Re: Trunk alarm (WAS: RE: New Owner/Member)

[Bruce Stapley <bstapley@megsinet.com>]

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, "Karp, Steve" <KarpS@1st-annapolis.com> wrote:
> I have a 98 GLX.  The trunk can be opened with all the doors locked without
> the alarm going off.  When you close the trunk, the alarm beeps once to
> confirm its armed properly.
> 
> Steve
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adam Lindsay [SMTP:adam@mindex.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 4:31 PM
> > To:   jettaglx@igtc.com
> > Subject:      Re: New Owner/Member
> >
> > ...SNIPPAGE...
> > My trunk alarm goes off if I open it with the doors still locked. Seems 
> > weird. Is there any way to switch it back so I can open my trunk with out 
> > having to unlook doors first?
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Ahah!  Another thread (besides rear door tweeters and spelling) off onto
which we can all go! (Sorry, a little grammar joke there; couldn't
resist.) So this is weird: I swear that when I first bought my 98 GLX,
the alarm would go off if I opened the trunk while it was armed, as Adam
describes. But it doesn't do that anymore. Now I get the same result as
Steve describes: when closing the trunk after opening it either with the
remote or the key, it beep-chirps and relocks the doors.

I may be on drugs about my car's behavior changing since purchase, but
since Adam's (at least) behaves differently, I wonder how many listers'
GLXs allow trunk opening while armed, and how many don't? (Note that
Steve and I posted that we have 98s, and Adam didn't mention his
vintage.) And does anyone know how to control it, since I wish mine
*did* go off, and Adam wishes his *didn't*? (I guess this'll be what
makes me finally buy that aftermarket alarm so I can roll my windows
down from 100 feet away...)

Bruce Stapley
98 blk/blk
AIM: Ugly Elvis