Karl996

I'm not saying it's right or wrong but your MAF flow rate is identical to mine when at idle. What I do notice is different is that at idle your Throttle Position is at 2.35%. I always thought normal idle was like 10 to 12%. Assuming the hardware i.e. MAF, plugs etc are okay I would look for air leaks post the MAF.

Slightly off topic but is the engine compartment light linked to the luggage compartment light. I've noticed when the luggage compartment is open the engine compartment light is on as well. Just thinking that that might be easier than a camera in the front.

Hi DFC Looks like we're having similar problems although we share only one code. I've posted in the thread Removal of CDR-220 Becker and Alarm which is just below yours. Very frustrating. Like you I was hoping that the frequency counter would increase so I can isolate the problem. I'm going to try Durametric 6 asI believe it can clear all the alarm codes and then see if it increments. Let us know if you solve it. Karl Like you

Hi everyone I'm back. So it looks like I had two problems. The first was the single beep, interior lights on for 20secs when I locked the car using the remote. This has since been reolved by insulating the stereo contact as mentioned above. Since I thought I had solved the problems I started locking the car using the remote (previously I would do a lock, unlock and let the car just lock itself). The alarm is now triggerring randomly. Sometimes it can be within 15mins of locking and sometimes up to 2 hours. There appears to be no pattern to it. I hooked up Durametric after the last episode and got the following: 61 Central locking limit position Unlock not reached Status: not present Frequency counter: 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Interior sensor faulty Status: not present Frequency counter: 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Right door secured but not locked Status: not present Frequency counter: 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 Radio receiver defective Status: not present Frequency counter: 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 Central locking limit position Secure not reached Status: not present Frequency counter: 12 Since Durametric does not let me clear alarm codes I'm assuming that the next time it activates the frequency counter will increase by one and that will be the culprit. Any thoughts or suggestions anyone ? Many thanks in advance

An update. Looks like my radio alarm is still connected. I realized this by not just taking the stereo out but also the "cage" in which it sits. I could then see the contact arm on the left side. Due to the after market stereo design I decided to insulate the contact arm rather than the stereo. So far it's worked. Fingers crossed and thank you to this forum

Hi Loren and thanks for the welcome. I'll check with Durametric (I bought one) and see what it says but I am 100% certain it is the stereo wiring. What I don't understand is why when I take the stereo out and remote lock the car the alarm functions fine but when I put it back in it gives me the beep

Gentlemen Hope somebody can help me here.I've searched and understand what the problem is but don't understand why my fix didn't work 2002 Carerra 2 3.6. ROW specifications. Last owner installed an Alpine stereo. Since I've had the car it will beep once and the interior lights will come on for 20secs when I lock it via the remote. Research pointed to the stereo wiring. Last night I took the stereo out and sure enough found that there were two wire which had been cut. One was blue and one brown (bit dark to tell what colour stripe was on them). I left the stero resting on the centre console (still attached to the harness) and seperated the two wire from the harness. Tried locking the car via remote and it worked great - all normal. I was really pleased with myself. I insulated those two wires pretty well, kept them out of the way, taped the rest of the harness back up and put the stereo back into the DIN compartment. Locked the car with the remote and it went back to beeping once, interior lights on for 20secs. What have I missed here ??? I'm so frustrated. Any advice suggestions would be most welcome.