CAR ALARM TEST

[Polly]

I have a 2018 Leon Cupra R
How can I test that the SEAT std fit Alarm is functioning properly.
For example I left the windows down locked the car and waved my hand furiously inside
NO RESPONSE
I locked the car and left bonnet open [just pulled the handle.]
I opened the bonnet
NO RESPONSE

I believed from the manual first press of fob button Car Locks Alarm sets.
and 2nd press disables volumetric part of alarm

Cheers Andy

 

[Cuprabenwytm]

I was about to say open window chuck something in as i found out today that mine works that way lol but you said that dont work, enable the alarm chirp then you know if its activated failing that windows up lock car and rock it aide to side that also works on mine too

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[SRGTD]

A couple of ways you should be able to check to see if your alarm is working;

• If you unlock the car by inserting the key into the keyhole in the driver’s door handle and then open the door, the alarm should sound if you don’t insert the key into the ignition within 15 seconds.
• if the LED on the driver’s door stays permanently lit for 30 seconds when you lock the car, that’s an indication there might be a fault with the alarm system.

Check out pages 127 and 128 in the owners manual;

Page 15 on the manual shows where the location of the keyhole in the driver’s door handle to manually unlock the door. You need to carefully remove the cover - there should be a cut out in the bottom edge of the cover (arrowed in the picture below) that you can insert the key blade into to prise off the cover. Be careful not to damage the paintwork!

 

[RUM4MO]

@Polly , opening thee bonnet onto the the second or safety latch, then locking up the car - then opening the bonnet will never do any thing, the system will not be enabled or will not have enabled that area under the bonnet until the bonnet has been fully closed.

Maye quite a few of us need to check that the alarm system works once a year - and that includes me, I do mean to check them all, but not yet! For those that have VCDS etc, it might be a good idea to reduce the 15 second alarm delay down to zero to improve protection.

 

[RUM4MO]

Well I've now tested the alarm in my wife's August 2015 Polo, I unlocked the driver's door using the key in the lock barrel, immediately opened the door and the alarm went off, so it sounds a lot like VW have knocked the alarm delay timer now to near enough zero at factory - I did not expect that but that suits me.

The issue concerning the "leave windows open" then lock car then after the alarm has been set indicated by the steady low frequency flashing of the door mounted LED, and then waving an arm around inside the car - but no response from the car's alarm, I have not checked that one yet, but I'd think that it would take a lot of waving to activate the alarm, just look inside the car and see what the "cone" of coverage will be, and you will be able to work out that interior monitoring is quite crude. With my 2011 Audi S4, for some reason it seems that model of car is still one of these cars that is prone to get nicked, even at that age(!), the normal method of getting control of that model of car is to "quietly" break the driver's side window, reach in with a computer lead into the "very reachable" OBD2 port and generate a dummy key, unlock the car, start it up and drive off. Normally it seems the plan is to then park up in a quiet area, hard against a hedge or wall to disguise the fact that the driver's window has been smashed and leave it until the heat has died down. With that in mind, I have fitted a mechanical lock to that car's OBD2 port and use a steering wheel cover/lock when away from home. Oh and I must remember to know the alarm delay on that down to zero as I think that it will have been set to 15 seconds at the factory.

Edit:- sorry I meant to point out that that model of car, the 2011 B8 S4, also has extremely poor/crude interior monitoring coverage and that is why it is very easy to reach the OBD2 port through the broken window, without activating the alarm, and it is a non KESSY car.

 

[Walone]

I checked the interior sensors by sitting in the car, locking with fob and waiting 30secs then moving around, it set the alarm going. I also tried sitting in the rear seats and all worked well.

 

[RUM4MO]

I checked the interior sensors by sitting in the car, locking with fob and waiting 30secs then moving around, it set the alarm going. I also tried sitting in the rear seats and all worked well.

I would hope it would trigger when you moved about when sitting in these positions, just a bit unfortunate that any smart lowlife would make sure that they kept their thieving arms well out of the central area covered by the interior monitoring sensor while working over any car they broke into via a side window.

 

[Polly]

Thanks for all the replies. Got no emails so look forward to getting home to retry.
Thanks for the update re bonnet. Must try harder with the in car sensor.
OKAY I'LL SIT IN IT. wait for it to cool first ha ha

 

[Lozzy15]

The best way I know of to test car alarms...

 

[DigitalSushi]

put it on a ferry.. Ok probably not the easiest method

That's how I discovered that I had an alarm, sat on the ferry over Windemere wondering which gonks car alarm was spoiling the wonderful tranquillity of the lake district and why they were not stopping it..

Yup I was the gonk.

 

[RUM4MO]

Aye, I've been there done that with my old 2000 Passat 4Motion, I just tried to keep my cool looking down from the top deck on a Clyde car ferry!

 

[Polly]

Thanks Guys.
Back home now. tried all the hints and to be sure reset some things and a new cells in the fobs.
YES. Sat it the car locked the doors set the alarm and after waving furiously set it off some 30 seconds later.
Also the drivers window now opens and closes on the key fob. Never done that before.

Thanks again

 

[rafletcher]

I inadvertently tested my alarm this morning. Taking some waste to the tip, so I used the global opening (from the front room - car is parked on the other side of the road) to unlock the car and drop all the windows to cool it a bit. Wandered around looking for a shopping bag, as I was going to the farm shop on the way home. Went out the the car and tossed the bag in through the open passenger window. Cue a rather pathetic beep-beep-beep. Ah, so of course the car has auto-locked as I hadn’t opened it after unlocking, and the alarm reset.