"Service Theft Alarm" message in SID

"Service Theft Alarm" message in SID - 99, 9-5

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Bill Jackson - 12 Jul 2005 02:23 GMT

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?

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Pooh Bear - 12 Jul 2005 05:13 GMT

> 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.
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> 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

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Colin Stamp - 12 Jul 2005 17:40 GMT

>> 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.
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>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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hippo - 17 Jul 2005 04:58 GMT

>Yep. It makes perfect sense in a "making the dealer and Saab a large
>amount of money" kind of way.

.. which presumably is where the "Service Theft" occurs, causing
subsequent "Alarm" to the owner. Cheers

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Andrew Sinclair - 12 Jul 2005 21:36 GMT

>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.

http://www.saabscene.co.uk/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/12/1641.html#000002

(or http://tinyurl.com/c2onf if the wrap messes up the link)

Tells you all you need to know,

Cheers,

Andy

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Bill Jackson - 14 Jul 2005 02:47 GMT

you guys are awesome...

>>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
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> Andy

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Bill Jackson - 28 Jul 2005 01:41 GMT

FYI - the referenced URL rocks!

I bought the solder-in batteries from the web for about $10, took the thing
out, apart and back in the car in about a half-hour.
Turned on the car, Service Theft Alarm is gone.

hopefully it lasts, but from all indications things look pretty good

Thank you!

>>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
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> Andy

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