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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:09 AM
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came out of the pub after a few pints of delicious wherry (norfolk ale) and the missus failed to start the car...typical i thought!

After 1/2 hour of fiddling about looking for inertia switch and/or fuses realised the immobiliser not working (green key not coming on dash) and called RAC who completely failed to diagnose anything and recovered into local honda stealer...

2 days later and just under
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:19 AM
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Sorry to hear about that
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:20 AM
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I hope that when the RAC recovered it that you specified pickup on a flatbed?
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Mattmeister,Aug 2 2006, 04:09 PM
it has new circuit board and wiring, apparently it has happened before but is pretty rare...just thought id let everyone know
If its the circuit board on the alarm it isnt rare
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:53 AM
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yeah the AA man I spoke to didn't know about the flatbed thing when I needed a hand for a failed slave cylinder on the clutch
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Busamav,Aug 2 2006, 04:33 PM
If its the circuit board on the alarm it isnt rare
It's pretty bloody common!!
Think it was the 6th occurence that seems to have fixed mine finally :touchwood: and I ain't the only one
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Mattmeister,Aug 2 2006, 04:09 PM
it has new circuit board and wiring, apparently it has happened before but is pretty rare...
No it isn't.

The 'Honda UK' installed alarm is a POS.

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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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I didn't realise the problems led to the car not starting - I thought it was just the alarm that would go off randomly (as happened to my 02.................. along with 101 other things )
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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Mine did it (under warranty). Appearing less rare by the minute
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 10:37 AM
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Mine fekkin stopped at the M25 / A1M slipway when it was only a couple of days old .

That was the first time anyway
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