I've practically scratched a deep groove in my head over this one. After enjoying a good drive today I parked the car in my garage and then gave it some time to cool off before placing the cover on it and locking it , as usual, with the alarm remote fob. A short while later I heard an alarm siren bleeping, and it was a few minutes before I realised it was coming from the Ferrari. I immediately did a reset (off) with the fob, which made no difference, and it kept on bleeping until it eventually reset itself after a period of time. At this point I thought it had sorted itself out, but a short time later it started up again for a few minutes, then would once again stop for a very short period (maybe 10 seconds) before starting again. This continued to happen off-and-on for a considerable period of time, and the car would start and run while the alarm was sounding. I switched off and did not lock the car or set the alarm and eventually it stopped. I have not locked it, or set the alarm while I further ponder the problem. Any ideas?
Easy diagnosis with the SD2. To begin with replace the fob battery. I could be why you could not turn off the alarm once it started. There are a couple of possibilities why it started but without hooking it up to the computer it would be guessing and there is no point to that.
Brian, thanks. While the alarm was driving me crazy I was busy muttering " Oh to have an SD2". I don't think it's the fob battery, because I immediately located my Red Master and spare black fob, and they made no difference.
Donie- Brian is the expert on these matters and plays an SD2 like a violin. If I had to make a guess, I would think the car thought it was being stolen and that means a sensor malfunction for a panel or door thinking forced opening or from the anti-lift sensor. If one of those thinks someone it trying to break into the car or put it on a trailer, the alarm will sound. A little sleuthing by your techs might help. Hopefully they are as half as good as Brian at sniffing out these things. Changing fob batteries is a great idea and Ferrari recommends every 6 months. It does not affect the fob programming. Taz Terry Phillips
My car was doing the same thing and it ended up being the internal battery in the alarm dying. The alarm light also stays red on the interior of the car as well. So you would have to replace the alarm.
Even though this is an out of date thread, it might be worth pointing out my recent experience with odd alarm behavior. Mine (360 Modena) would come on at random times for no apparent reason. The problem was getting more frequent. First thing I did was slice open the alarm module but everything looked OK. I resealed it and during the re installation I realized that the connector wasn't seating properly because one of the connector pins was out of alignment. After fixing that problem, the connector went fully home and the little locking catch engaged correctly; something which it wasn't doing before and I was apparently too brain dead to notice when I installed a new alarm module last year. Now it works as it should, all because of a lose connector.
Get em' at lowes. I want to say its an A23 battery? Its a little 12V thing.. Also clean off the contacts when you're in there. I want to say they last longer than 6 months..
I agree. I have had my car about 8 years and I think I have replaced them twice and I drive my car pretty often. My batteries are about due again; the range has dropped off quite a bit.
The alarms on these cars always cause problems. I don't even know why they have them. I remember some statistic of only 6 Ferrari's have ever been stolen. Most of those were just a joy ride.
Brett- I change mine every year on New Year's Day. Pick your own day you can remember. Every 6 months is overkill, but that is what they recommend, and for a daily driver, that might be about correct. I use the Duracell MN21B because of the dozens I have swapped out, none has leaked. Clean off the contacts, like Curt said, and then squeeze them together. The battery is heavy relative to the sheet metal contacts and tends to spread the contacts while the fob is in your pocket. Looks like I need to order a dozen more online. Only have two left.
