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[0795omega]

i have 2 omegas a 97 2.5 cdx which ive had for 5 years and have loved every minute of it putting on a mesh grille/improving the bodywork/adding full leather trim and adding 17" mv6 alloys it looked great! recently had a decent second hand autobox put on as its was slipping badly and covered a without hitch 700 miles in a week,i swap it every other week for my mv6 which i park outside the mother in laws house in a rather nice street in torquay,as no room at my home ,then when at work sat night had a phone call from my mrs saying police had been round saying the cdx was a burnt out right off!! i promptly left work to see it and talk to c.i.d. admiting i leave it unlocked as such a good street and incase alarm goes off in night not to disturb anyone! the fire looks to have started on the drivers side under bonnet as all off side front of car badly burnt,but doors backwards o.k. interior not burnt just dash top melted/windscreen gone,no-one was at home at the time of fire 6 hours after i parked it so a kind couple of gardners working up the road called the fire brigade and police to deal with it and obviously they contacted me through numberplate,im in half a mind to think its melicious as was running a1/no smells of burning while driving e.t.c. why should it suddenly catch fire 6 hours after being parked? when i also know for a fact the people up there were getting the hump about me swapping them round up there even though as stated its outside the mother in laws place! as some nosy devil said to her 3 weeks ago that cars not taxed,which of course it was,anyway its been recovered to a compound and will have to contact my insurers mon morning about it,the c.i.d. say it will be checked to see if melicious or not all in all a very sad end to the finest machine ive ever owned and ive had a lot!!

[RobG]

i have 2 omegas a 97 2.5 cdx which ive had for 5 years and have loved every minute of it putting on a mesh grille/improving the bodywork/adding full leather trim and adding 17" mv6 alloys it looked great! recently had a decent second hand autobox put on as its was slipping badly and covered a without hitch 700 miles in a week,i swap it every other week for my mv6 which i park outside the mother in laws house in a rather nice street in torquay,as no room at my home ,then when at work sat night had a phone call from my mrs saying police had been round saying the cdx was a burnt out right off!! i promptly left work to see it and talk to c.i.d. admiting i leave it unlocked as such a good street and incase alarm goes off in night not to disturb anyone! the fire looks to have started on the drivers side under bonnet as all off side front of car badly burnt,but doors backwards o.k. interior not burnt just dash top melted/windscreen gone,no-one was at home at the time of fire 6 hours after i parked it so a kind couple of gardners working up the road called the fire brigade and police to deal with it and obviously they contacted me through numberplate,im in half a mind to think its melicious as was running a1/no smells of burning while driving e.t.c. why should it suddenly catch fire 6 hours after being parked? when i also know for a fact the people up there were getting the hump about me swapping them round up there even though as stated its outside the mother in laws place! as some nosy devil said to her 3 weeks ago that cars not taxed,which of course it was,anyway its been recovered to a compound and will have to contact my insurers mon morning about it,the c.i.d. say it will be checked to see if melicious or not all in all a very sad end to the finest machine ive ever owned and ive had a lot!!

Classic case of powersounder self-combusting.
Have you still got your MV6 to use or did it sell on the bay

[albitz]

Yep - plenty of info and warnings on the forum about powersounder.Several cars have been known to self combust in the same way. Remove it from your other car or the same will happen to it at some point too.

[0795omega]

car was unlocked though! also never have heard the alarm go off on it in 5 years, hazards flash when leave sunroof open at times and wind goes past the sensors but no siren sounding,dont know if its still posible though?

[RobG]

car was unlocked though! also never have heard the alarm go off on it in 5 years, hazards flash when leave sunroof open at times and wind goes past the sensors but no siren sounding,dont know if its still posible though?

Sound like PS was disconnected by previous owner but left in situ. Over time the button cell batteries degrade, leak out onto the PCB and cause the "self-combustion"

[VXL V6]

Doesn't really matter if the car is locked or not, the acid leaking out of the powersounder batteries will eventually short out the pcb with it's un-fused 12V supply direct from the car battery....

[barclay03]

Similar area, slightly different problem...my wiring caught fire whilst driving

[Kevin Wood]

I'm really sorry to hear this.

