Jo, Jo's Dad and Haydn Alarms for the win!

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Jo, Jo's Dad and Haydn Alarms for the win!

Post by cuchillo » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:57 am

Hello all,

So here's the thing. One day my low coolant alarm stopped working. No initial test sound, nothing. Did not know anything about the alarm as it came fitted when I bought the van.

Thanks to the posting on the forums I was able to get in touch with Jo and her dad and after some initial diagnostics they suggested that I send them the unit back for further analysis and a possible fix or replace there after. =D>

During our conversation I realised that I would be in their area the next day and cheekily asked if I could drop it off in person, to which they said yes! Arrived the next day and Jo's dad was standing by with a full array of tools ready to directly test the unit there and then! :o

A thorough investigation by Jo and her dad ensued and he discovered that the LED and failed causing the buzzer and light to stop working. So while I spent my time getting in their way asking silly questions the LED was replaced and fitted neatly back into the van and it was all done and dusted within the hour! =D> =D>

And all under warranty!

So a heartfelt thanks to Jo and dad for for providing such an awesome level of service! Its so comforting to hear that little chirp on startup again and more importantly it is good to know that there are still companies out there that do take customer service seriously! :D

Cuch.
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Post by Bob » Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:19 am

Top service, well done to all. =D>
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Post by mikeonb4c » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:02 am

Their customer commitment has always been second to none, their engineering components also if my 10 years of trouble free operation is anything to go by. Yer pays yer money and takes yer choice. Glad its sorted. =D>
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Post by roosmith » Wed Sep 07, 2016 11:28 am

Yes you can get an LCA on eBay for £20 but that is what you pay for.

I'm going to be fitting one in my new non Bongo as it has saved the day before and it's money well spent.
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Post by haydn callow » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:41 pm

This was a strange case.......because the LED was fitted in the instrument cluster we put a new alarm unit in but spliced it into the existing LED. The alarm still didn't work !! So we fitted a new LED and it did work.....we had noticed the original LED wires had been stripped so some copper was exposed....I can only guess that at some point 12 volts had been put into the LED and blown it in the past. Bit of a mystery really.....never known a LED to fail in normal use.....it was one of those cases that without coming back to us would never have been resolved...
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Post by Jillygumbo » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:12 pm

Well done Haydn and Jo
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