I have a Compustar 2W900FM alarm on my car and it's been functioning great until yesterday; the horn sounds like it's been muffled! When I unlocked my car yesterday morning, it was fine (2 loud beeps), but after I reached my destination and locked my car, the beep was practically silent. I put it on Panic and the alarm itself sounds very weak. I don't know what's happened to it. One possible scenario is that I drove through a very huge puddle while I was on the highway, could water have caused this damage? Will this repair itself after the rain dries?

 

Check for exposed wiring or a bad ground.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shinbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a Compustar 2W900FM alarm on my car and it's been functioning great until yesterday; the horn sounds like it's been muffled! When I unlocked my car yesterday morning, it was fine (2 loud beeps), but after I reached my destination and locked my car, the beep was practically silent. I put it on Panic and the alarm itself sounds very weak. I don't know what's happened to it. One possible scenario is that I drove through a very huge puddle while I was on the highway, could water have caused this damage? Will this repair itself after the rain dries?</TD></TR></TABLE> Yes it's probably water, in thw siren, if the siren is mounted pointing "down", [it should be mounted facing sideways,] then the "inside cone" is probably full of water, [you must empty it] and if the siren must face down, then drill a 1/8" hole in the bottom end of the "inside cone" so if water splashs up into it, it will drain out. 94

 

It's mounted sideways. Could it still be a water issue?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shinbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's mounted sideways. Could it still be a water issue?</TD></TR></TABLE>It could, but unlikly as water could not stay in there, Who installed it? What kind of connections were made, [soldered]?

I'd also have to go with, "check wiring and grounds" 94

 

i had it installed professionally at discount car stereo. i'm just gonna go there tomorrow and ask them what's up. i don't know why i expected the problem to fix itself.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shinbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i had it installed professionally at discount car stereo. i'm just gonna go there tomorrow and ask them what's up. i don't know why i expected the problem to fix itself.</TD></TR></TABLE>IC If I hade known you had it installed someplace, my advice whould have been , take it back to where you had it installed, most install shop have liftime warranty on their installs. 94

 

They replaced it for free. They just said that it was a defective siren. Thanks for your inputs though.