I saw the post by Wigan Pier regarding alarms, and I have a query.  I know the alarm works on my '94 2.5 CDX i've tested it by lifting the bonnet as well as activating the internal sensors. My query is, when I set the system using the i/r remote to lock doors etc, the internal tell tale light comes on and then blinks, but there is no external indicator flashing or any audible sounds at all, is this correct for the early models?

The later ones just flash indicators, sorry  don't know about earlier IR ones...

ive got a 96 and it flashes the indicators but this doesnt seem to be the most reliable system my sounder doesnt work and if i press the button once it doesnt arm the alarm i have to press it twice which also deadlocks it why isnt this the other way round? i read somewhere it should be the other way round,
sorry i cant help

On the 2.2, 2.6 and 3.2 one press locks the doors and arms the alarm, a second press deadlocks the doors.

Can't speak for models prior.

My pre-facelift 2.5 is the same.. Buttons on the key itself rather than a seperate remote. 1 press locks the doors and sets the alarm (Indicators flash once), second press activates the deadlocks (indicators flash once)

Auto Addict wrote on 02. Aug 2006 at 15:24:

On the 2.2, 2.6 and 3.2 one press locks the doors and arms the alarm, a second press deadlocks the doors. Can't speak for models prior.

Same with my 98 mini facelift

yeah thats what i had been told maybe i will look into it post it if i find anything interesting