Alarm system goes off ?
08-04-2007, 05:57 AM
#7
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Join Date: 05-13-2006
Location: Chicago,IL
Posts: 2,334
If you lock the door using the door lock button, it will alarm whenever you open a door, some sorta intruder/tamper feature, I had this problem my first week because we only got one key and the fob was at the dealers, long story...
Anyway, don`t use that button, that should solve you problem.
Anyway, don`t use that button, that should solve you problem.
08-04-2007, 07:41 AM
#9
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Join Date: 05-25-2007
Location: Ontario
Posts: 181
Safety. It's the only thing that makes a factory 'alarm' usefull as an anti theft device. This way, if someone defeats the lock with a screwdriver or crow bar, it still sounds until you put the real key in the ignition.
My Jetta didn't have this feature, and someone broke in to it one fall evening, in my driveway, which is right underneath my open bedroom window. Woke up to an undrivable car that had to be towed away and had about $3000 damage.
That's what happens when factory alarms turn off with the key in the door
My Jetta didn't have this feature, and someone broke in to it one fall evening, in my driveway, which is right underneath my open bedroom window. Woke up to an undrivable car that had to be towed away and had about $3000 damage.
That's what happens when factory alarms turn off with the key in the door
08-04-2007, 08:59 AM
#10
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Join Date: 07-21-2006
Location: Ft Walton Bch FL
Posts: 1,708
Why use the key? Because sooner or later, the motor in the door will start to fail and the only way into the car is with the key. This is happening in my 9-year-old minivan.
I have always locked all my cars with the door button. I hate that the horn sounds when I use the remote. The alarm is engaged same as if I used the remote. I know because the alarm light is on and I've tripped it once or twice when the lock didn't go down all the way. However, it does save the battery in the remote. I only use it half the time!
I have always locked all my cars with the door button. I hate that the horn sounds when I use the remote. The alarm is engaged same as if I used the remote. I know because the alarm light is on and I've tripped it once or twice when the lock didn't go down all the way. However, it does save the battery in the remote. I only use it half the time!