2002 jaguar s type 11 month old battery. Had her ten years now. After sitting for an hour or so the only way to get in is manually unlock door then press unlock on key fob to stop horn.

 

Forgot to mention. Everything goes back to normal for a while after I start it, key fob works to unlock n all seems well. In all the time I had her only time I experienced the alarm sounding is when the batteries dead & wont start or when i accidentally press the alarm button. Where u @ jag genius

 

Does horn stop if you put key in ignition soon after using it to unlock door?

 

It just started happening couple days ago. Soon as I press unlock on the key fob after manually unlocking and opening driver door horn stops. It needs to b pressed a few times to stop beeping. Will check that method next time. Thinking its a fuse somewhere because once the door opens the fob works again? Also I notice the red light that flashes in the middle front of the windshield isn't flashing.

 

Sounds like your car battery is dying.

 

Thanks for the quick reply guys. Ya seems these older model s types chew thru batteries either that or these canadian winters do. Is there a fuse I can pull to get it from beeping n looking like im breaking in the joint? Will try charging the battery overnight n see if thats it

 

Maybe you don't do enough longish drives? Or maybe you have a drain that shouldn't be there.

 

Ah- Canadian winters + t.o. + 416= Toronto Ontario Canada area. Might want to update your profile.

 

Thinking of installing a kill switch saw someone mention this in another post. I like the idea because it also secures the trunk where I leave my hockey gear sometimes. Two birds one stone.

 

If you're talking about a battery disconnect, you'll lose all the radio, clock and window presets every time the disconnect is used and the trunk can still be opened with a key.

 

Put a pioneer in 8-9 years ago & dont use nav on it so might be worth it since i been broken into twice. Both times the morons got no stereo or rims. lol my skates cost a pretty penny tho.

 

Are the starts weak? I had that happen when battery was ready to give up the ghost. It was almost like the car saying "fix me" in horn language.

BTW, I'm from Atlanta...the only city that can claim the loss of 2 NHL teams!!! Been a Ranger fan since the last year of the six team league.

 

Atlanta seems like the place to be these days my friend just moved down there. Thought the thrashers were there only nhl team? Ya im going to see if charging it helps but I lent my charger to a friend and he's been playing phone tag. The starts seem fine, maybe they are a little weak tho as it seems it takes a half second longer to start. Might just get the battery replaced if they'll warranty it as its pretty new

 

In '72, the Atlanta Flames came into the NHL with the NY Islanders. Of course they didn't win the Cup until moving to Calgary. Now that the Thrashers are now the Winnipeg Jets....well I hate to think a Cup is in the near future....

Disconnect the battery and read with a multimeter. If not 13.4 or so volts, then battery is wearing down. I was getting the ghost horn and starts that almost weren't. Mine was reading 12.0 or 11.9 volts. When on the alternator, it was at 13.2, which hid the problem.

BTW, if it's a 24 month battery, it will fail on the 25th month.

 

Thats crazy I didnt know that. I'd trade your weather for our leafs any day tho

 

thx. battery was half dead. on the ctek right now

 

There ya go! Probably one day after battery warranty expired. Now, jump start the Leafs!