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LCR alarm playing up... again! Please help
The alarm on MY05 LCR is playing up again, usually by going off intermittently at the most inappropriate times, like 04:20am. This is the 4th time it's happened now, and after last night, the second time it's been into the stealers about it.
Last time I took it in, I searched SCN first and was fairly confident it's was the leaky rear washer problem as I'd just driven back to London from Manchester using the rear washer constantly in the cack weather. I told the stealers about this issue they kept the car for a week, in which they:
1) Stuck it on VAG-COM - no error codes showing.
2) Took all the boot casing off - no water, dampness or water marks inside anywhere.
3) Found an odd problem with the passenger side interior light where it came on by it's own accord one day whilst the car was in there.
Result - they changed the interior light unit and said fingers crossed that solves the problem.... that was about a month ago. Then it happened again for over 2 hrs last night, until I could get home a disconnect the battery. Basically the alram goes off, you unlock the car using the key fob, 10 seconds later it re-locks/re-arms and then the alarm can go off anywhere from instantly to 20 mins later. I even resorted in the middle of one night to unlock the car, key in ignition, back out again, then shut the door leaving it unlocked - it relocked about an hour later and the alarm went off again.
So, it's gone back into the stealers again this morning & I spoke to the same guy as last time, who isn't very confident they can resolve it, at least not easily, especially considering it hasn't rained this week and we haven't used the rear screen washer. This whole situation isn't doing me & the Mrs any favours with the neighbours either.
The stealers also never have *any* courtesy cars available when I go in, citing 2 weeks as the earliest each time (he even showed me their C-car booking sheet), so I have a couple of questions for the collective mind...
1) Any ideas what the problem could be, other than the known rear screen washer leaking problem?
2) Any ideas how I can get them to cough up a courtesy car or pay for a hire car?
3) If this goes unresolved again and the problem persists - what can I do to get Seat to sort it out? What are the conditions when a car is classed as a lemon or replaced (I know I'm goign out on a limb here)
I look forward to hearing from you all, because I've had enough now.
Overalll, not happy... the bloody thing is only 8 months old!!
The alarm on MY05 LCR is playing up again, usually by going off intermittently at the most inappropriate times, like 04:20am. This is the 4th time it's happened now, and after last night, the second time it's been into the stealers about it.
Last time I took it in, I searched SCN first and was fairly confident it's was the leaky rear washer problem as I'd just driven back to London from Manchester using the rear washer constantly in the cack weather. I told the stealers about this issue they kept the car for a week, in which they:
1) Stuck it on VAG-COM - no error codes showing.
2) Took all the boot casing off - no water, dampness or water marks inside anywhere.
3) Found an odd problem with the passenger side interior light where it came on by it's own accord one day whilst the car was in there.
Result - they changed the interior light unit and said fingers crossed that solves the problem.... that was about a month ago. Then it happened again for over 2 hrs last night, until I could get home a disconnect the battery. Basically the alram goes off, you unlock the car using the key fob, 10 seconds later it re-locks/re-arms and then the alarm can go off anywhere from instantly to 20 mins later. I even resorted in the middle of one night to unlock the car, key in ignition, back out again, then shut the door leaving it unlocked - it relocked about an hour later and the alarm went off again.
So, it's gone back into the stealers again this morning & I spoke to the same guy as last time, who isn't very confident they can resolve it, at least not easily, especially considering it hasn't rained this week and we haven't used the rear screen washer. This whole situation isn't doing me & the Mrs any favours with the neighbours either.
The stealers also never have *any* courtesy cars available when I go in, citing 2 weeks as the earliest each time (he even showed me their C-car booking sheet), so I have a couple of questions for the collective mind...
1) Any ideas what the problem could be, other than the known rear screen washer leaking problem?
2) Any ideas how I can get them to cough up a courtesy car or pay for a hire car?
3) If this goes unresolved again and the problem persists - what can I do to get Seat to sort it out? What are the conditions when a car is classed as a lemon or replaced (I know I'm goign out on a limb here)
I look forward to hearing from you all, because I've had enough now.
Overalll, not happy... the bloody thing is only 8 months old!!
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