Hello all, sorry to hijack this thread but it seems to be relevant to me regarding my own issue and im not really wanting to start my own thread in a wrong section. (noob alert !!!!!)
To the original poster, i hope you get your problem solved and maybe if someone can help me then it may lead to you resolving yours !?
I will try to keep this as short and informative as i can. My own puma decided to set the alarm off of its own accord this weekend whilst i was staying at my fiances house. ( no doubt taking me off her neighbours xmas card list in the process :roll: ) . The alarm was in a constant tone, no break between the siren, like someone was holding the horn on by itself !
At the same time, the key fob decided to stop working the central locking as i tried to enter the car , so i used the key manually. This did not turn it off either, although the car would let me start it up drive off. Now, driving around with my horn on constant at 4am in the morning was not what i had planned for that weekend lol
However, i managed to locate the actual horn (behind the rear interior card, near the seatbelt mechanism) and i simply pulled out the wires from the terminals. Then, to stop the lights staying on (all indicators) i had to pull the fuse from the alarm as a temp fix.
I believe my problem may lie with water which i have recently found on the driver side footwell, which is causing lots of condensation inside the car. First thing tomorrow i will be outside looking for any obvious signs of water ingress( ICE holes, grommits etc) as i have read a lot of posts in here with similar probs. Also, i will be looking for the air con hose which seems to be a popular cause aswell, although not too sure how/ where to spot this? ( hint hint lol)
In summary...i have no alarm at the moment since it wants to stay on constantly, and i have water getting into my carpet in the front which i am going to investigate after reading lots of threads on here already. My questions are, what is wrong with the alarm, is it ACTUALLY water realated (is this possible?) why did my fob stop working at the same time the alarm went off? And if i could be even bolder, could someone give me a litle more detail as to the where and how of the air con pipe issue as i think it may be relevant to my problem.
Ford puma 1.7 in silver (1998) which i absolutely love driving and just want it to be alarmed and DRY !!!! Thanks in advance for any help whatsoever !!!!
p,s, do u guys n gals ever do meets in scotland? i would love to come along to one with my fiance, she loves pumas aswell !!
EDIT... in case it is related, my boot-lock has never worked since i got the car a year ago, i have to go inside the car and peel away some lining and release the latch by hand. (its near the rear of the lock itself) thanks
2ND EDIT... after some more reading, i am thinking this leak could be the water pump? i have a small screeching noise coming from the car from startup and for some time after (not like the fan screeching but more high pitched.) a friend suggested it sounded like the water pump. could all these problems be related from the pump leaking, giving me wet carpets and perhaps water leaking into one of the alarm components? please help im at my wits end with the wetness and no alarm :?
