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 Strange car alarm issue
#945608
05/16/09 12:09 AM
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Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 3,814
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Roll Me Over
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About 5 PM I was looking out my window of my flat and a big yellow school bus passes by ------------- ............All of the sudden my Sportage alarm goes off and so does a couple of the neighbors cars <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> We all went outside to check and there was no vehicle touched or hit......Now im really <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Does anyone know if it could be a frequency from their radios or something? Just a question................ Thanks, Mike <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Strange car alarm issue
[Re: Hydra747]
#945609
05/16/09 01:07 AM
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 894
Rock Warrior
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1 word, gremlins <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />
2001 5sp. K&N stock filter 215/70/15
If your check engine light is on at least you know the light still works
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Re: Strange car alarm issue
[Re: Hydra747]
#945610
05/16/09 01:25 AM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 229
Wheeler
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IF IT WAS JUST YOUR CAR IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A FREQUENCY FROM THE BUS, BUT SINCE IT WAS UR NEIGHBORS AS WELL THEN U WOULD ALL BE THE SAME FREQUENCY AND THEIRS WOULD TURN OFF AND ON WHENEVER YOU DID YOURS, PLUS MOST ALARMS NOWADAYS HAVE A ROLLING CODE SO THAT IT DOESNT HAPPEN...MOST LIKELY VIBRATION FROM THE BUS, IVE SET OFF MANY WITH STEREO SYSTEMS THAT WERENT VERY LOUD
Lonnie
Auto Parts Professional
95 sportage sold but not forgotten
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Re: Strange car alarm issue
[Re: londart]
#945611
05/17/09 04:41 PM
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 223
Wheeler
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yea must have been the bus itself vibrating or something
i have 2 12 inch hifonics and an ma audio 1286i at 1000 watts i set off alarms all the time.. all ya have to do is rattle the glass a bit
<a href="www.pittsfieldcustomsclub.com/sportage.html" target="_blank">98 sportage</a>: warn manual hubs,upyourkia spacers, 104 tj springs, 235/75/r15 BFG T/A KO, tracker rims, cone air filter, custom cat-back with a skunk2 muffler. gonna be a 2.3L
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Re: Strange car alarm issue
[Re: k120189]
#945612
05/18/09 02:21 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 82
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Everytime i unlock my sportys door with the key it sets the alarm off.Its anoying I pulled the fuse for the alarm speaker so the lights still flash lol.Does anyone know why the alarm goes off when unlocked with the key?
01 Kia sportage,Removed front bumper,Warn manual hubs,
Soon To Come.Cb,4"lift,31's,Custom front bumper,Rock sliders,Winch,Roof rack,Hitch
Make it Break it
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Re: Strange car alarm issue
[Re: ChrisB]
#945613
05/18/09 04:11 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 645
Rock Warrior
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If it is a factory Alarm you may have a bad switch on the door lock assembly. The factory alarm can be armed and disarmed, I think, only from the drivers door.
2009 Sorento LX, 4x4, V6, Auto, Red
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Re: Strange car alarm issue
[Re: Airdale73013]
#945614
05/18/09 06:19 PM
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 598
Rock Warrior
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hydra, its just your shock sensor settings. a bus is pretty big and causes a lot of vibration as it drives by which is why your alarms went off. nothing to worry about.
any time i drive by the drug dealers escalade at the end of the block with either my car or my bike i set off his alarm due to my loud exhaust.
when i used to set them at the shop, i would set it so that a decent thump from the side of my hand on the a pillar would set it off, and a lighter bump would only trigger the warning chirps.
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