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| 2061.1 | | MAJORS::ALFORD | lying Shipwrecked and comatose... | Mon Apr 05 1993 16:05 | 12 |
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>Do any Vauxhall owners have a GM car alarm ?
Yes...the full works
>If so, have you ever had it go *off* in the rain ?
No. Never just because of rain.
Have your system checked, it may be shorting out in the rain.
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| 2061.2 | No help here, sorry. | SBPUS4::Mark | | Mon Apr 05 1993 17:02 | 10 |
| Two things...
Yes, but only twice and on both occasions when the wind was really bad.
However, it did go through a phase of just going off. It did it about 1/2
dozen times over a weeek. Different parts of the country and then just
stopped.
Secondly, a very common car thief/vandal trick is to set the alram of in teh
early hours every night for a week and breaking into it on the 8th day when
nobody pays any attention to the alram.
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| 2061.3 | Not a bad alarm. | PEKING::ATKINSA | | Mon Apr 05 1993 17:13 | 9 |
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On my GM alarm I can set the sensitivity to hi or low.
May be yours is on Hi.
Andy...Mines only gone off once and that's when my neighbour came
home and his exhaust was shot.
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| 2061.4 | Woo Woo's caused by the wet ! | AYOU35::WARREN | | Mon Apr 05 1993 17:30 | 6 |
| Problem is, if I wash the car (with the alarm activated) it is ok ?
Very confusing !
I'll try dousing the bonnet area with hose water tonight.
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| 2061.5 | Advice I got from somewhere in here | VANGA::KERRELL | but that's not my real job | Mon Apr 05 1993 18:05 | 5 |
| If it's the wind doing it, try shutting all the vents.
Works for me.
Dave.
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| 2061.6 | I've set them off... | RDGENG::RUSLING | Dave Rusling REO2 G/E9 830-4380 | Mon Apr 05 1993 18:14 | 6 |
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The other day in Dec park, I set off a car's alarm just by pulling up behind
it prior to reversing into my parking spot (yes, I know, reversing...but that's
rospa for you). Now that's what I call sensitive.
Dave
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| 2061.7 | Another sleepness night | AYOU35::WARREN | | Tue Apr 06 1993 09:41 | 11 |
| Once again, the alarm went off last night due to the rain. Need to phone the
garage and let them look at it - they will say it's ok (as usual) and I will
not be very pleased (as usual).
I suppose this garage could qualify as the worst of the century (IMHO).
Name : Gillespies of Lenzie.
Reason : Glad to take your money, but not interested in getting problems sorted
the first time around.
Warren
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| 2061.8 | Smarter than youre average | PEKING::ATKINSA | PRC Vauxman. | Thu Aug 26 1993 18:03 | 13 |
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New Vauxhall alarm,executive 902 (coming with my Corsa as a dealer fit
option),has a new facility known as code hopping.When of these car
theive scrotes uses a frequency scanner to try to de-activate the
alarm,the 902 recognises that the transmited signal has come from an
intruders device and will then change it's frequency constantly until
the correct frequeny from the correct transmitter is recognised.
Smart eh!
Andy
That'll P!@� 'em off.
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| 2061.9 | | WIZDUM::DAVE | Durelli, Gripping Stuff !!! | Thu Aug 26 1993 20:00 | 6 |
| How does it know that the correct code is coming from the wrong device ?
What happens if you lose your alarm 'thingie' the dealer/AA man get one with the
right code, but the car identifies it as an intruder and won't open up ?
DD
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