After your post on these alarms, I had a check to see if mine was doing what it claimed it should be doing in the little booklet.
It flashes once per second, as quoted, when armed. When I unlock the car with the remote, the LED flashes about 10 times per sec (so the booklet says), which would mean they've used the optional passive arming feature, meaning if i don't open the door in 120 secs, it rearms. If I open a door, it restarts the 30 secs (why? i've opened the door) as the booklet sez, and after 30 secs, returns to the 1 flash per sec.
What puzzles me is, if I put my key in the ignition and turn it to on (not starting the engine) when its doing the 10 per sec flashing, the light turns off as it should. If it's doing the 1 per sec flashing, it doesn't go off! Any guess as to why? It doesn't report any intrusion alert codes, so that's ok. It seems to do the 1 per sec flashing when the engine is running.
Also, the booklet claims the alarm can be used to close power windows/sunroof. I have both, except only the sunroof closes, as per the standard immobiliser. Does this mean that since the immobiliser doesn't close my windows, the alarm can't either? The booklet doesn't clarify this.
I'm going to take it to my Ford dealer next Saturday, but I just wanted to know if you had any answers so I was better informed when I hassled them.
It flashes once per second, as quoted, when armed. When I unlock the car with the remote, the LED flashes about 10 times per sec (so the booklet says), which would mean they've used the optional passive arming feature, meaning if i don't open the door in 120 secs, it rearms. If I open a door, it restarts the 30 secs (why? i've opened the door) as the booklet sez, and after 30 secs, returns to the 1 flash per sec.
What puzzles me is, if I put my key in the ignition and turn it to on (not starting the engine) when its doing the 10 per sec flashing, the light turns off as it should. If it's doing the 1 per sec flashing, it doesn't go off! Any guess as to why? It doesn't report any intrusion alert codes, so that's ok. It seems to do the 1 per sec flashing when the engine is running.
Also, the booklet claims the alarm can be used to close power windows/sunroof. I have both, except only the sunroof closes, as per the standard immobiliser. Does this mean that since the immobiliser doesn't close my windows, the alarm can't either? The booklet doesn't clarify this.
I'm going to take it to my Ford dealer next Saturday, but I just wanted to know if you had any answers so I was better informed when I hassled them.