Broken Car Alarm

mattsherberg43 · July 2009

So, it seems that once a day or so, my car alarm is going off for no reason. I'm sure I'm pissing off the neighbors.

I don't know if I have a short or what.

Anybody know a good place to get this checked out? South Slope/WT is easiest

owler · July 2009

brooklyngigcenter · July 2009

Try Milennium on 3rd ave around 3rd st.

vita · July 2009

^thanks

doo · July 2009

Take it out and smash it to pieces please.

longtimesloper · July 2009

Exactly the reason why I had mine removed. It wasn't worth fixing it.

jcbaritone · July 2009

how do i take it out?

longtimesloper · July 2009

I had my mechanic remove it, it went off all the time and was annoying as hell. Besides, have you ever seen someone call a cop after hearing a car alarm go off? LOL I don't think they stop anyone from staeling a car.

tlissy12 · July 2009

yah, I"m ok with removing it. my car is 10 years old with no break ins ever (hope I didn't jinx myself). I just imagine it's pissing people off and i want to shut it up

where is your mechanic?

puckbrooklyn · July 2009

This was happening to my car about a year ago, I'm pretty sure it was due to the fact that my battery was dying. Ending up replacing the battery and it has never happened again.

longtimesloper · July 2009

I sent you a PM Flexi

shayob · July 2009

got it, thanks!

puck, is there way to know if your battery is dying (before it actually dies)?

longtimesloper · July 2009

Are you having trouble with your lights, horn etc? you can take the car to a mechanic and they can hook the battery up to a meter to see what sort of power it is giving off.

nor'easter · July 2009

no trouble with anything else

peanuts · July 2009

Those alarms are a waste - they go off for no reason so no one pays attention to them

puckbrooklyn · July 2009

One way I knew was that my radio clock kept resetting to 12:00.

turtle95 · July 2009

I'd actually offer a thief gas money to go with any cars he might steal around here with those darn alarms. I don't think they are an effective deterrent to theft. Wonder if there has ever been a study...

longtimesloper · July 2009

I can't imagine they are a theft deterrent. Though, you still get money off your insurance if you have one on your car. Perhaps they are more effective in less urban areas where they don't go off constantly? maybe people pay more attention to them then?

carnivore · July 2009

It's not as bad as it was 20-25 years ago. For a while, it seemed like car alarms were constant background noise.

meredithb · July 2009

Now it's cell phones.

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