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05-31-2007, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dlevi67' post='354810' date='Nov 11 2006, 11:39 AM
the alarm behaviour changes by national version. In the UK having the door unlocked - with the key - will not prevent the alarm from sounding. Quite the opposite. The alarm will shut up only when the key is recognised by the immobiliser (i.e. the engine is started).
TBH - the US alarm behaviour seems a bit self-defeating...
TBH - the US alarm behaviour seems a bit self-defeating...
It's the same on the (continental) European models - using the key to unlock the door will cause the alarm to go off, until the key is placed in the ignition and recognised by the immobiliser. Learned this the hard way once ...
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05-31-2007, 07:14 AM
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As someone who had a chip go dead in a master key (I still have that key on-hand btw) - everything works normally -until- you try to start the car. In fact, the would-be-thief might think the battery is dead. That was my initial reaction to the problem.
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