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Old 6th February 2020, 13:13   #1
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Stopped off at the local tile shop to swap some edging and left our new Hound in the front passenger seat. Left the car unlocked and I could see it from the counter. All of a sudden the alarm went off - little Hound was now sitting in the driver's seat, keys were in my pocket, yet the car was locked and armed. I don't have a volumetric sensor either.


So how did he do it?
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Old 6th February 2020, 13:30   #2
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Stood on the lock button?
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Old 6th February 2020, 14:34   #3
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Nah...….. he's got the spare key
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Old 6th February 2020, 16:13   #4
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Is it because he was being a little Shih Tzu?

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Old 6th February 2020, 18:59   #5
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Stood on the lock button?

I tried that Andy, and whilst it locked the car I couldn't find a way to set off the alarm.


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Nah...….. he's got the spare key

Ha ha - he ain't that clever, yet anyway.


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Is it because he was being a little Shih Tzu?


He is, but that's puppies for you. His latest wheeze is to nick the coals from the fake fire in the lounge. Might buy him a hundredweight of anthracite to chew on for his birthday.
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Old 6th February 2020, 19:18   #6
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Don't suppose his name is Rover?
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Old 6th February 2020, 20:19   #7
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Did you lock it then unlock it?

My better half couldn't understand why her car alarm kept going off last summer on our driveway - the windows were open and the alarm went off so she unlocked it to silence the alarm. Like most cars, after an unlock, if no-one opens a door within a set time it re-locks and resets the alarm - and then a fly flies in and triggers the alarm again. She vehmently denies her car (a SEAT) has this feature but I know for sure it does. Answer was to unlock, open and close a door and then leave unlocked.
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Old 6th February 2020, 20:55   #8
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Stopped off at the local tile shop to swap some edging and left our new Hound in the front passenger seat. Left the car unlocked and I could see it from the counter. All of a sudden the alarm went off - little Hound was now sitting in the driver's seat, keys were in my pocket, yet the car was locked and armed. I don't have a volumetric sensor either.


So how did he do it?
Could he have bounced up and hit the interior light? Car senses the voltage drop and thinks the door has opened?

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Did you lock it then unlock it?

My better half couldn't understand why her car alarm kept going off last summer on our driveway - the windows were open and the alarm went off so she unlocked it to silence the alarm. Like most cars, after an unlock, if no-one opens a door within a set time it re-locks and resets the alarm - and then a fly flies in and triggers the alarm again. She vehmently denies her car (a SEAT) has this feature but I know for sure it does. Answer was to unlock, open and close a door and then leave unlocked.
I dont think our cars have this function of relocking when after unlocking and not opening a door (mine certainly doesnt - but that is not to say that the feature is there and turned off, but I havent read of this)

The fly flying into our cars wont trigger the alarm, UNLESS it has the volumeric sensors fitted, which most dont seem to have since they were a cost option. Remember on our cars, if you lock with the fob but not the key, they are deadlocked (by default - though I believe this can be disabled/enabled via t4). That means inside or out, you cannot open the doors with the inside handle - you need the key, fob or power to use the console button. Quite an effective anti-theft device but doesnt warn if the it is broken into, as the sensors would.
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Old 6th February 2020, 22:41   #9
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Don't suppose his name is Rover?

Nope - he was called Bear when we got him , but my son has a dog called Bear, so he is now Dylan.


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Did you lock it then unlock it?

Nope - drove up and got straight out.


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Could he have bounced up and hit the interior light? Car senses the voltage drop and thinks the door has opened?

That sounds plausible - I'll give it a go tomorrow by locking the car with the lock button and then turning the interior lights on.
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Old 7th February 2020, 08:29   #10
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............He is, but that's puppies for you. His latest wheeze is to nick the coals from the fake fire in the lounge. Might buy him a hundredweight of anthracite to chew on for his birthday.
I understand that a bit of coke subdues one.
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