My car is possessed

**Grashopper** · 26th October 2013, 19:01

Ok, so, I just went to get a few groceries, then put the car back in the garage, locked the garage and went to unpack the groceries.

Suddenly I hear a car alarm going off. Thought it's my neighbour's first, but then noticed it came from my garage. So go back in, still somehow thinking it must be the neighbour's car as we have adjoining garages. But no, it's my car. The thing is, I don't have a car alarm

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There is no stickers, no labels and no buttons to set it or to disarm it, no hint at all that there might be an alarm system installed. I don't have a manual, but I've always assumed that if there is no sign of a car alarm, there won't be a car alarm. I've had the car for 2 years and that hasn't happened before.

Thankfully it stopped when I pressed the lock/unlock button of the car keys. Not sure what triggered it. Maybe that I've parked really close to the lawn mower in front, so I have enough room to get the bike out, and that was a trigger point or so.

Do cars nowadays have those hidden alarm systems or is my car just jealous that I don't pay much attention to it anymore since I got into bikes? The car in question is a 2007 Hyundai Accent CRDI. I'll go and have a look at google now, but had to rant first

**SVboy** · 26th October 2013, 19:25

Better possessed than repossessed.

**Grashopper** · 26th October 2013, 20:27

Oh great, it's now about 1.5 hours later and the alarm just went off again. No one went close to the car, since I locked the garage again.

**nzspokes** · 26th October 2013, 20:28

Originally Posted by Grashopper

Hyundai

Theres your problem.

**Virago** · 26th October 2013, 20:31

Does the remote have a panic button?

**BMWST?** · 26th October 2013, 20:32

Originally Posted by Grashopper

Oh great, it's now about 1.5 hours later and the alarm just went off again. No one went close to the car, since I locked the garage again.

low volttages in modern cars can create all sorts of problems..how is that battery?

**The Reibz** · 26th October 2013, 20:33

Disconnect the negative cable from your battery for 30 mins

**nzspokes** · 26th October 2013, 20:34

Originally Posted by BMWST?

low volttages in modern cars can create all sorts of problems..how is that battery?

Fit a Shorai.

**Grashopper** · 26th October 2013, 20:51

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Theres your problem.

Hey, I'll have you know it's a great car. Quite a bit of power, great fun to drive and I haven't had any troubles with it yet.

Originally Posted by Virago

Does the remote have a panic button?

Nah, just one button that locks or unlocks the car.

Originally Posted by BMWST?

low volttages in modern cars can create all sorts of problems..how is that battery?

Good question. I'm keeping all my paper work in the office so will check tomorrow. But I don't think it got changed since I got the car nearly 2 years ago. How long do they usually last?

Originally Posted by The Reibz

Disconnect the negative cable from your battery for 30 mins

Leaving the car unlocked for now. Theoretically the alarm should not engage. Another tip I've read about was to just lock the car with the actual key, not the remote. If everything fails, I'm going into the belly of the beast and try to disconnect the battery. Why 30 minutes though?

**The Reibz** · 26th October 2013, 21:03

30 mins with no power will reset the internal computer

**Grashopper** · 26th October 2013, 21:17

Originally Posted by The Reibz

30 mins with no power will reset the internal computer

Ah, that makes sense. Cheers

**Akzle** · 26th October 2013, 21:47

buy tech that is 5-20 years old. That way by the time you get it, its cheap as shit and some other bastard has worked out the problems for you.

**nerrrd** · 26th October 2013, 22:17

Reminds me of the time my old car's horn started sounding off for no apparent reason at 5 o'clock in the morning. At first I thought it was the alarm (never really having heard the alarm go off before) so I was blearily pressing the button on the remote which did nothing. In the end I had to sit in it for a couple of hours hitting the steering wheel whenever it came on, turns out it was some kind of fault in the horn button/wiring. True, not really relevant story.

Not sure car alarms are all that useful really - mostly people ignore them when they go off, and if they've gone off isn't it already too late?

**Grashopper** · 26th October 2013, 22:52

Lol, yeah I already had a vision of me being woken up every hour or so by the car alarm. The last two hours have been quiet though, so fingers crossed.

**nzspokes** · 27th October 2013, 05:34

Originally Posted by nerrrd

Reminds me of the time my old car's horn started sounding off for no apparent reason at 5 o'clock in the morning. At first I thought it was the alarm (never really having heard the alarm go off before) so I was blearily pressing the button on the remote which did nothing. In the end I had to sit in it for a couple of hours hitting the steering wheel whenever it came on, turns out it was some kind of fault in the horn button/wiring. True, not really relevant story.

Not sure car alarms are all that useful really - mostly people ignore them when they go off, and if they've gone off isn't it already too late?

I would have just taken the plug off the horn but I guess some people just like doing things the hard way.