A couple of times recently, I've come home, set the alarm, seen the warning light wink 7 times, come out to the car the next morning and the light was off.  All doors and windows were still locked.  I pressed the lock button on the key fob but the light didn't come on.  I pressed unlock, opened and closed the driver's door, pressed lock, the indicator flashed 7 times and all seemed well.  Until the next time....

Should I be worrying about this?  Is the alarm still set even though the light isn't flashing?

I phoned the dealer and spoke to a technician who said it might be to do with the deadlock?  and asked me if I had accidentally pressed the lock button twice?

 

Thank you for any suggestions

Page 29 of the manual says if the light flashes multiple times there is an error.

Double check all the doors, bonnet, hatch and fuel flap are closed and try again.

if not its a trip to the dealer.

I came out of the house this morning and again the light was not flashing.  However, when I started, I had a warning that the 12v battery was low and I should charge it by driving.  Which I did for about one hour of motoring.  I'm wondering if the light not flashing was connected to the battery being low?

The car is now back home and connected to a trickle charger, so we'll see what happens tomorrow morning.

Next day morning and the light is still flashing.

I'm pretty confident now, that the light stopping flashing was connected to the low battery.

(I hadn't used the car for a week and we'd had a couple of very frosty nights).

Use It Or Lose It!

Battery that is.

I deliberately took our Superb out for a run today because it's been sitting idle outside the house since Christmas Eve.

I could see the brakes covered in rust film.

I wasn't surprised when it fired up immediately and ran happily for a 100 mile jaunt. Some of Scotland's scenery at its best.