Miata Mailing List: November 1996, Message #59
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   From: Dennis Wynne 

Subject: Re: What does this mean?

   Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 15:05:42 -0500



At 01:37 PM 11/1/96 -0500, you wrote:

>A question about alarms.

>

>Upon arriving home yesterday, I noticed that my miata was giving me the 

>same chirp that you get when you press the 'lock' button, yet have 

>disengaged the alarm on the toggle switch.  I looked at the toggle switch 

>and the red LED was lit, not blinking.  I moved the switch to the valet 

>position, pressed lock, got no response.  I then moved the switch to the 

>impact on position, hit the lock button, got nothing.  I finally pressed 

>the headlight switch on the remote and then immediately pressed the lock 

>button, and everything worked just fine.  What does all this mean?  Is 

>there a ghost in the machine? 

>

>DeLoris

>

>

>



  Was it chirping in response to you pressing a button, or on its own ?



  Mine has started failing to arm when I hit the lock button.  Gives a

different beep (as if a door was open ?) and does not lock the doors.  If

I hit the unlock button, then the lock button it locks and arms.  This seems

to occur if I wait a bit after I turn off the key before trying to lock /

arm (like the amount of time it takes to raise the top, zip the window, and

empty the trunk).



  Last time I checked, the dealer still had a new alarm module "on order"

for my car.  Perhaps Tommy (official parts dood of miata.net) can check and

see if there IS an updated module available - or if the module is on

back-order or something.



  BTW, My sons were astonished the other evening when they saw me pull into

the driveway with the lights on.  "The lights go up and down !  Cool".  They

had not ridden in the car or seen it driven at night.  I don't know where

they thought the lights WERE, but they thought the pop-ups were neat.  But

then they are easy to amaze (ages 6 and 7).



  I love this spelling checker, it want to replace "parts dood" with "parts

doodad".  One day I will hit the wrong button and call Tommy "the official

parts doodad of miata.net" :-)  .





  Dennis

  '96M

  Team-alarm-more-or-less-works

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