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Alarm activation

Neb_engineer
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I have a 2013 1.25l petrol Zetec, I want to activate the alarm in forscan, is there a guide on this, I don't have the bonnet switch so would have to bridge the pins in the plug, is there anything else I need to know?

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    I'm not aware of a guide on this but maybe you could ask over on the FORScan forum ?

    Other than as you say having to short out the bonnet switch circuit then it could just be a simple as activating the option. Please keep us posted, I'm sure many on here will find it useful.

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    I have created a post on there so let's see if it gets any hits

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    Does the alarm use the main car horn or does it use a separate horn / sounder?  If so, have you fitted that?

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    As far as I'm aware it uses the car's horn

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    https://forscan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=20945&p=76019#p76019

    This is the topic I started on it on the forscan forum, apparently the as-built for the door modules has to be altered and the car may not have the additional horn and sensor required

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    That is a very useful answer that you got over at FORScan. So it seems that there is possibly quite a bit more involved than just simply turning it on.

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    4 hours ago, unofix said:

    That is a very useful answer that you got over at FORScan. So it seems that there is possibly quite a bit more involved than just simply turning it on.

    Yeah, I think for the moment at least I'm not gonna touch it

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