Is anybody having problems with the alarm going off for no reason?
12-07-2005, 09:13 PM
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Posted earlier-had another weird experience-my alarm went off again in my garage. Garage locked and alarm on(garage had been open prior). Started microwave and it did it again-second time with alarm on starting microwave in kitchen....about 12/14 feet from car....
JJ in SA Texas
PS-I have an A3 and the alarm never goes off when it has alarm on and I start microwave....
JJ in SA Texas
PS-I have an A3 and the alarm never goes off when it has alarm on and I start microwave....
02-19-2007, 09:25 PM
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waking up thread....
i have had a problem almost every night with my alarm going off for no apparant reason at all. no cell phone in the car, windows and sunroof closed....its really weird...and annoying. the only thing i can think that changed, cause it never did that before, is that i accidentally drained the battery to the point where it wouldnt start. Had to roll it down a hill and pop the clutch to get her going. havent had any battery issues as of lately, but the damn alarm thing is driving me nuts! guess ill have to have the dealership check for codes...
i have had a problem almost every night with my alarm going off for no apparant reason at all. no cell phone in the car, windows and sunroof closed....its really weird...and annoying. the only thing i can think that changed, cause it never did that before, is that i accidentally drained the battery to the point where it wouldnt start. Had to roll it down a hill and pop the clutch to get her going. havent had any battery issues as of lately, but the damn alarm thing is driving me nuts! guess ill have to have the dealership check for codes...
02-19-2007, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
Okay, here's a dumb question. Having never heard it, what does the alarm sound like? Is it the standard, common pulsed horn beep accompanied by synchronized flashing lights that everyone ignores except when they're trying to sleep?
Make that two of us. I didn't know there was an alarm.
02-19-2007, 09:53 PM
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Let us know what you find out. Mine has continued to go off intermittently with no apparent reason - sometimes several times in a couple days, then not at all for a while.
02-20-2007, 04:28 AM
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I heard of this in a long-term test report from some auto journal. They got it fixed under warranty and it was a known issue from what they said. Water got on some sensor that wasn't sealed propertly and it rusted and thus caused this problem.
02-20-2007, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jjporsch43
Posted earlier-had another weird experience-my alarm went off again in my garage. Garage locked and alarm on(garage had been open prior). Started microwave and it did it again-second time with alarm on starting microwave in kitchen....about 12/14 feet from car....
JJ in SA Texas
PS-I have an A3 and the alarm never goes off when it has alarm on and I start microwave....
JJ in SA Texas
PS-I have an A3 and the alarm never goes off when it has alarm on and I start microwave....
If it's setting of your alarm, through walls, at 12-14 feet!!
What's it doing to your more personal items ?
02-20-2007, 06:54 PM
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i talked to the shop today and they said that there is a known connection between a short or something in the horn and some sort of ring? sorry so vague...ill post more when I get it figured out and fixed.
02-20-2007, 07:13 PM
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I started the thread, but now have another issue. The dealer had no explanation for random alarm activation, but since then the high-pitched half of the horn has quit working altogether (which, if I'm not mistaken, is the alarm sound). Just a low, mono-tone, American-sounding horn now. I'll be bringing the car in for another service soon; I'll let y'all know what they say...
02-20-2007, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed
If you double lock the doors in quick succession it disables the cockpit motion sensor. Meant to be used when you leave pets in the car and don't want them setting off the alarm.
01-23-2011, 09:48 AM
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Hey MadPorsche, I responded over at Renntech. If you have access to a durametric tool or PIWIS at the dealer, you can find out which sensor is tripping the alarm. There's a trunk switch sensor both in the trunk and in the cabin in the trunk release mechanism. There is also a motion sensor in the the arm rest storage area which can sometimes become faulty with use. As I alluded to on Renntech, my problem was/is the cabin trunk switch.
01-23-2011, 09:55 AM
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Hey MadPorsche, I responded over at Renntech. If you have access to a durametric tool or PIWIS at the dealer, you can find out which sensor is tripping the alarm. There's a trunk switch sensor both in the trunk and in the cabin in the trunk release mechanism. There is also a motion sensor in the the arm rest storage area which can sometimes become faulty with use. As I alluded to on Renntech, my problem was/is the cabin trunk switch.
However, was the problem covered by the factory warranty?
