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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:40:56 +0100
From: Colin Stamp <col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com>
Subject: Re: "Service Theft Alarm" message in SID - 99, 9-5


On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:16:33 +0100, Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote: >Bill Jackson wrote: > >> I had asked about this a while back and no one had an idea of what this was. >> Car was in for other service today and I asked them to check. >> >> The report was that the alarm siren, which supposedly has rechargeable >> batteries in it so that it'll work if you cut the battery cable, has had the >> batteries go flat. The solution is to replace the siren at a cost of >> something like $300. >> >> I figured I can press the "clear" button on the SID for a while before this >> really bothers me, but this sounded suspect so I thought I'd check here. >> The repair guy said that the batteries in the siren cannot be replaced and >> thus the entire siren needs to be renewed. >> >> does this make sense? > >It clearly doesn't make sense as you and I would understand it. > >OTOH, if the batteries were readily accessible to enable them to be changed as a >service item then the theft siren could be readily muted by simply removing >them. > >Graham > Yep. It makes perfect sense in a "making the dealer and Saab a large amount of money" kind of way. If it was mine, the siren would be apart by now - of course it may never go back together again, but at least I'd know whether replacing the batteries was an option... Cheers, Colin.

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