Question about car alarm

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:18 pm

Can anyone help me here. My girlfriend bought me a car alarm for my car for christmas and had it installed saturday. They demonstrated the car for me and every was fine. Got it home and the alarm would go off for no reason. Trying to find the culprit I watched it and put it on a timer every 30min it was going off.

The alarm does a warning alert if you get to close or bump it and then repeated attempts will signal the stage 2 alarm and so on to stage 3. The alarm is equipped with a parameter sensor and stage 3 shock sensor. I tested everything and it is working. Except the alarm going off in stage 3 mode every 30 min.

It is a Avital 2200 thanks for any help. I had it installed at best buy and I am taking it back saturday but just feel its something simple.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:50 pm

It's either set too sensitive for shock or motion, or there is something in the car changing causing the current sensing to trigger it.

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:06 pm

I don't believe its due to the sensor or shock. Because I timed them and its every 30 minutes. Has to be on a timer or something. I can't figure it out.

gbrown · Post by **gbrown** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:53 pm

What kind of car is it? Sounds like a newer Ford, some of them have a feature where after about 30 minutes the electronics goto "sleep", when this happens a pulse is sent out on the wire that is used by the alarm to detect when the door is opened and you get a false alarm ( If it was not wired correctly). The Best Buys around here is good about forgeting things like that among other things.

lance-tek · Post by **lance-tek** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:12 am

I have no knowledge to offer but I was wondering if anyone could give an opinion of the remote starters that you see at Meijer and similar stores for less than 100 bux. Do they work well and at what range? Also, how much of a pain are they to instal yourself?

-lance

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:07 pm

Originally posted by gbrown
What kind of car is it? Sounds like a newer Ford, some of them have a feature where after about 30 minutes the electronics goto "sleep", when this happens a pulse is sent out on the wire that is used by the alarm to detect when the door is opened and you get a false alarm ( If it was not wired correctly). The Best Buys around here is good about forgeting things like that among other things.

Holy crap. That has to be it. Yes it is a newer ford a 2003 Mach 1. Any more info about this "sleep".

Thanks

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:58 am

Originally posted by Cameron203
Holy crap. That has to be it. Yes it is a newer ford a 2003 Mach 1. Any more info about this "sleep".

Thanks

gbrown is right,check this out>>>>>>

"FORD, MUSTANG, 2003, Door Trigger

Use yellow/black for the driver door trigger and gray/red for the passenger door. Use both wires and diode isolate each from the GEM module,
The GEM (Generic Electronic Module) is located above the driver kick panel."

The following diagrams apply to vehicles with Body Control Modules that shut down causing false triggers
on the door and rear hatch/trunk inputs. Generally, when body control modules shut down to save power
there is a change of state on the door trigger wires that aftermarket alarms see as a false trigger. Isolating
the door switch wires using either diagram eliminates the false trigger. All diodes are rated at 1 Amp.

http://www.directechs.com/techtips/pdfs ... s/1076.pdf

gbrown · Post by **gbrown** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:20 pm

That would be the problem.

Good thing DEI password protects their dealer tech site so well, I guesss that is why it has been so slow lately.lol.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:23 pm

Originally posted by gbrown
That would be the problem.

Good thing DEI password protects their dealer tech site so well, I guesss that is why it has been so slow lately.lol.

are you able to see that pdf link in my post?

gbrown · Post by **gbrown** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:03 pm

Yep, I guess they left some back doors open.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:09 pm

Originally posted by gbrown
Yep, I guess they left some back doors open.

my company has an account there.

gbrown · Post by **gbrown** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:12 pm

yeah we do also, man they are slowwwwwww lately.

Cameron203 · Post by **Cameron203** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 11:02 pm

thanks guys alot