Alarm disabled by Radio Mast
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:14 pm
Just wondering if anyone has had a similar issue as what happened at the weekend with Exige.
I went to Noahs Ark play centre in Perth and parked up, set alarm and left.
Came back 2 hours later and could not get in or unlock doors. The alarm kept going off when pressing radio key.
Tried multiple times and due to deadlock the keys could not open doors etc.
Phoned RAC who came out and had no idea how, what or why happened.
UNTIL.... He noticed the large Radio, telephone mast with dishes etc about 20 meters away.
He moved the van to block off the radio view and possible signals, phoned tech support and got the keyfob reset, reset it and opened Exige, started and worked first time. Superb.
The RAC man said that it was a common issue with the large radio masts and they can reset the keyfobs and interfere with signal. The car was fine after that and has been since.
Just maybe worth keeping the keyfob reset instructions handy incse this happens, luckily i was in RAC and never cost me.
I went to Noahs Ark play centre in Perth and parked up, set alarm and left.
Came back 2 hours later and could not get in or unlock doors. The alarm kept going off when pressing radio key.
Tried multiple times and due to deadlock the keys could not open doors etc.
Phoned RAC who came out and had no idea how, what or why happened.
UNTIL.... He noticed the large Radio, telephone mast with dishes etc about 20 meters away.
He moved the van to block off the radio view and possible signals, phoned tech support and got the keyfob reset, reset it and opened Exige, started and worked first time. Superb.
The RAC man said that it was a common issue with the large radio masts and they can reset the keyfobs and interfere with signal. The car was fine after that and has been since.
Just maybe worth keeping the keyfob reset instructions handy incse this happens, luckily i was in RAC and never cost me.