most electrically sophisticated vehicle I've ever owned. I've never had anything with an ECU, alarm or immobiliser before. So given that, weather permitting, I'm going to be embarking on a few jobs over the next couple of weeks, I want to know how the feck do I stop the alarm going off while I'm working on the car? I don't want to have to be crawling my way out from underneath to turn the alarm off, every time I jerk the thing while wrestling with bolts or whatever and it thinks its being molested and starts screeching its head off.
So, under what circumstances does the alarm go off? And, under what circumstances is it disabled?