08 HHR won't start?
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From: Superior, WI - Over the Hill Warranty Club member
Like I stated before the factory alarm system is not really all that great. I don't even consider it an alarm system, at best it's a Theft Deterrent Device. If you break a window on the car the alarm does not go off, if you open the door the alarm does not go off. ...... If someone broke out the rear window it wouldn't be hard to pull everything out. So maybe you feel that the factory alarm is good for you but in my experience its not for me.
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Well I wouldn't say it's poor it's just not as nice as what you can get aftermarket. We are actually putting a radar in it that if someone gets within a foot of the car or so it will give a warning and if the window is left down for some reason and they stick their arm inside the car it'll go off completely. The factory alarm is at least something though.
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It might but if someone decides to not open the door which wouldn't be hard to do then the alarm wouldn't go off.
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Alarms only matter if someone is going to respond to the thing going off. Doesn't much happen these days. Owning a bunch of convertibles I've learned the best thing is to not leave anything of value in the car. And the cops will tell you that in most cases the cars that get hit are the ones not locked.
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Ah which is why the alarm we bought is a 2 way paging system :) Tells you if you left it unlocked, or if the alarm is going off all on a neat little keychain pager. Works up to a mile away too.
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Well apparently that part didn't fix it so now they are saying some fuse box under the hood they will replace it tomorrow. Seems as though he's just going through replacing all the electronics lol.
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And when the alarm goes off what are you going to do?? Run out there and stop them?? You armed??
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