My Car is a Slut! (WRX Alarm)
01-27-2003, 02:19 PM
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My Car is a ****! (WRX Alarm)
My stock car alarm is pretty cute.. She honks playfully at all the really big trucks that drive by and shake her up with their powerfull exhaust. Even getting excited and going off occasionally when a big truck sticks around and works her over for a bit. But then if I accidentally arm her at the gas station, the cheap **** lets me flip open her fuel lid, pop off her gas cap, ram my filler spout in and then fill her with fluids. All that jabbing and sloshing, but not a single warning sound from her..
So is there a way to tune my factor alarm or do I just live with it until I can afford a nice alarm+starter combo?
So is there a way to tune my factor alarm or do I just live with it until I can afford a nice alarm+starter combo?
01-27-2003, 02:25 PM
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the shock sensor is many aftermarket alarms is adjustable..I am assuming it should be adjustable on the factory one also...check under the dash and look as the module and see if there is a little **** that u can turn, that is most likely an adjustment for sensitivity...
01-27-2003, 02:50 PM
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if I remember correctly the shock sensor is in the center console under or neat the e-brake handle. Check Subaruparts.com or subaruwrxparts.com for the instructions and pdf. I am not sure of the adjustability of the sensor.
01-27-2003, 03:27 PM
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I have the subaru factory alarm installation notes that my dealer left behind in the car when I had them slap an alarm into my 2nd WRX as a last moment deal-maker. So I have the exact location of the only "adjustment" screw but it says that it is pre-adjusted from the factory and that the screw should never need to be touched under any circumstances.
I don't want to make it more sensitive, because it's already going off due to exhaust noise.. I'm sure it drains the battery and makes my car a lot less apealing to my neighbors. I also don't want people to be able to play around with the gas spout and not have the alarm even chirp at them.. Perhaps a method to block the audible vibrations, allowing more sensitivity? Someone else must have hit this problem and played with it!
I don't want to make it more sensitive, because it's already going off due to exhaust noise.. I'm sure it drains the battery and makes my car a lot less apealing to my neighbors. I also don't want people to be able to play around with the gas spout and not have the alarm even chirp at them.. Perhaps a method to block the audible vibrations, allowing more sensitivity? Someone else must have hit this problem and played with it!
01-27-2003, 03:40 PM
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if it only has 1 control then yes...it will make it more sensitive which may make it chirp when the gas door is played with, but it will also make the sensitivity a lot worse also...it will go off to a lot of things that it shouldnt be going off to...
01-27-2003, 03:49 PM
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It's a shock sensor not a motion sensor. It's not supposed to go off unless it's a substantial hit like a broken window or someone hitting it w/ a car. Motion sensors tend to go off all the time which is why they really don't use them anymore.
From here:
http://allsubaru.com/faq.html
Cut and paste:
The security system control unit has a built-in shock sensor. Once the system is armed, the shock sensor will trigger an alarm if there is a physical shock to the vehicle (such as broken glass or forced entry). There are two alarm levels for the shock sensor; warning and alarm. In warning mode, the alarm detects a lower level of vibration and triggers 2 warning chips from the horn and two vehicle light flashes. In alarm mode, higher levels of shock are detected and the system will go into full alarm.
From here:
http://allsubaru.com/faq.html
Cut and paste:
The security system control unit has a built-in shock sensor. Once the system is armed, the shock sensor will trigger an alarm if there is a physical shock to the vehicle (such as broken glass or forced entry). There are two alarm levels for the shock sensor; warning and alarm. In warning mode, the alarm detects a lower level of vibration and triggers 2 warning chips from the horn and two vehicle light flashes. In alarm mode, higher levels of shock are detected and the system will go into full alarm.
Last edited by Peaty; 01-27-2003 at 03:52 PM.
01-27-2003, 09:28 PM
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yep the factory alarm is a shock sensor, not a motion one. when i just upgraded it, i didnt know and was rocking the car to see how sensitive it was. when i found out it was a shock sensor, i kicked the tire and it horned.
the motion sensor is under the center console. just take a screw driver and adjust how sensitive you want it.
the motion sensor is under the center console. just take a screw driver and adjust how sensitive you want it.
01-28-2003, 04:17 AM
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Originally posted by ScoobyBoy
yep the factory alarm is a shock sensor, not a motion one. when i just upgraded it, i didnt know and was rocking the car to see how sensitive it was. when i found out it was a shock sensor, i kicked the tire and it horned.
the motion sensor is under the center console. just take a screw driver and adjust how sensitive you want it.
yep the factory alarm is a shock sensor, not a motion one. when i just upgraded it, i didnt know and was rocking the car to see how sensitive it was. when i found out it was a shock sensor, i kicked the tire and it horned.
the motion sensor is under the center console. just take a screw driver and adjust how sensitive you want it.
Have a look here and notice it says Shock Sensor and no where Motion sensor:
http://www.scoobymods.com/mods/wrx/f...002isecsys.pdf
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01-28-2003, 06:00 PM
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So nobody here has actually experienced the problem and resolved it without buying another car alarm?
I'm going to try stuffing the alarm area with insulation in hopes of making it less sensitive to audible vibrations. Then I will try turning up the sensitivity to make it respond to real threats.
I'm going to try stuffing the alarm area with insulation in hopes of making it less sensitive to audible vibrations. Then I will try turning up the sensitivity to make it respond to real threats.
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