Potential Alarm Issue with my NEW Xantia

[Rhothgar]

Guys,

Just putting my NEW Xantia S1 on the road today.

Battery was flat (as you would expect from standing for 4 nearly 5 months. Am trying to recover that now.

However, when I opened the door, there is a rapid clicking as though the alarm is going of.

What confuses me is there is no immobiliser in this car. I have never seen a Xantai S1 without an immobiliser.

Question is:-

Do I simply have to open the doors with the Plip? Or,
Do I have to insert key and press internal alarm sensor and switch on?

As the battery is probably on its last legs, I don't want to cause any false activations but neither do I want to disable it.

Advice / Musings please?

[taffy]

might be cause bat very low

[Mandrake]

Guys,

Just putting my NEW Xantia S1 on the road today.

Battery was flat (as you would expect from standing for 4 nearly 5 months. Am trying to recover that now.

However, when I opened the door, there is a rapid clicking as though the alarm is going of.

What confuses me is there is no immobiliser in this car. I have never seen a Xantai S1 without an immobiliser.

Question is:-

Do I simply have to open the doors with the Plip? Or,
Do I have to insert key and press internal alarm sensor and switch on?

As the battery is probably on its last legs, I don't want to cause any false activations but neither do I want to disable it.

Advice / Musings please?

My '97 Series 1 Xantia didn't have an immobiliser, nor did it have an alarm. Mind you it was a ex-Japan spec VSX in New Zealand.

In some countries I think only the Activa (and maybe V6) got an immobiliser in Series 1. Of all the Series 1 Xantia's I saw in New Zealand, only the Activa's had immobiliser keypads and few had alarms.

Are you sure it actually has an alarm ?

[Rhothgar]

The alarm is disabled in the usual manner.

Had enough charge to just check it but looks like battery is now shot. Damn shame as it was a Citroen battery!

More original the Mark MTND's Xantia!

[Trainman]

Guys,

Just putting my NEW Xantia S1 on the road today.

Battery was flat (as you would expect from standing for 4 nearly 5 months. Am trying to recover that now.

However, when I opened the door, there is a rapid clicking as though the alarm is going of.

What confuses me is there is no immobiliser in this car. I have never seen a Xantai S1 without an immobiliser.

Question is:-

Do I simply have to open the doors with the Plip? Or,
Do I have to insert key and press internal alarm sensor and switch on?

As the battery is probably on its last legs, I don't want to cause any false activations but neither do I want to disable it.

Advice / Musings please?

My '97 Series 1 Xantia didn't have an immobiliser, nor did it have an alarm. Mind you it was a ex-Japan spec VSX in New Zealand.

In some countries I think only the Activa (and maybe V6) got an immobiliser in Series 1. Of all the Series 1 Xantia's I saw in New Zealand, only the Activa's had immobiliser keypads and few had alarms.

Are you sure it actually has an alarm ?

My V6 Series 1 has a keypad....