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D2 - Lights Headlights, xenons, foglights. Everything outside the car that glows |
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no longer a flasher
in an attempt to cure a parasitic drain a short while ago I sought out the alarm and finding the battery had destroyed the circuit board I removed the entire alarm ...no difference at all
the remote locking continued to operate normally ...one flash on locking , two on unlocking yesterday went to lock the car ....no flash ; tried again , two flashes ; wtf ? closer investigation showed that , despite the lack of a flash the car locks correctly then unlocks correctly with two flashes despite the fact that locking /unlocking correctly with flashes since the removal of the alarm could this be connected with the problem ? any ideas anyone ? |
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Could the lack of flash be a microswitch somewhere thinking a door is open and this be linked to the battery drain? I know that if I don't have a door shut properly the alarm doesn't chirp, prompting me to check which one is still slightly open. I've not noticed whether it flashes though.
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boot shut properly but opened and shut again....GOAL probably the ice we have had |
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Just a word of warning on the boot; there's some small nylon components inside that can wear away and/or break resulting in havoc. e.g. no access to boot!
Hopefully this isn't an early symptom of that, but have a good look and test/operate the boot latch with the boot open. If you hear anything loose it may be heading that way. If it's just the microswitch itself that's playing up I have a small collection of spare ones. Due to having multiple failed boot latches caused by worn mechanical bits (not the microswitch).
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have already performed the boot lid mod as per a recent thread lol |
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Had this on my previous S8 which turned out to be a faulty hazard switch.
Had similar on my current S8 as well which also turned out to be a faulty hazard switch but my alarm has never worked on this car?
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