Alarm, lights flashing while locked on drive?

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AliiiMac
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Post by AliiiMac »

Alarm sounds and lights flashing while the car is locked on the drive. Needs to be unlocked to turn off. Attempted theft or just the wind or a tree branch?

Cevoli21
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Post by Cevoli21 »

Ours did this when the 12v battery was low. Volvo tech initially thought battery had died but then found a loose earth connection to the chassis.
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Snow man
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Post by Snow man »

My dashcam set the alarm off when it fell off .
thefaxmachine27
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Post by thefaxmachine27 »

How many times has this happened and over what period of time?


I had a dashcam installed a few months back, and the first night the alarm went off.
Weird, I thought...
Then again the next morning, then a day later...

I then saw, hanging from my rear view mirror a spider. Kindly scooped him up and put it outside. No more alarm being triggered.

My point being whilst we are quick to ID a fault such as me thinking the dashcam install had caused issues, or maybe the 12v battery being a problem, it could be a little old incy-wincy triggering it.

Or maybe not.
Snow man
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Post by Snow man »

Twice the suction cup holder obviously doesn't like the sun 😎 and the car detects the movement inside the cabin.
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