nickball75 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi guys, Im looking at removing my dash soon for a respray but not sure if should disconnect the battery before hand? I have a clifford alarm system installed, will this cause a problem if I disconnect the battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supradoopa Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I've removed my dash quite a lot of times and never bothered with the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi I had the dash out the other week without any problems with my alarm.. (cliford) Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickball75 Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi I had the dash out the other week without any problems with my alarm.. (cliford) Rob did you disconnect the battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I've removed my dash quite a lot of times and never bothered with the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbloodyturbo Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I disconnected my battery before taking my dash off, it said to do so on mkiv.com because the airbag light will come on if you disconnect the odo bit (big black bit above the dash with odo and warning lights on) without disconnecting the battery. Plus its just safer incase you ground something accidentally, it only takes two seconds to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnos Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 have a cobra alarm and never had problems disconnecting the battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Don't forget to reconnect your alarm LED too when you put it back on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 The airbag light will only come on if you turn the ignition while the dash is off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Shane_ Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 same i removed the dash loads of time and had battery connected/disconnected, never had a problem, was just told though if dash is removed and battery is connected dont turn on ignition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdzC Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I have always put my alarm into valet mode when disconnecting the battery. Never had any problems. If you disconnect the battery but don't put the alrm into valet mode then the alarm may go off when you reconnect. Ultimately you shouldn't have any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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