Hello!

I have a 2007 Honda Accord VP (4 door, 4-cyl, Automatic trans, 49 state legal) that I bought new in 07. It has remote controlled door locks (and trunk, and panic alarm) on the keys. If you click the 'lock' button twice the horn chirps once as if it is setting an alarm, but there is no alarm system (nothing happens if you open the driver's door by unlocking it with the metal key for example). So, I'd like to add the Honda original alarm system. The VP does not have keyless entry nor do I need that.

I want to make sure I get the right one. It looks like there are two. I read somewhere that one is an alarm offered factory installed and the other one is also a Honda OEM part but it is an optional upgrade and has other features (such as a siren instead of just honking the horn) but I can't find any concrete information online about this.

When searching parts websites for my specific vehicle I found;
http://www.collegehillshonda.com/hon...lectronics.htm
It lists the 08E51-SDA-101A / Attachment# 08E55-SDA-100A and says:"Application: 06-07 4dr VP, LX & SE"

However, this page ( http://www.collegehillshonda.com/hon...lectronics.htm ) says 8E51-SDA-101A / Attachment 08E55-SDA-100A are for Accord LX's and
O8E55-SDA-100B / Attachment 08E55-SDA-100B are for Accord DX and VP's. However, other sites don't have any such distinction, and I noticed the 08E55-SDA-100B is harder to find. This page is for 03 to 05 Accords, and I have an 07, but I thought it was weird that the 08E51-SDA-101A is for all models (VP, LX, and SE) of 06 and 07 Accords, but ONLY for LX's if you have an '03-'05.


So my questions are;

-What is the difference between the 08E51-SDA-101A and the 08E55-SDA-100B?

-Does one have a 'real' siren vs honking the horn? Are there other differences?

-I assume I should order the 08E51-SDA-101A / Attachment# 08E55-SDA-100A for a 2007 Accord VP, right?

-Would it even be POSSIBLE to install the 08E55-SDA-100B/ Attachment 08E55-SDA-100B in this car if I wanted to?

-What comes with it if you order just the 08E51-SDA-101A? Just the alarm control box, the microphone, and a warning label for the window? Is the "Attachment" (08E55-SDA-100A) a kit of ALL the other parts I'll need to install the alarm? That is the feeling I am getting from this PDF: http://www.handa-accessories.com/acc...d-security.pdf

It gets worse :

This page:

http://www.thehondapartsstore.com/he...s=&view=normal

suggests that the alarm comes only with the alarm control box and microphone, but not the warning label for the window, which is a separate part number (08E51-SV4-1M008). It also suggests that 08E51-SDA-101A is discontinued, and it looks like it was replaced by 08E51-SDA-101R1. I am suspicious though, because when I drop '08E51-SDA-101R1' into Google, nothing really comes up, whereas the other part numbers return lots of hits.

-Is there a Honda part number for the 'kit' which includes both the alarm control box (and whatever comes with it, either the microphone only or the microphone and the warning label for the window) AND
the "Attachment" set (which appears to contain metal mounting brackets, the wiring harness, screws/bolts/ty-wraps, fuse, and fuse box label)?

-This site:
http://www.bernardiparts.com/Honda-S...6-78304b1331a8
Says in the description for the 08E51-SDA-101A that it has a "Flashing L.E.D. status light is in clear view to warn that the security system is armed. " I thought I had read that the flashing LED light was a feature of the 'upgrade' alarm which has the siren? The LED can also flash diagnostically to indicate which zone was triggered. However, in none of the PDFs did I see an LED or instructions for installing one, or any alarm programming information. Where is this info? (or is the page wrong about this alarm having an LED)?

Yes, I realize I am WAY overthinking this.
Thanks!!

 

I read all of that to tell you oem alarms suck and provide no security. Why not get something to protect the car and be about the same cost.

 

Yeah I have posted other messages because I wanted an alarm and remote start and I have to say it is looking like I should go with an aftermarket alarm with remote start module instead of the Honda OEM alarm. Better range, more features.

 

 

There you go!