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9th August 2007, 23:10
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My Alarm is too sensative
at work I have to park on a pretty busy street at a meter, trucks are constantly passing by as well as loud enough cars. I am not sure what is causing it but my alarm goes off almost every day and I get to the window pretty quick and there are never any people near my car so I do not believe anyone is purposly doing it. Does anyone else have a similar issue? Can the alarm be made less sensative to vibrations/noise?
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10th August 2007, 05:21
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AJ, not sure as to sensitivity adjustments, (perhaps someone will chime in), but I will say that your post reminds me of an age-old joke... Patient (raising one arm): Doc, it hurts whenever I do this..
Doctor: Then don't do that.
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10th August 2007, 05:26
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lol...mine went off last week in my fenced in yard...for no reason...you dont leave your top down or windows open do you?
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10th August 2007, 15:50
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Originally Posted by m6ontheway
lol...mine went off last week in my fenced in yard...for no reason...you dont leave your top down or windows open do you?
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While I'm at work on a busy street? You may as well have just cut to the point and asked if I'm a moron, lol. NO the top and windows stay up
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10th August 2007, 19:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by m6ontheway
lol...mine went off last week in my fenced in yard...for no reason...you dont leave your top down or windows open do you?
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In honor of this thread, my alarm went off for the first time last night  
The real cause (I hope), is that the "panic" button was pressed while the remote was in my pocket. The windows opened and the trunk opened on other nights, with the same cause. I usually take the keys out of my pocket to prevent these random events 
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10th August 2007, 20:30
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While I'm at work on a busy street? You may as well have just cut to the point and asked if I'm a moron, lol. NO the top and windows stay up
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lol...sorry Anthony, had to ask!!
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12th August 2007, 19:37
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ajcut7, I had the same problem and my SA had the hood sensor adjusted and that fixed the problem.
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12th August 2007, 21:14
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ajcut7, I had the same problem and my SA had the hood sensor adjusted and that fixed the problem.
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Yep, your BMW dealer can trace (in the diagnostic memory) which sensor triggered the alarm. Years ago in my Z3 they had to adjust the hood sensor,. They figured out it triggered 17 times the alarm  almost always due to nearby passing trucks.
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17th August 2007, 04:32
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My SA said there was no hood sensor to adjust and the diagnostic showed no error messages. So basically this is going to keep happening which is absurd, I guess I will have to wait for it to happen one more time before I make a big deal out of it, which it almost certainly will tomorrow. How could he have no idea what sensors there are? I asked him to just dumb down the alarm and he said it couldnt be done.
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19th August 2007, 04:21
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There could be sensor in the glovebox that is no good. I had the same problem on my 2003 540i, what kind of test did they run?
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19th August 2007, 05:17
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A stabbing, OT response...
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Ok, call me "Mr. Nitpick", '86, but...
"Concealed" is spelled with a "c", not an "s". Imagine if the three "S"'s were also spelled with a "C" -- "Chit, Chower, and Chave"...
It loses something, don't you think  ?
PS: If you took me seriously and start calling me Mr. NitPick, I'm gonna locate an "Ice Pick", for, ahem, shall we say, an appropriate comeback...
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