Alarm Problems

[GregLCR04]

Hi folks, need some info if possible, have tried searching to no avail!

The alarm doesn't seem to be working on my LCR. Indicators flash but no alarm sound

Any ideas??

 

[LEE69]

The chirp can be turned on via vag com, if that is what you mean.
Leave a window down a set the alarm see if it goes off when yo put your arm inside the open window.

 

[GregLCR04]

Lee its not the alarm chirp mate, I don't have that. Its just the alarm sound, its as though it goes off but, indicators continually flash but no alarm.

 

[LEE69]

Ah could be the horn as gone/broke.

 

[mikeholroyd]

Was reading a thread about exactly this on Briskoda about an Octavia.

First of all, check the LED in the door -- if the alarm system is OK, it will flash rapidly for a couple of seconds and then settle down to a regular flash after switching the alarm on. If there is a fault, then the LED flashes rapidly for 2 seconds, stays on constant for 30 seconds, and then goes into the slow flash mode.

Secondly, get a scan with VAGCOM -- if the alarm siren is down, you'll probably get a fault code stating that there is no communication between the siren and the alarm

This indicates a faulty siren, and in the case of the Octavia, is around £90 from the dealer to replace.

Mike