Intrusion Sensor
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Intrusion Sensor
Manual says the Intrusion Sensor is disabled with the roof off. Makes no sense to me, it seems that if the roof is off, car is locked, the Intrusion Sensor would be armed? I was under the impression that when the roof was off, car locked, if you stuck your arm in the car the alarm would activate - not so?
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Yes, it is disabled with the roof off. There is a workaround with a wall anchor in the left roof pin hole, that fools the sensor into thinking the roof is on.
I guess their thinking is that they don't want a stray leaf blowing into the car and setting it off, but if you ask me, I think that is exactly what is needed to keep greedy little hands out.
The Vert does not have a workaround to date, and unless someone smarter than we who have had the car for years can come up with something, I guess, we just never leave anything visible and tempting.
I guess their thinking is that they don't want a stray leaf blowing into the car and setting it off, but if you ask me, I think that is exactly what is needed to keep greedy little hands out.
The Vert does not have a workaround to date, and unless someone smarter than we who have had the car for years can come up with something, I guess, we just never leave anything visible and tempting.
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Thanks for the suggestion for using a wall anchor to enable the alarm. I too would like to know where the sensors are located.
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eta: misinformation corrected a few posts down.
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No, the interior motion sensor is located in the windshield header, by the rear view mirror. There are two little grills for the ultrasonic motion sensors.
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Owc6 - What size wall anchor did you use? Tried a few, about 1/4" diameter and it did not work. Can you post a picture of what you used and the diameter please? I do see the sensor pin in the left hole.
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I used an old locating pin that I took off when I changed out the pins to the new design. I just ground off the threaded part and painted it black. I leave it in the console and put it in if I park with the top off.
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This starts at the "sensor" picture. Scroll down a few posts and you'll see the wall anchor used.
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This starts at the "sensor" picture. Scroll down a few posts and you'll see the wall anchor used.
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