Re: [DML] Battery Light always on since alarm removal

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Hi Jack

I just pulled out my wiring diagram and had a hunt around. Although I don't know for sure
what's going on, I would guess it's got something to do with an immobiliser circuit
having been removed. What I do know for sure is that there's a brown/yellow wire which
goes all the way from the dashboard to the the alternator. Use a continuity tester to
check this wire's good throughout its length. My guess is that it isn't, and someone's
connected it up to a permanent 12v feed.

At the alternator end, the output from this wire should be zero - it's one way to check
that there's nothing wrong with the alternator. The most baffling problems are always
cased by 2 things happenning at once - ie you associate the removal of your alarm with
the problem but it may have nothing to to with it.

Jack Stiefel wrote:

>
> I had an alarm removed last spring. Since then the battery light has
> remained on all the time. The car seems to be charging alright, the
> gauges show the system charging. The battery does run dead after a long
> time sitting (I do have a cd changer and aftermarket radio that do take
> some power), I don't remember if it did it before the removal though.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what happened? I tried to take it back to the
> place that removed the alarm, but they had no idea what they might have
> done. They said if I find out what happened, they will fix it for me.
>
> Jack & Virginia Stiefel