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RE: Locking tank door and beepless alarm
Hey Tom,
Has your alarm ever gone off? Have you tried the "panic" mode to see if the
alarm will sound? The reason I am asking is that there is a separate horn
for the alarm. Maybe your car horn works fine, but your alarm horn might be
dead.
Kevin Ng
97 GLX Windsor Blue
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cyng [SMTP:cyng@lamere.net]
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 1998 7:57 AM
> To: JettaGLX list
> Subject: Re: Locking tank door and beepless alarm
>
> >Tom, just another thought. Your alarm may not be covering all areas of
> your
> >car. For example, if the pin in your trunk is not fully depressed or
> >not functioning, the alarm will arm but not cover the non functioning
> area.
> >One
> >area in specific I have heard others have a probolem with is the pin in
> the
> >hood.
> >Check to see if it fully depresses when the hood is closed - it tends to
> >bend
> >down with the hood constantly being opened and closed. If your head unit
> is
> >not the problem it is probably somewhere else.
>
> All areas if protection do indeed work. Easy to check, too. Pop the hood
> but
> don't open it, lock the door, open the hood. Hit the trunk-opening button,
> lock the doors, open the trunk. Close each door slightly, lock a front
> door,
> open any other door. I think that the LED by the driver's-side locking
> knob
> would not blink when armed if the system was not fully operational. I'm
> thinking it's just a fluke (or that it's the stereo thing like one person
> suggested - that all I'd need to do is pull the head unit, and push it
> back
> into place). 1), I like it sans beep. 2) I don't NEED a car alarm in my
> corner of the globe. It's a quirk ... a feature, not a bug. *grin*
>
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