Antitheft System - Alarm Sounds After Locking Vehicle

SI M 65 01 08
Audio, Navigation, Monitors, Alarms, SRS

June 2009
Technical Service

This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B65 01 08 dated January 2008.

[NEW] designates changes to this revision

SUBJECT
Alarm Sounds After Locking Vehicle

MODEL
R56 (Cooper, Cooper S) with DWA alarm (SA 302) produced from 8/31/2006 to 12/5/2007

SITUATION

The DWA (Anti-theft alarm system) sounds intermittently within 16 minutes of locking the vehicle. The flashers do not flash when the alarm sounds. Fault code A871 (Angularity sensor defective) is set in the fault memory.

CAUSE

JBE (Junction Box Electronics) software fault causes a reset of the JBE microcontroller

[NEW] CORRECTION

Perform diagnostics using the DIS tester and work through the related test modules.

[NEW] WARRANTY INFORMATION

For information only