Discussion:
false alarms
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Alan Spitz
2007-06-15 19:24:34 UTC
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I have a 2003 ES-300.

Sometimes the alarm (horn) goes off for no apparent reason. It has
happened a couple of times while the car was parked in my garage. The
last time it happened I pushed a button on the key (either to lock the
doors or to unlock the doors - I forgot which) and the horn stopped.

What gives? The dealer said all is AOK. Should I routinely lock up
the car while it is in my garage?

Thanks.
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Alan Spitz
Ray O
2007-06-15 19:57:09 UTC
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Post by Alan Spitz
I have a 2003 ES-300.
Sometimes the alarm (horn) goes off for no apparent reason. It has
happened a couple of times while the car was parked in my garage. The
last time it happened I pushed a button on the key (either to lock the
doors or to unlock the doors - I forgot which) and the horn stopped.
What gives? The dealer said all is AOK. Should I routinely lock up the
car while it is in my garage?
Thanks.
--
Alan Spitz
Do you have the keys in your pocket at home?
--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
mcbrue
2007-06-16 04:13:28 UTC
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Have you checked your garage for small, quiet, quick intruders? Take a
sack of flour and the next time you get out of the car, lock it. Then
take the bag of flour and spread it on the floor around the car, being
carefull not to step into the flour as you exit the garage. Then when
you hear the car alarm going off, simply yell loudly to scare the
intruder off, and go out and look for footprints in the flour. Make
sure you can recognize your footprints - perhaps carve your initials
in the bottom of your shoes or in your feet if you are not wearing
shoes. Well, don't carve the initials toooo deep in your feet. Of
course then the blood would be easily recognizable so maybe you only
need to put a couple of pin pokes into your feet if you are barefoot.
And do be carefull to only use real American flour that you have paid
full price for in a regular store. Some of those dollar stores are
carrying counterfit foreign flour with all sorts of dangerous
chemicals and germs in it. But if your theif is barefooted, it might
be better to use the foreign counterfit flour since he or she might
get sick and die. Of course if you have a spare glass, you could break
it and spread the glass around the car, but not behind it or in front
of it and that way the intruder would be more likely to cut their feet
and contract a deadly disease from the the counterfit flour. And the
flour will help hide the glass from the intruder. If you don't find
any footprints, then it is possible that you didn't really have an
intruder trying to steal your car. Or they could have been hiding in
the car in the back seat behind you and they just got out and climbed
on top of the car and jumped out of the garage. So maybe you should
buy a second bag of flour and spread it on top of the car also. Or you
could just check for unlocked doors of opened windows. When you have
done all this in carefull detail, you may be assured that you have
eliminated the most likely cause of car alarm malfunction today, the
sneaky intruder trying to steal it. And that would leave it as a
malfunction of the car. But as we all know, these cars are perfect and
do not malfunction, so in this case you may assume you are going deaf
and hearing ringing or honking noises. So then you should be carefull
to go to the car and get in it and drive carefully to the nearest
doctor to get your hearing checked. Which is probably the reason for
Ray's question about having the keys in your pocket at home - he
simply wants to make sure you are ready to drive off and find medical
assistance because he has worked on these and knows they do not
break.

mcbrue in the trailer down by the river under the bridge not
prejudiced against kudzu
Alan Spitz
2007-06-16 18:01:31 UTC
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Post by Ray O
Post by Alan Spitz
I have a 2003 ES-300.
Sometimes the alarm (horn) goes off for no apparent reason. It has
happened a couple of times while the car was parked in my garage. The
last time it happened I pushed a button on the key (either to lock the
doors or to unlock the doors - I forgot which) and the horn stopped.
What gives? The dealer said all is AOK. Should I routinely lock up the
car while it is in my garage?
Thanks.
--
Alan Spitz
Do you have the keys in your pocket at home?
Yes, I do.
--
Alan Spitz
Ray O
2007-06-16 18:41:02 UTC
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Post by Alan Spitz
Post by Ray O
Post by Alan Spitz
I have a 2003 ES-300.
Sometimes the alarm (horn) goes off for no apparent reason. It has
happened a couple of times while the car was parked in my garage. The
last time it happened I pushed a button on the key (either to lock the
doors or to unlock the doors - I forgot which) and the horn stopped.
What gives? The dealer said all is AOK. Should I routinely lock up the
car while it is in my garage?
Thanks.
--
Alan Spitz
Do you have the keys in your pocket at home?
Yes, I do.
--
Alan Spitz
Try removing the keys from your pocket and see if the problem goes away.
I've noticed that whatever provides resistance to the back side of the
buttons on the keys can lose tension, making them easier to press
inadvertently.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
mcbrue
2007-06-16 21:30:02 UTC
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OK, the keys get easier to press. Even without flour on the garage
floor. But why should pressing a key accidently set off the car
alarm?
St. John Smythe
2007-06-17 01:53:55 UTC
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Post by mcbrue
OK, the keys get easier to press. Even without flour on the garage
floor. But why should pressing a key accidently set off the car
alarm?
Shirley, you can't be serious.
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St. John
Q: How do you keep a moron in suspense?
Giga
2007-06-17 14:50:41 UTC
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No, trust me, she's serious. To understand Ray O's question requires a
(very small) amount of deductive reasoning. Clearly something the
brew-meister has none of.

