False Alarms
Moderator: RichardW
False Alarms
Sometimes after setting the alarm on my Xantia, it goes off at random periods and occasionaly settles down. If I press the alarm button on the dash to disable the ultrasonics, this stops false alarms. Is there a way to turn down the sensativity of the ultrasonics?
Similar problem on wifes Saxo. Up a number of times lst night. Disable the movement sensor, no help. There must be sensors for the 4 doors and the boot, but where are they? The rear doors have no curtesy light switch, so how is the opening of the door detected, it is detected, I tried it.
I opened the windows and unlocked the doors manually from the out side, that does not set of the alarm, only the actual opening of the door?
Any ideas, reluctant to admit defeat and take it into a garage
Chris
I opened the windows and unlocked the doors manually from the out side, that does not set of the alarm, only the actual opening of the door?
Any ideas, reluctant to admit defeat and take it into a garage
Chris
It just seems to be a vulnerable system. My 95 N Xantia had occasional false alarms from day one. The dealer said that partially covering the front cabin sensors with tiny D-shaped morsels of tape would reduce the incidence of false alarms, and indeed it seemed to work.
But the system also seems to be susceptible to short-wave radios from passing cab drivers, etc. Mine went off three times in an afternoon while I was sitting outside watching it, and EACH TIME the same lorry just happened to be passing by! Coincidence? Nope.
Mike
But the system also seems to be susceptible to short-wave radios from passing cab drivers, etc. Mine went off three times in an afternoon while I was sitting outside watching it, and EACH TIME the same lorry just happened to be passing by! Coincidence? Nope.
Mike