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

[Chuck Simpson <csimpson@zeltech.com>]

Bruce,

Try to unlock the trunk with the alarm set.  Then keep the trunk open
for longer than 30 seconds.  The alarm SHOULD BEEP and re-arm
itself since you didn't open any other doors.  Then after the beep,
shut the trunk.  See what happens...

c-ya,

-Chuck Simpson
'98 White Jetta GLX-VR6



Bruce Stapley wrote:

> 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?
> ------- Reply Separator -----------
> 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