The alarm/immobiliser on my Escort was giving trouble in the year before I got it. It has always behaved well in my hands until recently. The alarm doesn't work, and the immobiliser seems to work judging by the flashing LED on the facia.
Recently the car has been misbehaving slightly, with the LED staying on steadily and the starter refusing to work. Today for the first time it didn't respond to the technique of getting out and double-locking the car from the driver's door a couple of times, the only way to arm the immobiliser. The light is now on all the time.
Does anyone know if there's a way to disconnect the immobiliser without affecting the central locking?
What a pain.
Edited by Webmaster on 14/03/2009 at 20:37
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yes
but it needs emailing rather than forumninging even if its only a fjord ;-)
edit ,that was a quick response as ive only just logged on after bidding on dodgy radios on a well known tinternet sight
Edited by bell boy on 03/11/2007 at 17:00
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Thanks bb. Stand by.
No big rush by the way. OK for this evening.
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no email commeth lud should i send details as a complaint to the mods and let them forward it as im off out soon to set the grandkids sparklers off
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I've sent him your e-mail details. Have a look in discussion, he's sitting on an ivory throne having things done to him. Keep up !
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is this a common fault as i had the same problems in mine about 10 yrs ago aswell did a freind a few yrs ago.
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i dont think so bigbirdy it normally only became a problem after the locks wore or local hud tried breaking in i found
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e-mail details sorted so you can tell him all the trade secrets !
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Sorry just realized I did it t'other way about - Lud's got your e-mail BB....an adrenalin rush caused this after a life changing experience today....
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All OK PU. I have made contact.
I do hope it was a positive life-changing experience.
One can't help longing for one of those although life carries on anyway without them.
I imagine the time must come when changing your life is no longer a useful option.
Help!
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I do hope it was a positive life-changing experience.
The other Mods know, It will leak out over the next couple of days. Totally motoring related, I just can't bring myself to tell you after my rather dogmatic tirades over the years.
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esmail sent
hope your not tinkering and breaking the escort lud and im too late
,the bonfire i went to was still smouldering at 2.00am this morning when we left the merryment and we all had a near miss when a very large firework when a-wall and attacked us all
good lesson for the kids though as no was hurt and it made everyone aware how dangerous fireworks can be
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after reading this forum i now need the same help as my ford escort imob is now causing me a huge headache as its very intermitant so i want to dissable it so i can actually drive my car to work and not walk all the time.
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Hi Any chance of sending me the instructions as my Ford Escort has been immobilised and I cannot run it at all. email - nickm0bsf@gmail.com
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Edited by Pugugly on 20/04/2008 at 14:29
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what are they i have an r reg escort lost the only key i have managed to get the steering lock of and get into the car but need to get the immobiliser off so i can use my car. otherwise its a good working car going to the scrap yard
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Hi,
I have this exact same problem. Any help greatly appreciated to mail@j-white.co.uk
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If it's an early 90s Escort, mr confused, there's a simple solution. On the reverse side of the fuse tray, which can be swivelled down to get at the relays there (another source of occasional trouble, so press them all down in their sockets while you are about it) there is a fuse in the immobiliser circuit. In my car it is fairly far back on the right hand side. If you take that fuse out the starter circuit will work and the car will start and behave normally, apart from the immobiliser led which will stay on all the time. I have put two wires leading from that fuse socket to another aftermarket socket in which I put the fuse. That means that if the immobiliser is acting up there's no fiddling - fuse out, drive, then fuse back in. You should put it back in because the central locking won't work with the fuse removed, and because the immobiliser may work next time. If one of the warning lights glows faintly while the fuse is out and the car being driven, don't worry. It doesn't mean anything and my car has now stopped doing it. Of course if a warning light comes on at full strength it's safest to believe it!
I am indebted for this knowledge to an AA man, a Czech I think. When I said he must have a lot of information in his head given how many different cars there are, he gloomily replied: 'They're all the same.'
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I forgot to say that to get at the back of the fuse tray, you have first to undo the lower facia panel on the driver's side - a few philips screws, no big deal. Best to do it in daylight though.
Edited by Lud on 14/03/2009 at 19:41
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Thanks Lud,
I just looked on the relay board and there is only one fuse (7.5A). I removed this and tried to start the car but it did nothing, it's still immobilised. It's a 1994 Escort 1.3.
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Jason.
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Very sorry mr c, worked with mine (1.6 16v 90bhp). I will look up what bell boy told me and post it if I find it. That may help.
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hi, i have a 92 escort xr3i cabriolet and i have changed the battery but the car will not even go to start. it has an immobiliser and that used to bleep when i put the fob in, but now i have nothing.... Can you help please....
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Nicky - it sounds like you have an aftermarket immobiliser. What make is it? Is there any manufacturer logo or ID number on the fob? Were there any additional smaller leads on the battery terminals that you forgot to reconnec?
Edited by DP on 21/05/2009 at 17:16
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