Alarming problem!

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 09:58

Like the title everyone?! s:D

s:D

Is anybody else having the same problem we're having in this heavy rain?

Symptoms: Heavy rain pouring on soft top causes alarm to go off at random... usually at about 4am which is really starting to p*ss me off s:x :x s:x (and the neighbours! s:lol: :lol: s:lol: )

Is there anything we can do about it? is the alarm over-sensitive or do we just have to put up with it?

?

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 10:05

Car Cover,

Argos, £30.

markiii · August 23, 2004, 10:12

microwave sensor is too sensitive, you need to turn it dowwn.

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 10:14

where is the sensor on the 'two' ? I think mine needs turning up

markiii · August 23, 2004, 10:20

mines an imprt so will be different, on the UK 'm not sure

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 10:27

cheers Mark, anyone else know? in the celica it was in the centre tunnel. but no sign of it there in the two.

The amount of people who were stretching into my car at MR2004 to point out gauges etc to their mates without the alarm going of was a little worrying.

markiii · August 23, 2004, 10:37

Problem is Perry all teh obviosu places I can think of will already have been ruled out, as you've already had 50% of teh car in bits s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

are we sure teh 03 has one?

kanujunkie · August 23, 2004, 12:14

Quote from: "markiii"are we sure the 03 has one?

definatley does guys, if i open my garage without touching the car, then i suddenly have this problem where i go deaf.

when i brought the car, i was told that the microwave bubble that is formed when the alarm is activated, grows to fill the space that the cars in, unless it's in the open air where it goes to a preset size.
I'm not convinced that they would put such technology in the car but it does seem to be true as i mentioned above about my garage.

thoughts s:?: :?: s:?:

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 12:17

Erm,

Thats a pretty good alarm if its true. Mine only goes off when i put pressure on the seats, or maybe close the bonnet, or throw a bucket of water at it.

kanujunkie · August 23, 2004, 12:28

totaly true mate, i just open the garage door and go deaf, but you can touch the car outdoors and it wont unless you put your hand thru an open window

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 12:52

it defo has a m/wave sensor as this is turned off if you click the key 3 times. its just where the adjustment unit is, is the question?

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 13:13

When mine went off randomly when I got the car, the garage said it was behind the drivers seat somethere.
Not that it narrows it down that much - soz.

J

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 13:40

I did hear that it was behind/under the drivers cubby, but when working on the fuel tank I didnt see anything that stuck out?

crankshaft · August 23, 2004, 16:06

Remove the Driver's side cubby hole door, and you will find the sensor behind the carpet behind the drivers seet, mounted to the vertical cross panel.

It's a black box, from memory about 100mm long x 50 wide x 15mm deep and there's a black knob on the front with white graduations representing the sensitivity.

I have not tried but I guess you would turn it anticlockwise to reduce the sensitivity.

I ran my amplifier cables down the centre console and noticed this when I stripped everything out.

Crankshaft.

Darth Paul · August 23, 2004, 16:46

Quote from: "kanujunkie"
Quote from: "markiii"are we sure the 03 has one?

definatley does guys, if i open my garage without touching the car, then i suddenly have this problem where i go deaf.

when i brought the car, i was told that the microwave bubble that is formed when the alarm is activated, grows to fill the space that the cars in, unless it's in the open air where it goes to a preset size.
I'm not convinced that they would put such technology in the car but it does seem to be true as i mentioned above about my garage.

thoughts s:?: :?: s:?:

I'd never thought of this. I always assumed that the alarm sounded when I opened the garage door because of a sudden in-rushing of air 'deforming' the soft top. When I open the garage door slowly it doesn't happen. Like-wise it doesn't happen when the hard top is on. s:? :? s:?

markiii · August 23, 2004, 16:50

I've had teh same issue,

interestingly if I arm the house alarm in teh garage it also sets of my car alarm.

Comer · August 23, 2004, 17:15

Yep my aftermarket microwave alarm goes off if I open the garage door before switching off the alarm. Not very popular in my road on a weekend morning!!!

Another 'feature' of my alarm. I left my mobile in the centre console whilst shopping (tut tut) and when my missus returned to the car she tried ringing me to find out which shop I was still in. At that time the alarm went off and she could set it off whenever she rang or sent a text to my phone in the car s:shock: :shock: s:shock:

Anonymous · August 23, 2004, 17:37

Quote from: "crankshaft"Remove the Driver's side cubby hole door, and you will find the sensor behind the carpet behind the drivers seet, mounted to the vertical cross panel.

It's a black box, from memory about 100mm long x 50 wide x 15mm deep and there's a black knob on the front with white graduations representing the sensitivity.

I have not tried but I guess you would turn it anticlockwise to reduce the sensitivity.

I ran my amplifier cables down the centre console and noticed this when I stripped everything out.

Crankshaft.

cheers dude! I ran wiresround there myself and didnt notice it, I obviously didnt pull enough carpet back. cheers!

Anonymous · September 26, 2004, 21:33

Sorry to sound really thick ... but what is the Driver's side cubby hole door?
Do you mean the luggage compartment ?
s:D

s:D

Darth Paul · September 26, 2004, 23:51

Quote from: "leon_judge"Sorry to sound really thick ... but what is the Driver's side cubby hole door?
Do you mean the luggage compartment ?
s:D s:D

The storage bins behind the seats. The driver's side one. s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Anonymous · March 26, 2005, 08:22

Quote from: "kanujunkie"
Quote from: "markiii"are we sure the 03 has one?

definatley does guys, if i open my garage without touching the car, then i suddenly have this problem where i go deaf.

when i brought the car, i was told that the microwave bubble that is formed when the alarm is activated, grows to fill the space that the cars in, unless it's in the open air where it goes to a preset size.
I'm not convinced that they would put such technology in the car but it does seem to be true as i mentioned above about my garage.

thoughts s:?: :?: s:?:

13 months of putting my car in the garage with car alarm set, no problems no activations.
Now everytime I open the up & over garage door the alarm sounds.
Does anybody know why s:?: :?: s:?:

Anonymous · March 26, 2005, 08:34

Our car has done the opposite - for the first few months that we had it, the alarm would go off every time you opened the garage door. Recently, it's stopped doing it. Weird, huh?!

roger · March 26, 2005, 12:41

Quote from: "DavidM"13 months of putting my car in the garage with car alarm set, no problems no activations.
Now everytime I open the up & over garage door the alarm sounds.
Does anybody know why s:?: :?: s:?:

Just to confirm what has been said before, if you leave the top down or windows open, disable the interior "microwave bubble" by pressing the lock button a third time (indicators flash twice).

If the car is all closed up, I guess perhaps it is just sensitivity gone awry, or a pressurised garage s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Alarming problem!

Darth Paul

Darth Paul