Just got my alarm installed few days back and i notice that sometimes when my car is parked outside, the warn away system goes off... i mean i know it'll go off if loud cars and such go by, but this will just, as it seems, randomly go off. Even when it sits in the garage, it goes off... when there is no loud noise or anything of that nature around my car...

wiring problem? sensor problem? Anyone else have this problem? it's a DEI system, but i just dont know what can cause these random warn away alerts... tia

 

its just a sensor adjustment problem... whoever installed it set the sensitivity on it too high, that usually makes the sensor freak out, it could also be the location where they put it..

DEI alarms have a lifetime warranty, just take it back to the place that installed it and let them know whats going on, they have to fix it for you for free...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fresh pizza guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its just a sensor adjustment problem... whoever installed it set the sensitivity on it too high, that usually makes the sensor freak out, it could also be the location where they put it..

DEI alarms have a lifetime warranty, just take it back to the place that installed it and let them know whats going on, they have to fix it for you for free...</TD></TR></TABLE> Ditto all the above....... it is very important how the impact sen. is installed, if installed and adjusted properly you should be able to kick a tier real hard and not trip anything, but kick the rim or crack a lug nut free and it should trip the alarm, an alarm that is always going off, [evan warning] is NFG. it will just get ignored, [everyone will just say that POS is always going off and ignore it] 94

 

thanks for the input guys... i still cant quite explain it though... could it be a faulty sensor? sometimes when it even sits in the garage, not a whisper or gust of wind in the area... and it just randomly goes off (the warn away)... so is that still an adjustment problem or a bad sensor?

 

nah, its not a bad sensor, they will all do it if their sensitivity is too high.

 

wow iv never had n e problems with my DEI (hornet) alarm, it will only go off if there is a loud thunder and thats happen once or if anybody hits or bumps my car, take it back to the place you got it installed and get it adjusted!

 

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thanks fresh pizza guy... can anyone else vouch for this also? (anyone as in someone who has experienced this or knows alarms well; no post ****** please)

just want enough verification that it is indeed sensitivity and not a defective sensor... if it is sensitivity, then i might concider leaving it for a while then before getting it tuned... if indeed it is sensitivity though, what would be the reason for it going off if there are no sources of impacts or sounds? something has to be triggering it..

thanks again guys
steven




Modified by SNsLude at 2:10 AM 3/30/2005

 

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thanks fresh pizza guy... can anyone else vouch for this also? (anyone as in someone who has experienced this or knows alarms well; no post ****** please)

just want enough verification that it is indeed sensitivity and not a defective sensor... if it is sensitivity, then i might concider leaving it for a while then before getting it tuned... if indeed it is sensitivity though, what would be the reason for it going off if there are no sources of impacts or sounds? something has to be triggering it..

thanks again guys
steven


Modified by SNsLude at 2:10 AM 3/30/2005</TD></TR></TABLE>

no problem man, im am actually an installer, and have been installing DEI alarms for 5 years now... im positive that it is the adjustment... just swing it back by the shop that installed it and have them turn it down just a bit... those things are real sensitive and a 1/4 turn of the adjustment can make a world of a difference...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SNsLude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

thanks fresh pizza guy... can anyone else vouch for this also? (anyone as in someone who has experienced this or knows alarms well; no post ****** please)

just want enough verification that it is indeed sensitivity and not a defective sensor... if it is sensitivity, then i might concider leaving it for a while then before getting it tuned... if indeed it is sensitivity though, what would be the reason for it going off if there are no sources of impacts or sounds? something has to be triggering it..

thanks again guys
steven


Modified by SNsLude at 2:10 AM 3/30/2005</TD></TR></TABLE>It may be a bad sensor, I am also an installer, for over 30 years, and although the sensor may be bad, it's probably just not mounted or adjusted properly, and evan with the car in a garage, as the car. [motor] cool down they will "ping" cause vibrations as the metals contract, have you tested, [by hitting car] how sensitive the impact is? Evan if you have to hit the car hard to trip the warn a way, it may still not be a bad sensor, just an improperly mounted one, but if very "soft" hits trip it, then it can be a mounting or adjustment problem and not a bad sensor. 94

 

wow, thanks A LOt fresh pizza and fcm i will most def. get it adjusted now...

and yes, i have tried testing by hitting the car, which is why it made me a little clueless-- i can slap the doors with some decent impact and then the warn away will trigger... so i was thinking, how on earth can the warn away randomly go off in my garage n such if i have to impact it with that much force to begin with

thanks again guys! much appreciated

 

i know what you mean... mines is way too sensetive. When my brother closes his doors in the garage my alarm sometime would warm or just go off.