A better way to know when you locked your car or not - Page 2 - 6SpeedOnline

Jun 24, 2013 | 09:01 PM

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sixgun95

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Things you don't know. Guess its time to read the manual again.

Jun 25, 2013 | 04:35 AM

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If you're near your car, just look through a side window or the rear window to see if the red alarm system LED is blinking, which indicates that the car is locked and the alarm is active.

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Jun 25, 2013 | 05:48 AM

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The service rep at my Porsche dealer said they could program the horn to beep when the doors are locked by the key fob.

Jun 25, 2013 | 06:35 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuvok

The service rep at my Porsche dealer said they could program the horn to beep when the doors are locked by the key fob.

Call him out on it and have him do it. No one has done it so far.

Jun 25, 2013 | 06:36 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alpine-al

If you're near your car, just look through a side window or the rear window to see if the red alarm system LED is blinking, which indicates that the car is locked and the alarm is active.

Good idea at night...but light is very difficult, if not impossible, to see in the bright daylight.

Jun 25, 2013 | 10:27 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by slicky rick

I used to always wait for the 2 flashes or one flash to know when i have locked my car or not. Now i have a better way. Pretty sure others have noted this but i will share. Wen you press the key fob and the signal lights immediately flash its open. If you press no immediate light, its locked. Thats it. Still i wish we could hve sound so all one has gotto do is listen even if a bit away from your car.

Yeah, but no light could also mean that the key fob button was not appropriately pressed. How do you confirm that?

Jun 25, 2013 | 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by sameerg

Yeah, but no light could also mean that the key fob button was not appropriately pressed. How do you confirm that?

the discussion was about a delay in the flash not the lack of a flash.

Jun 25, 2013 | 10:47 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jhbrennan

the discussion was about a delay in the flash not the lack of a flash.

Yup it was. My bad

Jun 25, 2013 | 02:10 PM

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i used my durametric pro on my 07 to change code so windows go up when you hold
the remote to lock & go down when you unlock- love this feature & added benefit is i always know if it's locked.

Jun 25, 2013 | 02:36 PM

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JustinCase is infamous around these parts

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgrpph

i used my durametric pro on my 07 to change code so windows go up when you hold
the remote to lock & go down when you unlock- love this feature & added benefit is i always know if it's locked.

Not so good in Seattle, though.

Jun 25, 2013 | 05:36 PM

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ha- didn't think about weather issues- as we rarely have any! You do need to hold down the remote a bit longer to get windows up/down- so you do have option-