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#1 (**permalink**) 18 Jul 2003, 10:35 am

Ted wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> My girlfriend has a 2000 Accord Special Edition with the factory alarm
> installed. Yesterday her alarm started randomly going off.
>
> The first time it happened she was at a fast food place. It triggered
> while she was inside and didn't respond to the remote. She found that
> the only way to turn it off was to start the car. She went back to
> work and when she turned off the car a few minutes later the same
> thing happened. The only way to get it to turn off was to start the
> car. She took the car to the Honda dealership, and they said they had
> seen the problem before and that it was somehow related to the radio
> frequency they're using at a couple fast food joints around town.
> Apparently the guy was able to turn off the alarm by unlocking the
> door with the key manually. He told her that this 'resets' the alarm.
>
> She leaves happily thinking that it's fixed. So around 1 AM last night
> it starts again. Turning the key turns it off, but it's unresponsive
> to the remote. It starts up AGAIN at 3 AM and keeps doing it until
> around 4 when it just stops for no reason. During that hour I yanked
> out random fuses(including the horn, which my neighbors appreciated

.
> It was cool until around 7 AM this morning, when it happened again.
>
> She took it BACK to the Honda place this morning, and they didn't seem
> to believe her story. They told her to let them know if it happens
> again...
>
> Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? Any insight on this would be
> greatly appreciated. Even info on how to disable the stupid thing or
> the factory alarm works would help a lot.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ted

remove the battery from the remote and see if it happenes again,
its possible a button on the remote is making intermittent connections
setting off the panic alarm feature.

#2 (**permalink**) 23 Jul 2003, 12:31 am

Thanks for the reply Mitchell. We'll give it a shot.

>"Mitchell A. Bogh; bems=137185" <mab2728@eeppf001.ca.boeing.com>
wrote in >message news:<3F1813C1.9FED9A86@eeppf001.ca.boeing.com>...
>
> remove the battery from the remote and see if it happenes again,
> its possible a button on the remote is making intermittent connections
> setting off the panic alarm feature.

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