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Title: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: PMW on 09 October 2006, 09:12:18

On leaving my 2.5cdx, before locking, I occasionally get 3 or 4 'beeps'. No reference in hand book. Any one know what this is? Many thanks.

Title: Re: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: kjon51 on 09 October 2006, 10:04:01

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On leaving my 2.5cdx, before locking, I occasionally get 3 or 4 'beeps'. No reference in hand book. Any one know what this is? Many thanks.

:-/

Yep! - The Alarm sounder battery is flat & the unit needs replacing.  >:(
Under the plastic scuttle trim in front of driver, 15 minute job & mine was £50 which IIRC was trade price.  8-)

Good luck, John

Title: Re: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: PMW on 09 October 2006, 10:49:22

Thank you John, is it something I can ignore for a while as an irritating rattle turns out to be broken front spring! (In KwikFit as we speek, £280 to do both)

Title: Re: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: kjon51 on 09 October 2006, 12:32:03

£280 sounds a hell of a lot! - just for front springs?  :o

I put up with the 'bleeps' for a long time, but then after a while I started getting the alarm going off at random, any time of day or night.
Luckily I know a m8 of my son, who works at local Vauxhall main dealer, as soon as I told him about the problems, in fact when he heard it bleep as I locked it, he said it was the alarm sounder, even before he plugged the test ste in - which proved it!

Good luck,
John

Title: Re: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: PMW on 09 October 2006, 12:34:38

HI again John, National Tyres quoted £340 for springs.

Title: Re: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: nixoro on 09 October 2006, 12:37:14

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HI again John, National Tyres quoted £340 for springs.

Way too much imo if you can do it yourself you can save a fortune, try looking on EBay to find a good replacement pair.

Here is a link for a seller who does springs for a v6

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRONT-COIL-SPRINGS-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-2-5-2-5TD-3-0_W0QQitemZ4652784592QQihZ002QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Might be of help to you.

Title: Re: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: Markjay on 09 October 2006, 14:44:26

See also:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1160221704

In case you want to replace just the NiCd batteries and not the whole sounder (Vx don't sell the batteries separately as they need to be soldered)

Title: Re: 'Beeping' when leaving vehicle??
Post by: Kev on 09 October 2006, 22:12:01

I really need to get mine done too, been doing it for years.

Makes it sound like one of those cheap Moss alarms you used to get years ago.  ::)