It's the batteries in the power sounder that leak and then sometimes short out and start a fire. Doesn't matter if the alarm is set or not, sadly.

I would remove any power sounder that's more than 5 years old.

[0795omega]

right thanks,just wished id known about this problem,  then would have ripped it right out of there to save her this awfull end!!

[The Red Baron]

what a shame mate, ive a bucket full here ive ripped out tbh.

[marrus69]

gutted,guess what im doing next, mine has been giving the 4 beeps.

[omega3000]

I'm really sorry to hear this.

It's the batteries in the power sounder that leak and then sometimes short out and start a fire. Doesn't matter if the alarm is set or not, sadly.

I would remove any power sounder that's more than 5 years old.

Sorry to hear that about the car        One job that needs doing pronto .

[MrMoffat]

i have 2 omegas a 97 2.5 cdx which ive had for 5 years and have loved every minute of it putting on a mesh grille/improving the bodywork/adding full leather trim and adding 17" mv6 alloys it looked great! recently had a decent second hand autobox put on as its was slipping badly and covered a without hitch 700 miles in a week,i swap it every other week for my mv6 which i park outside the mother in laws house in a rather nice street in torquay,as no room at my home ,then when at work sat night had a phone call from my mrs saying police had been round saying the cdx was a burnt out right off!! i promptly left work to see it and talk to c.i.d. admiting i leave it unlocked as such a good street and incase alarm goes off in night not to disturb anyone! the fire looks to have started on the drivers side under bonnet as all off side front of car badly burnt,but doors backwards o.k. interior not burnt just dash top melted/windscreen gone,no-one was at home at the time of fire 6 hours after i parked it so a kind couple of gardners working up the road called the fire brigade and police to deal with it and obviously they contacted me through numberplate,im in half a mind to think its melicious as was running a1/no smells of burning while driving e.t.c. why should it suddenly catch fire 6 hours after being parked? when i also know for a fact the people up there were getting the hump about me swapping them round up there even though as stated its outside the mother in laws place! as some nosy devil said to her 3 weeks ago that cars not taxed,which of course it was,anyway its been recovered to a compound and will have to contact my insurers mon morning about it,the c.i.d. say it will be checked to see if melicious or not all in all a very sad end to the finest machine ive ever owned and ive had a lot!!

What bad luck,  but I'm unsure if the Insurance Company will pay out if it was left unlocked

[omegod]

I have said it before and will say it again, can we have a sticky or a running banner to warn newbies about the danger of these and the need to remove it pronto, must be a dozen members have lost cars this way and some very near misses with them going up on driveways/next to houses!

[I_want_an_Omega]

i have 2 omegas a 97 2.5 cdx which ive had for 5 years and have loved every minute of it putting on a mesh grille/improving the bodywork/adding full leather trim and adding 17" mv6 alloys it looked great! recently had a decent second hand autobox put on as its was slipping badly and covered a without hitch 700 miles in a week,i swap it every other week for my mv6 which i park outside the mother in laws house in a rather nice street in torquay,as no room at my home ,then when at work sat night had a phone call from my mrs saying police had been round saying the cdx was a burnt out right off!! i promptly left work to see it and talk to c.i.d. admiting i leave it unlocked as such a good street and incase alarm goes off in night not to disturb anyone! the fire looks to have started on the drivers side under bonnet as all off side front of car badly burnt,but doors backwards o.k. interior not burnt just dash top melted/windscreen gone,no-one was at home at the time of fire 6 hours after i parked it so a kind couple of gardners working up the road called the fire brigade and police to deal with it and obviously they contacted me through numberplate,im in half a mind to think its melicious as was running a1/no smells of burning while driving e.t.c. why should it suddenly catch fire 6 hours after being parked? when i also know for a fact the people up there were getting the hump about me swapping them round up there even though as stated its outside the mother in laws place! as some nosy devil said to her 3 weeks ago that cars not taxed,which of course it was,anyway its been recovered to a compound and will have to contact my insurers mon morning about it,the c.i.d. say it will be checked to see if melicious or not all in all a very sad end to the finest machine ive ever owned and ive had a lot!!

What bad luck,  but I'm unsure if the Insurance Company will pay out if it was left unlocked

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