ALARM SOUNDING??
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jasper
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ALARM SOUNDING??
hi just purchased a 206cc 3 days ago, today as i was driving there is an alaarm going off inside the car can't work out what or where it is coming from, no warning lights etc..... ANY HELP APPRECIATED THANKS
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52nd of February
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Re: ALARM SOUNDING??
Hey jasper, welcome to the forum 
Without hearing the alarm in question, I can't confidently diagnose the problem, but the most common alarm that sounds while driving is the roof alarm - this happens when microswitches start wearing out or malfunction - if the roof was up at the time, the microswitches in the roof catches might have lost sensitivity and can no longer sense that the catches are there (hence thinking they're undone while you're driving above 10km/hr), and if the roof was down at the time, the microswitch in the boot that confirms that the roof is there too may have lost sensitivity, so it thinks you're driving above 10km/hr while lowering the roof.
Either way, that alarm is extremely irritating and it repeats over and over and over - does it stop when you do? If so, it's probably a roof microswitch
Without hearing the alarm in question, I can't confidently diagnose the problem, but the most common alarm that sounds while driving is the roof alarm - this happens when microswitches start wearing out or malfunction - if the roof was up at the time, the microswitches in the roof catches might have lost sensitivity and can no longer sense that the catches are there (hence thinking they're undone while you're driving above 10km/hr), and if the roof was down at the time, the microswitch in the boot that confirms that the roof is there too may have lost sensitivity, so it thinks you're driving above 10km/hr while lowering the roof.
Either way, that alarm is extremely irritating and it repeats over and over and over - does it stop when you do? If so, it's probably a roof microswitch