Alarms should be disabled for a ferry crossing - how do I do that please? Locking with a single press of the key still sets part of the system, but I might be missing something. A related issue - I find a lot of random alarms (in the one click mode) and suspect the bonnet lid. Last evening I couldn't lock the car at all for a while, getting a brief blast on the horn every time I tried. After opening and closing every orifice a couple of times it eventually worked. Any wizard out there know how I might resolve this please?

Sounds like your anti-theft alarm switch is on its way out, ours went a couple of months ago, here’s a link;
https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic12558.ht...net+switch

I might be completely wrong but doesn’t the passenger side manual door lock with the key blade stop the alarm?

This is most helpful, thanks. I had no idea how the bonnet activated the alarm (until now) but this looks and sounds like the culprit. I have not yet played with the manual door locking, my understanding that it was merely an emergency arrangement for any failure of the remote. Thanks again.

Rebel1 wrote:

Alarms should be disabled for a ferry crossing - how do I do that please?

Why can the handbook not tell us things like this? Thanks for this very helpful advice.

pab wrote:

Rebel1 wrote:

Alarms should be disabled for a ferry crossing - how do I do that please?

The FL2 alarm doesn't incorporate a motion sensor, so as long as your other problems are sorted it should not sound during a ferry crossing.

If you still want to disable it regardless there are a couple of ways of locking the car without setting the alarm. The first, already mentioned, is to use the mechanical lock on the passenger door. But even easier, open doors can be locked using the internal lock switch before closing and will then stay locked. Just be sure not to leave the keys inside! (N.B. This definitely works with the rear doors, but I don't think I've actually tried it with the fronts, so double-check they're locked before leaving the car.)

Followed the link to the Russian guy,s videos and saw just what I needed - how to bypass the switch altogether (as a temporary measure, of course), and it worked a treat at nil cost and about fifteen minutes fiddling. Many thanks to all who responded to my plea.

Do you have a link to the video