trunk setting off alarm?
10-22-2012, 10:18 PM
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trunk setting off alarm?
so i just installed a clifford matrix 12.5x alarm on my 95 integra.
the alarm keeps going off for some wierd reason and whenever it goes off it say "trunk" on the LCD screen. its pissing off the nieghbors and i dont know why it does it. me and a friend installed it. we didnt hook up the trunk sensor. i dont even think it came with wiring for one. is this a common problem?
the alarm keeps going off for some wierd reason and whenever it goes off it say "trunk" on the LCD screen. its pissing off the nieghbors and i dont know why it does it. me and a friend installed it. we didnt hook up the trunk sensor. i dont even think it came with wiring for one. is this a common problem?
10-24-2012, 08:58 AM
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Re: trunk setting off alarm?
Install error or faulty alarm brain if there is no trigger input on that sensor. Could also be bad grounding on the alarm or bad main car battery, Is there a back up battery on this alarm setup?
10-25-2012, 08:17 PM
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Re: trunk setting off alarm?
On board shock sensor. Send the brain to dei and have them warrant it. Or take it back to the dealer you bought it from.
10-28-2012, 02:35 AM
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10-28-2012, 09:29 AM
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Re: trunk setting off alarm?
If you did not buy from an authorized DEI dealer, and especially off eBay, you have no guarantee that what you are getting is even a real DEI alarm, even if it is it can easily be a defective unit, pulled by DEI and sold as salvage, then purchased by an eBay vendor and sold as "new in a box/never opened", this is a far more common practice then you would think.
This is how it works, DEI finds a problem with a DEI alarm, something like a diode was installed backwards, they pull all the units in that production line, serial number A to serial number B, the cost of repair is not worth it so the whole production run is sold the the highest bidder as salvage, a buyer will disassemble the units reselling the parts, things like the case will be resold to the assembly plant the builds DEI alarms, same goes for the remotes, although you can find them on places like eBay also.
However, in some cases, far to often, there is more money to be made by the salvage buyer by reselling the complete unit, no labour costs to disassemble, so if he buys for pennies on the dollar and sells for even dimes on the dollar, there is huge profit for relatively little cost, the eBay vendor then resells them, "real cheap" compared to the authorized DEI dealer, the result is that you end up with a unit that had this problem of a diode installed backwards that causes the alarm to be triggered by the trunk trigger, even if it is not connected.
Now the eBay vendor, even if not an authorized dealer, will offer "warranty", send it back and they will replace it with a new one, the problem is, it will be of the same production run, same probem, and at some point the eBay vendor will have sold, [or replaced] all the units he has and will be gone.
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This is how it works, DEI finds a problem with a DEI alarm, something like a diode was installed backwards, they pull all the units in that production line, serial number A to serial number B, the cost of repair is not worth it so the whole production run is sold the the highest bidder as salvage, a buyer will disassemble the units reselling the parts, things like the case will be resold to the assembly plant the builds DEI alarms, same goes for the remotes, although you can find them on places like eBay also.
However, in some cases, far to often, there is more money to be made by the salvage buyer by reselling the complete unit, no labour costs to disassemble, so if he buys for pennies on the dollar and sells for even dimes on the dollar, there is huge profit for relatively little cost, the eBay vendor then resells them, "real cheap" compared to the authorized DEI dealer, the result is that you end up with a unit that had this problem of a diode installed backwards that causes the alarm to be triggered by the trunk trigger, even if it is not connected.
Now the eBay vendor, even if not an authorized dealer, will offer "warranty", send it back and they will replace it with a new one, the problem is, it will be of the same production run, same probem, and at some point the eBay vendor will have sold, [or replaced] all the units he has and will be gone.
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10-28-2012, 10:08 AM
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Re: trunk setting off alarm?
If you did not buy from an authorized DEI dealer, and especially off eBay, you have no guarantee that what you are getting is even a real DEI alarm, even if it is it can easily be a defective unit, pulled by DEI and sold as salvage, then purchased by an eBay vendor and sold as "new in a box/never opened", this is a far more common practice then you would think.
This is how it works, DEI finds a problem with a DEI alarm, something like a diode was installed backwards, they pull all the units in that production line, serial number A to serial number B, the cost of repair is not worth it so the whole production run is sold the the highest bidder as salvage, a buyer will disassemble the units reselling the parts, things like the case will be resold to the assembly plant the builds DEI alarms, same goes for the remotes, although you can find them on places like eBay also.
However, in some cases, far to often, there is more money to be made by the salvage buyer by reselling the complete unit, no labour costs to disassemble, so if he buys for pennies on the dollar and sells for even dimes on the dollar, there is huge profit for relatively little cost, the eBay vendor then resells them, "real cheap" compared to the authorized DEI dealer, the result is that you end up with a unit that had this problem of a diode installed backwards that causes the alarm to be triggered by the trunk trigger, even if it is not connected.
Now the eBay vendor, even if not an authorized dealer, will offer "warranty", send it back and they will replace it with a new one, the problem is, it will be of the same production run, same probem, and at some point the eBay vendor will have sold, [or replaced] all the units he has and will be gone. 94
This is how it works, DEI finds a problem with a DEI alarm, something like a diode was installed backwards, they pull all the units in that production line, serial number A to serial number B, the cost of repair is not worth it so the whole production run is sold the the highest bidder as salvage, a buyer will disassemble the units reselling the parts, things like the case will be resold to the assembly plant the builds DEI alarms, same goes for the remotes, although you can find them on places like eBay also.
However, in some cases, far to often, there is more money to be made by the salvage buyer by reselling the complete unit, no labour costs to disassemble, so if he buys for pennies on the dollar and sells for even dimes on the dollar, there is huge profit for relatively little cost, the eBay vendor then resells them, "real cheap" compared to the authorized DEI dealer, the result is that you end up with a unit that had this problem of a diode installed backwards that causes the alarm to be triggered by the trunk trigger, even if it is not connected.
Now the eBay vendor, even if not an authorized dealer, will offer "warranty", send it back and they will replace it with a new one, the problem is, it will be of the same production run, same probem, and at some point the eBay vendor will have sold, [or replaced] all the units he has and will be gone.
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Re: trunk setting off alarm?
update: so i was tinkering around and when i unplug the hood pin the alarm seems to work properly. wont go off or say anything about the trunk, and when armed it gives one beep, before it gave two beeps. so problem solved...but now the question is why did this happen. and how do i fix it so i can use a hood pin
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Re: trunk setting off alarm?
Are you using the H2/2 gray hood pin lead for the hood?
If so, what are you using the H1/7 blue instant trigger, [trunk trigger] lead for? 94
If so, what are you using the H1/7 blue instant trigger, [trunk trigger] lead for? 94
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Re: trunk setting off alarm?
it does sound like you have a faulty hood pin switch, or wasn't properly installed. see where the hood makes contact with the hood pin should be solid if you have those heatsheild padding material attached to the bottom of the hood and it's hitting the hood pin then need to relocate the hood pin elsewhere.
you don't really need hood pin unless you got a remote start, and even if someone was to break into the car to get under the hood you gotta get into the car to pop the hood anyways, so the door trigger is all you really need
you don't really need hood pin unless you got a remote start, and even if someone was to break into the car to get under the hood you gotta get into the car to pop the hood anyways, so the door trigger is all you really need
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