When i bought my car, the previous owner had fitted a Sparkrite SR85 car alarm, however when i bought the car i did so under the knowledge that it didnt work - the alarm didnt respond to its remote but i wasnt particularly bothered.

Recently the alarm has come back to life with a bit too much vigour. It sets itself off constantly while driving and i have no way of stopping it.

Ive tried disconnecting the power to the unit, however when i do this the car wont start at all, i assumed this was because it was linked in with the starter and as a fail safe, if the power is disonnected the car wouldnt start. I found a users manual for the SR85 however, and it is not equipped with an immobiliser. What can be causing the starter to not engage when the alarm isnt supposed to be linked to it?

The car is a 1996 Reault Clio. It has an immobiliser as standard, however this still allows the starter to turn, but instead wont create a spark, the situation when the power is disconnected from the alarm means nothing at all happenes when i turn the key.

Thomas, November 2006

I can't help but I am after a new fob for a Sparkrite AT120I au. can any one help?

Rusty, January 2012

i have a sprkrite sr-75h car alarm and i have just had it fitted and it was working fine now when i try to arm it the thing isnt working could some1 give me some info plz

dazz, September 2009

try and look for the coil ther will be some thing there from alarm remove this and put the wire back to the coil

jjree, April 2008

is it definitely the sra85 as theres a sra8 which has a starter motor imobillisation circuit. does your alarm have two wires, one orange and one thats brown, on the sra8 these wires are for the imobilliser. your alarm might have the wrong sticker on it, if not the previous owner must have built a cut out circuit using a relay so that when the alarm had no power the relay disconnects the starter.

andy, June 2007