Poor Factory Alarm
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Poor Factory Alarm
Question :What if one reaches in through an open window and sets of the alarm then fastly pushes the open door button in the middleconsole , doesnt this deactivate the alarm ?
I have heard that you easily can also deactivate the alarm manipulating the door lockcylinder with a screwdriver for example ( Audi is told to have very poor locks, known problem in A4 mod)
I have an extra alarm in my TT180 that is conected to the sentral locking and use this one to close the car, this alarm is activated even if i open the car with the key unlike the factory alarm !
I also have seperate immobilizer that is deactivated by pushing a combination of buttons of the original electrical circuits, this one is activated again if I leave the car with the motor running (connected to the door open sensor) and shuts the car of after 45 seconds ( good if you are forced out of the car with ignition key in, robber wont get far )
I have heard that you easily can also deactivate the alarm manipulating the door lockcylinder with a screwdriver for example ( Audi is told to have very poor locks, known problem in A4 mod)
I have an extra alarm in my TT180 that is conected to the sentral locking and use this one to close the car, this alarm is activated even if i open the car with the key unlike the factory alarm !
I also have seperate immobilizer that is deactivated by pushing a combination of buttons of the original electrical circuits, this one is activated again if I leave the car with the motor running (connected to the door open sensor) and shuts the car of after 45 seconds ( good if you are forced out of the car with ignition key in, robber wont get far )
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I beg to differ
A recent article from UK's AutoExpress did a large security test on most cars on UK roads:
The 50-car test, carried out by Auto Express and security firm Market Lock and Safe, included the UK’s top-selling cars, plus the latest models on the market. One of these, the Fabia, claimed the ‘most secure car’ title after experts gave up trying to break in after five minutes. But the Jaguar took only eight seconds to crack, while the Mercedes failed to last three seconds!
Auto Express editor in chief David Johns said: “We have shown that 60 per cent of Britain’s most popular models can be broken into within two minutes, using tools easily available to any thief. Even more worryingly, half the cars were cracked within 25 seconds and a third were opened in less than 10 seconds.”
Their results for the TT, although now removed from the web-site (to make you buy the mag!) were 5 mins +.
I would presume the 'door-unlock' button in the centre consol only works if the doors were previously locked by that button.
The 50-car test, carried out by Auto Express and security firm Market Lock and Safe, included the UK’s top-selling cars, plus the latest models on the market. One of these, the Fabia, claimed the ‘most secure car’ title after experts gave up trying to break in after five minutes. But the Jaguar took only eight seconds to crack, while the Mercedes failed to last three seconds!
Auto Express editor in chief David Johns said: “We have shown that 60 per cent of Britain’s most popular models can be broken into within two minutes, using tools easily available to any thief. Even more worryingly, half the cars were cracked within 25 seconds and a third were opened in less than 10 seconds.”
Their results for the TT, although now removed from the web-site (to make you buy the mag!) were 5 mins +.
I would presume the 'door-unlock' button in the centre consol only works if the doors were previously locked by that button.
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Factory alarm waste of money...
While audis own is not worth crap !
My fathers A6 was recently stolen and never seen again , it had factory alarm and immobilizer....
And the factory alarm does NOT react on if the car is towed away nor if someone tries to steel the tires etc
And it sound like someone is honking the horn...
By the way the factory alarm is not aproved by swedish insurance companies, so thats another reason why....
etc
duh..
My fathers A6 was recently stolen and never seen again , it had factory alarm and immobilizer....
And the factory alarm does NOT react on if the car is towed away nor if someone tries to steel the tires etc
And it sound like someone is honking the horn...
By the way the factory alarm is not aproved by swedish insurance companies, so thats another reason why....
etc
duh..