What type of anti-theft device does the HHR have?
 

Need to know for insurance quote

Thanks!


Goose

from the manual online....

Content Theft-Deterrent
Your vehicle may have
a content theft-deterrent
alarm system. If your
vehicle has remote
keyless entry, then it
has content
theft-deterrent.

PASS-Key III+

Hollow points.......:lol:

I like that one the best but I doubt Geico will give me a discount on that! :lol:


Goose

Me too.... But Howdy is correct, I think that is the only one with the HHR factory. Anything else would be afternarket.

So it is pretty much it is just a passive ignition cut right?


Goose

PASS-Key® III+
The PASS-Key® III+ system operates on a radio
frequency subject to Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Rules and with Industry Canada.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
This device complies with RSS-210 of Industry Canada.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation of the device.
Changes or modifications to this system by other than
an authorized service facility could void authorization to
use this equipment.
PASS-Key® III+ uses a radio frequency transponder in
the key that matches a decoder in your vehicle.

PASS-Key® III+ Operation
Your vehicle has PASS-Key® III+ (Personalized
Automotive Security System) theft-deterrent system.
PASS-Key® III+ is a passive theft-deterrent system.
This means you do not have to do anything special to
arm or disarm the system. It works when you insert
or remove the key from the ignition.
When the PASS-Key® III+ system senses that someone
is using the wrong key, it prevents the vehicle from
starting. Anyone using a trial-and-error method to start
the vehicle will be discouraged because of the high
number of electrical key codes.

It also has this

This is a dumb question, but when would the theft alarm go off? Ken and a friend shook our car and nothing happened. Does someone actually have to break the door lock or monkey with the ignition for it to go off? We had anti theft on our Saturn and someone broke the window on the driver side while Ken was hiking North Mountain and nothing happened, no alarm, no beeping, and the alarm was set. No one tried to steal the car, they were just looking for wallets and purses to steal. Cars get broken into weekly at North Mountain, but not to steal the car, they're just looking for money, thinking hikers might leave wallets behind.

When unlocking the car manually, either w/ key or other instrument.

Confused, so your saying if I lock the car with the remote and then try to open with the key, the alarm goes off?

Try rolling down the window, setting the alarm (beep the horn), and then try to manually unlock the door and open it from the outside. The horn should start sounding.

Yes.

I know for a fact that if I lock NEMO with the remote and open with the key his alarm goes off. Just ask my neighbors, at 11:15PM, is when it happened.

Well, an alarm that goes off using it's own smart key.......:roll: Guess I better hope the battery gives me plenty of notice before it dies...

Yeah Solman, But I think the horn only blows for like 2 minutes, and then resets.

Article in our paper here, said most people disregard car horn/theft devices because of their false alarm rate (?). Thieves just keep on doing what they intended without interruption.

Plus there's no sensor for the smart key in the door locks.

If your insurance company doesn't know, YOU need a new insurance company.

Happened to my wife last week!!! She didn't know to hit the Hazard Light button to turn it off either!!!:lol:

My father's Durango is the same. If locked with remote and not unlocked that way, alarm will go off. Learned that the hard way when I picked it up from his house while he was gone. Got some steers from the neighbors.

They list a whole bunch of stuff...doing it online...hey so easy even a caveman can do it :thumb:


Goose


PS Z-Man I like your style :one:

same as yours, except ours has a 9MM Glock

Inserting key into the ignition turns the alarm off.

Usually putting the key in the ignition will turn it off. The electric door locks on my minivan are wearing out so I don't even carry the clicker anymore. Locking the doors with the button sets the alarm. Sometimes the lock doesn't go all the way down and I wrongly think I left it unlocked. If the alarm sounds, I just put the key in the ignition and it stops. But this car will also allow me to open the door with the key, even if the alarm is set.

I had a glass break and shock sensor added to my stock alarm. You use factory remote and keep the auto start function. The factory alarm is not a content protection alarm, your window can be smashed as long as they do not open the door the alarm will not sound. Found out the hard way my 2003 Silverado pickup and $3500 worth of damage, Only more expensive cars have content protection systems my wife's M35 has one.

If they can squeeze through that window, they can take whatever they want. My deductible's only $500 and anything they're gonna grab is going to be worth either more or less and can be replaced for less than the price of an alarm.

Stupid is as stupid does. If you're like my friend who left a radar detector on the windshield of his brand new Saturn in downtown Kansas City outside a strip club called "Bazooka's", you kinda half to know there's a possibility it could get jacked. What really cracks me up are the people who have a nice aftermarket stereo, but forget to take the faceplate with them or at least hide it. Hellloooo!