BlackGT

After not driving the S for the snowy period, I went to start her today and nothing. Diagnosed that the battery was flat and took it out of the car for charging.

Now the battery is fully charged I have connected it back into the car, but…..

I now cannot start the car without the alarm sounding for 30 seconds, the buttons on the key fob do nothing (no indicator lights flash etc.. ), the key in the lock does nothing, the key in the ignition does nothing, help……

Has anyone come across this issue before???

s2000malta

Bad Battery.

Change it.

p800bry

sounds like you need to get the remote re set so that it talks to the alarm, I'm sure there is a procedure with the fob buttons that re sets it. We had the same fault with our old clio 172 after a flat battery.

Squeak

loftust says:

BlackGT

Thanks, I did order another battery (Bosch Silver), but its the wrong model 4023 and should have been the 4024 (but the useful online website choose it for me!) - i'll have to wait until Tuesday to get that sorted..... so will the old battery fully charged not work then.

curren1963

RU anywhere near Welham Green in Herts. Will be there on monday and I carry a portable battery charger. If I have time I could scoot over and see if we can get your car started.

m1bjr

A battery can show a charge and take no more current.
But still be shot.

You shouldnt have to tie the remote to the car after power off (if oem alarm).
Its permamnent. But it may be rolling code type and out of sync.


Try this maybe?

•1
Insert the ignition key in the driver-side door lock.

•2
Turn the key to the unlock position.

•3
Turn the key to the lock position.

•4
Turn the key back to the unlock position. The alarm should now be disabled.

•5
Start your engine and allow the vehicle to run for at least 10 minutes.
This will reset the alarm. When you're done, you can shut off and arm the system as usual.

BlackGT

m1bjr, thanks for the instructions, I have just tried them and it has not worked.

curren1963, I have just moved to WGC just near John Lewis! Thank you for your knid offer, but I think I shall await the arrival of the new battery and see if I get any problems from that...fingers crossed I don't.

integra_man

This happened to me in the Teg once and resulted in me having to get the car towed to my local stealer to get alarm ECU replaced.

After garaging it for my holidays, I'd left the door everso slightly ajar and the interior light had drained the battery. The problem was that the alarm was armed, and I couldn't unarmed it after recharging because the ECU had gone a but mental. Tried everything but apparently it was an inherent fault on earlier Hamilton Palmer systems.

Hope this isn't the same thing. Good luck.

Dembo

I once had a problem with an alarm on another car caused by the fob and alarm getting out of sync. The AA bloke just took the batteries out of the fob for a minute, put them back, everything worked.

I've no idea if that's relevant. The more times I read about the Honda OEM alarm the more glad I am I bought a JDM.

But I can't believe a bad battery would allow the car to start, but with the alarm going off (assuming I'm reading that right). A bad battery wouldn't allow the car to start.