Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:24:28 +0100 From: "Mac Duncan" <macduncanbscnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: 9000 CSE UK spec immobiliser
Unfortunately I don't have a glove box the AirBag is in the way. I have rigged a temp. fix by soldering a battery to the fob - but via the lithium batterry contacts. I might try lifting the board out to see if what you suggest is true on my plip. MacD "Lineone" <lineonenopsamone.org> wrote in message news:u8bh9.3218$lN.213146nopsamfep1-win.server.ntli.net... > Mac, > My '92 9000 CS has the alarm/immobiliser defeat at the back (ie front!) of > the glove box. If yours the same as mine then you will need the stubby > cylinder-key to throw the switch. > > The problem with the remote control units (of '92 era at least) is in the > soldering of the battery tabs onto the circuit board. Both mine have > suffered this same problem .... several times. Last fix was a couple of > years ago now, so I must have used good solder at last. Apart from that the > remotes seem very reliable. > > PS: Don't keep the soldering iron on the circuit board too long, or you'll > just fry the whole thing. > > > > > "Mac Duncan" <macduncanbscnopsamail.com> wrote in message > news:9kIg9.1847$rO5.98304nopsamfep1-win.server.ntli.net... > > Does anyone know how to immobilise the engine immobiliser. I'm fed up with > > my faulty plip. The central locking works fine from the key. This means > the > > alarm doesn't go off when the car is unlocked with key but after about 5 > > mins the ECU immobiliser kicks in and you have to use the plip to disarm > it. > > The car is a '97 R. > > Saab want me to leave the car with them for an indisclosed time at an > > undisclosed price to fix the problem. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > MacD > > > > > >