i recently flooded my 8 ( second time now ) and when i got it back i noticed that when i lock the doors that stupid light doenst flash and i kinda like that stupid flash.. does anyone know how i can get my lights to flash when i lock it with my remote??

thanks all

 

1) walk to your car
2) find your trunk... it is open
3) open your trunk then close your trunk

 

what?????

no my trunks not open... do i open it with my remote form inside with the key and then shut it????

 

well ****... guess what the trunk was open.. unbelieveable.. thanks man.. are you the one that opened it and didnt shut it... id say for 4 days now.... its been open.. LMAO THANKS MAN!!!

 

lol, its happened to us all at one point

 

welc0me to the club

 

Yep, did that too

 

Yup

 

Happened to me too--and I posted the same thing--except for the flooding part lol

 

Also possible this contributed to your flood by running down the battery. Since the trunk doesn't raise much it's easy to not notice if it's popped, which is why the absence of the "flash" is a nice reminder.

 

If you have no ongoing use for the trunk light, pop the lens off and remove the bulb. Then at least it won't ever run your battery down. Of course, you may unknowingly leave the trunk unlatched at some point, so you will need to decide which is the lesser evil.

 

I was going to take my car back to the dealer, lucky this forum safe my ***.

 

I'm happy I found this thread, as my 8 has stopped flashing when I press lock also.

There is a problem however, I've even tried slamming the trunk shut and my lights still won't flash when I press "Lock".

This used to work and I really miss it.

I'll check the latch out to make sure there's nothing stopping it from closing. The trunk is basically empty.

It also appears that I'm the only one this hasn't worked for. Everyone else has seemed to suceed by ensuring the trunk was latched shut.

EDIT: I've also tried making sure the hood was shut too.

 

the light tells you that the alarm is arming. if no flash then something is stopping the alarm from arming.

try isolating what it could be. open and close the right side- try to arm it. if it arms then it was one of those doors. then if it doesnt try the left side. try to arm- no flash try the trunk- no flash the hood again. if after all of that it still doesnt flash then make an appointment for the dealer so they can figure out which sensor is not o[perating correctly.

 

Hey thanks for the reply. I'm supposed to take it in for a recall anyway so I'll have them check that out too.

 

dam that is crazy! my car has done the "no Flash" before...and i couldnt figure out why. i'm glad its a common problem. i just walked out to my car and the trunk didn't look open...oh...but it was!!!!!!!!!!! thanks rx8 family lol

 

lol!!!!

 

LOL, reviving this because I searched for this and yea... woops.