A: I'll tell you tomorrow.
Post by St. John Smythe
Post by mcbrue
OK, the keys get easier to press. Even without flour on the garage
floor. But why should pressing a key accidently set off the car
alarm?
Shirley, you can't be serious.
--
St. John
Q: How do you keep a moron in suspense?
Ray O
2007-06-17 14:55:26 UTC
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Post by Giga
No, trust me, she's serious. To understand Ray O's question requires a
(very small) amount of deductive reasoning. Clearly something the
brew-meister has none of.
A: I'll tell you tomorrow.
I'll share the reason I asked the question when the OP responds. :-)
--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
St. John Smythe
2007-06-17 21:40:33 UTC
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Post by Ray O
I'll share the reason I asked the question when the OP responds. :-)
Heh...I've witnessed that reason at the home of a friend. In that case,
it was a Chrysler; fortunately the Lexus is a little less susceptible.
--
St. John
If there is no wind, row.
-Polish proverb
mcbrue
2007-06-18 21:28:22 UTC
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Who is the OP?

Do you mean that the car theft alarm can be set off by pushing one of
the keys on the key fob? Is that what the panic button is for? They
never told me that and I seldom unlock this car by the remote so I
have not pushed too hard on it or whatever you have to do Once you set
it off, what do you have to do to stop it? I have noticed that this
car has to be unlocked in different ways depending on how you lock it.
Like if you lock it with the key fob, sometimes you have to use the
fob to unlock it, but not always. In fact I am going to ask the
stealership about that next time I have to go in there.
Giga
2007-06-19 13:14:59 UTC
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Are all those buttons just too confusing for you? Poor little Brew-Jerk.
Just can't figure 'em out. Perhaps you'd like us to draw you a picture?
Fewer words probably would be better for your tiny little mind. Here's an
idea: Don't lock your car at all. This way, maybe someone will steal it, and
then you won't have to worry about the stigma of owning a non-"Luxury" car
('cause I know how important that is to you). Collect the insurance
(assuming you have any), and buy yourself a nice luxury Kia (yes, I hear
they are "true" luxury cars. Really really!).

<watch your back -- the OP is on the prowl!>
Post by mcbrue
Who is the OP?
Do you mean that the car theft alarm can be set off by pushing one of
the keys on the key fob? Is that what the panic button is for? They
never told me that and I seldom unlock this car by the remote so I
have not pushed too hard on it or whatever you have to do Once you set
it off, what do you have to do to stop it? I have noticed that this
car has to be unlocked in different ways depending on how you lock it.
Like if you lock it with the key fob, sometimes you have to use the
fob to unlock it, but not always. In fact I am going to ask the
stealership about that next time I have to go in there.
kitzler
2007-06-20 15:37:07 UTC
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Accidentally found out that by locking the car normally (pressing the
button on one of the doors) twice, you cannot unlock the trunk with
the FOB in your pocket, you have to use the inside button on the drop
down watchmacallit... wish Lexus had programmed all those options on
the touch screen.

/N.
Larry Rogers
2007-06-20 16:51:07 UTC
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Careful, Kitzler. You sound as if you are vindicating McBrue. There are some
here who would take offense at that.

Larry
In the back yard, under the oak.
mcbrue
2007-06-21 04:03:25 UTC
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O MY GOODNESS !!!!!!! Someone other than me criticized the Lexus !!!!
(Well, someone else did mention the wonderfull world of the Lexus
automaticaly incorrectly speeded magic windshield wipers). Remember
that this newsgroup is funded by Lexus and only favorable comments are
allowed. Unfavorable comments may be regarded as terrorist attacks on
Lexus and reported to the homeland security department of peacefull
newsgroups for hasty and deep internment of the guilty party.

mcbrue in the trailer down by the river under the bridge

The Visitor
2007-06-20 00:23:24 UTC
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Well so long as it doesn't happen on the freeway while behind a
motorcycle gang.
Post by Alan Spitz
I have a 2003 ES-300.
Sometimes the alarm (horn) goes off for no apparent reason. It has
happened a couple of times while the car was parked in my garage. The
last time it happened I pushed a button on the key (either to lock the
doors or to unlock the doors - I forgot which) and the horn stopped.
What gives? The dealer said all is AOK. Should I routinely lock up the
car while it is in my garage?
Thanks.
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