help e30 electrical problems

[Tyler Anderson 1]

so this morning i was about drive the e30 touring.

opened the door and the right indicator started flashing???????

about 10 seconds later it stopped

turned the key to on

everything lights up as normal radio starts etc. indicator starts flashing again??

car wont start now.

doesnt even try to turn over.

so i got the multi meter out and the battery is good. 13volts across the terminals.

all fuses appear to be ok.

upon further tinkering i found that all the doors trigger the flashing and also if you turn the interior lights on it starts to flash.

it seems like anytime i do something related to power it triggers the flashing.

does anyone know what is happening here?

seems like a short somewhere

[Evo30 6]

I would presume you have an alarm? Seems like the immobilizer is on. Your alarm seems to be triggering when you open the door.

If you are not aware you have an alarm, check if there is an alarm horn in the engine bay anyway. It could be they chopped the wires to the siren hence no noise.

[Tyler Anderson 1]

problem solved. it has the remains of an alarm. no siren at all and half wired into the loom which will be why it was only on three door and two indicators. obviously the immobiliser was working haha.

Thanks

[Evo30 6]

No probs. Nice and easy fix huh