300TDi on fire!

winchman · Jun 2, 2017

Driving down the road with No1 son.
Alarm goes off, stops resets it drives off but could smell burning, then smoke poured out from under the bonnet, stopped and disconnected alarm siren now all ok??
Any one else had this?

sierrafery · Jun 2, 2017

It's good that nobody got hurt though i'm affraid the problem is not solved cos it's possible that the alarm sounder which burned out to be still triggered by something most probably some short circuit and the smell was from the sounder.... inspect the sounder if it doesnt have burning marks on it but if it has yoiu'll have to check further

winchman · Jun 2, 2017

The plug on the back of the sounder was melting but I managed to get it off

sierrafery · Jun 2, 2017

That doesnt excludes the reason why the alarm was triggered IMO

discool · Jun 2, 2017

Thereis a 12v supply to the sounder, assuming u have the factory fitted BBUS sounder unit to charge the enclosed Nicad battery, a fault with the charging or the sound generating electronics would certainly overheat the unit and possibly cause a fire.

So all you have to do is replace the sounder unit if you can find one somewhere.

Simon098 · Jun 2, 2017

discool said:
Thereis a 12v supply to the sounder, assuming u have the factory fitted BBUS sounder unit to charge the enclosed Nicad battery, a fault with the charging or the sound generating electronics would certainly overheat the unit and possibly cause a fire.

So all you have to do is replace the sounder unit if you can find one somewhere.

Or throw it in the bin

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