False alarm triggering.

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Smike
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Post by Smike »

Hi everyone. Had my Equilibre for three weeks now. I’m enjoying it apart from the alarm going off for no reason.
I’ve contacted the dealer and will be booking it in soon, but any ideas anyone?

I’ve disabled the hands free mode to try. But no change. Tried both keys.
I can live with it as I disable all alarms by pressing the door switch on the dashboard for 5 secs, with the door open, then shut the door.
The seperate booklet I got with the car (it has a number 5441 on the front) on page 20 gives a diagnostic on the alarm.
When the alarm goes off and I press the unlock on the remote, I get two beeps.
The info on page 20 says the volumetric protection was the cause of the alarm…..

But apart from that I’m happy with the car. Haven’t been on any long journeys yet though.
Cheers

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sinlessUK
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Tilleyfan
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Post by Tilleyfan »

One solution is to have the alarm disabled permanently by the dealer- which is what I had done after several wiring re-routing attempts failed to solve the problem
. The alarm now seems to be an optional extra from looking at Renault’s website.
Tonka73
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Post by Tonka73 »

Hiya having the same/similar issue. Car has been back with them twice for various possible fixes.... However as of yesterday we learned something new......... What we have found is that one of the keys fobs is good and the second is not. We have one of those faraday pouches from Halford and when we put the second key in that no more false alarms. Speaking to the dealer after this realisation.... have stated its a known issues but very new and it seems to be something to do with key cloning protection ..... They have stated a solution is being worked on.

Hope this helps
Tilleyfan
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Post by Tilleyfan »

Interesting, though I think removing the alarm is the best solution: can you remember anyone hearing a car alarm and thinking that it was being stolen??
Pughy3
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Post by Pughy3 »

Tilleyfan wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 3:12 pm One solution is to have the alarm disabled permanently by the dealer- which is what I had done after several wiring re-routing attempts failed to solve the problem
. The alarm now seems to be an optional extra from looking at Renault’s website.
Is the complete alarm system disabled? I'd be concerned about the Insurance cover knowing that the alarm has been disabled.
knowing how insurance companies like to wriggle out of paying out, I wouldn't be happy to disable it
neilgall
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Post by neilgall »

I had my first false alarm going off at 1.20am this morning. Stopped it but it went off again before I got back to bed, so I did the four times press on the power button and locked it again. Car is a year old tomorrow.
Hilla75
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Post by Hilla75 »

Early wake up call with my alarm on my Magane going off this morning. Found this site and tried to 4 presses of the ignition button but still had the hazzard lights flashing. Disconnected the car battery which set the alarm off again and when i reconnected the battery the alarm stopped, it beeped once and that was it, hazzard lights have stopped, car is locked so lets see if i get woken up again!
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