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RickyB
Can anyone tell me how to disable the car alarm for my Hyundai Matrix.
Every time a car goes pass it goes off!
Every time a car goes pass it goes off!
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Richard Steinfeld
| Can anyone tell me how to disable the car alarm for my Hyundai
Matrix.
| Every time a car goes pass it goes off!
|
I can't tell you how to disable it. But there should be some way
to reduce the sensitivity. This adjustment should solve the
problem.
Also, I want everyone on this planet who has a car alarm to learn
how to set their alarms without making so much as a peep of
noise, and also have their alarms reprogrammed for "silent
arming." Having rented cars recently due to a car accident, I'm
incredulous over the stupidity with which the American car alarms
have been factory-programmed. It goes like this:
When you unlock the doors with the remote, the headlights flash
to confirm the unlocked status. However, when you lock the doors,
the only indication is that the domelight flashes. It's a
certainty that no human will see the domelight from outside the
vehicle, even at night. This encourages the car owner to press
the remote button a second time for confirmation; this second
push blows the horn and bothers other people in the neighborhood.
I rented a Ford that was set up this way, and I found that GM
does the same thing. I believe that the Hyundai that I rented was
set up differently -- it flashed the headlights upon arming: much
better.
Richard
Matrix.
| Every time a car goes pass it goes off!
|
I can't tell you how to disable it. But there should be some way
to reduce the sensitivity. This adjustment should solve the
problem.
Also, I want everyone on this planet who has a car alarm to learn
how to set their alarms without making so much as a peep of
noise, and also have their alarms reprogrammed for "silent
arming." Having rented cars recently due to a car accident, I'm
incredulous over the stupidity with which the American car alarms
have been factory-programmed. It goes like this:
When you unlock the doors with the remote, the headlights flash
to confirm the unlocked status. However, when you lock the doors,
the only indication is that the domelight flashes. It's a
certainty that no human will see the domelight from outside the
vehicle, even at night. This encourages the car owner to press
the remote button a second time for confirmation; this second
push blows the horn and bothers other people in the neighborhood.
I rented a Ford that was set up this way, and I found that GM
does the same thing. I believe that the Hyundai that I rented was
set up differently -- it flashed the headlights upon arming: much
better.
Richard
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DK
| Can anyone tell me how to disable the car alarm for my Hyundai
Matrix.
| Every time a car goes pass it goes off!
|
I can't tell you how to disable it. But there should be some way
to reduce the sensitivity. This adjustment should solve the
problem.
The annoyance these stupid alarm systems cause is a lot less
bearable than a small risk of 1) someone breaking into the car
AND 2) the alarm preventing further damage.
Please, how can it be disabled altogether? I bought a car,
not a screaming monster that makes me think of what I should
do to avoid it screaming.
DK
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Ed Pawlowski
DK said:The annoyance these stupid alarm systems cause is a lot less
bearable than a small risk of 1) someone breaking into the car
AND 2) the alarm preventing further damage.
Please, how can it be disabled altogether? I bought a car,
not a screaming monster that makes me think of what I should
do to avoid it screaming.
DK
Simple really. Don't lock the car.
Setting the car alarm does two things. 1. It stops 75 year old grandmothers
from stealing your car, 2. It stops 9 year old and younger from stealing
your car.
Everyone else in between that wants to steal your car will know how to get
around it. I personally know of people that have had cars stolen while the
alarm was set and it was parked in a ver visible place on a busy street in
broad daylight. I saw a demo on TV showing a car thief walking up to a car
and driving it away just as fast as the guy with a key.
My unlocked cars have been broken into twice that I know of. In one case, a
had a quart of oil in the back seat and it was taken. In the second case,
some stuff from the glove box was pulled out and dropped on the floor.
Nothing taken, nothing of value in the car. Total loss was $1.
Other cars were locked. Two had broken windows. Two others had paint
damage from prying. Another time, my brother had his convertible top
slashed so a thief could take a $5 pair of sunglasses.
YMMV, but I fail to see the value of a car alarm or locking the doors.