Just put new battery in after 1 yr sitting idle. Neither alarm or immobiliser working.

[l10tsd]

Well as ive a bit of time on my hands i went to dig out the S1. As above i fitted a new battery in the car and in the fob, went to start and alarm light on dash flasing but no alarm sounding. Ignition lights coming on but not starting. I presume the cobra alarm and immobiliser is just not de activating. I dont have the manual code I've read about and the dealers are shut due to Covid. Now the dash alarm light is just flashing constantly Anyone any pointers?

[Louise]

Hi if you contact paul at pjslotus.co.uk on monday 01283 500428 he can still contact aftersales on your behalf.

 

Best wishes

 

Louise Shipley 

[@ndy]

2 hours ago, l10tsd said:

Well as ive a bit of time on my hands i went to dig out the S1. As above i fitted a new battery in the car and in the fob, went to start and alarm light on dash flasing but no alarm sounding. Ignition lights coming on but not starting. I presume the cobra alarm and immobiliser is just not de activating. I dont have the manual code I've read about and the dealers are shut due to Covid. Now the dash alarm light is just flashing constantly Anyone any pointers?

Take a look at the TechWiki page on SELOC, Re-syncing sorted mine out........

https://wiki.seloc.org/a/Vehicle_security_system

 

 

[Lithopsian]

Sounds like the immobiliser is active, but the alarm is off, and you are failing to deactivate the immobiliser.  Try the touch key (tell me you have the touch key!) and if that works then re-sync your fobs to it.

Failing all that, you can bypass the immobiliser, at least temporarily.

[l10tsd]

Well theres a story about the touch key, i had the lotus keys sitting on my Zx10r, forgot they were there and went out for a blast on the bike and by the time i found them the touch key was toast but the fob worked for years after that so never bothered with replacing the touch key.

[rocketian]

Check the connections on the starter motor - if the solenoid activation wire (thin one) is loose it will give the symptoms you describe

[l10tsd]

40 minutes ago, rocketian said:

Check the connections on the starter motor - if the solenoid activation wire (thin one) is loose it will give the symptoms you describe

The fob would still activate and de activate the alarm if that was the case.

[dobbo]

On ‎28‎/‎03‎/‎2020 at 20:40, l10tsd said:

Well theres a story about the touch key, i had the lotus keys sitting on my Zx10r, forgot they were there and went out for a blast on the bike and by the time i found them the touch key was toast but the fob worked for years after that so never bothered with replacing the touch key.

When you bought the car, did you not get two sets of keys ?  And therefore two touch-keys ?

Spare touch-keys are available to buy, but they need to be synced to your system with something often called the Jolly Programmer.  Most Cobra dealers / alarm repairers will have them (keys and programmers), but COVID might stuff you at the moment.

[l10tsd]

Managed to get is going. Found the remnants of the touch key (just the chip) as pictured and Frankensteined it to switch the immobiliser off then was able to reprogram the alarm fob. Still getting paul from pjs to source the code for me and ordered another touch key to solder my chip in until I get another one and programmed by dealer.

[Jonathan E]

Top bodgery...well done👍

[MrWill]

2nd that.

You should be rightly smug about getting out of that pickle.

Prof. Heinz Wolff would be v. proud.

Top marks.