Leon Cupra Std alarm - Adjustment possible?

[Pabs]

Hey all

The std Leon Cupra (my03) alarm - can it be adjusted for sensitivity?
Reason I ask is that I have used VAG-COM to enable the interior sensors, as most cars seem to have these deactivated(?!?), but have recently seen that my alarm has been set off a couple of times for no reason - only thing I can assume is that someone with barry exhaust might have set it off with vibration or something.....


Can they be made less sensitive? Never heard it go off until I enabled the interior sensors. Must admit - didnt know it was my car alarm going off!

 

[CUPRACAR]

whats a barry exhaust?

 

[Pabs]

lol - big bore, big boy, barry-boy. aka chav. lol

 

[CUPRACAR]

I’ve heard the expression once before, but thought it was a mistype

Must be a southern thing.

Sorry to side-track your thread mate but had to ask

 

[J@mes]

pabs... i dont suppose you left a window slightly open (being summer and all) when you noticed the alarm went?

if so, i know the wind could be a casue... with my old car which had a toad ai606 alarm, some times the wind could set off the ultrasonics if i left a window open!


james

 

[Pabs]

nope - all windows totally closed.
everything was locked properly too.

 

[slimbarry]

I've heard of a suggestion of closing the air vents to outside may help, ie press the re-circ button before you switch off and leave the car. Think it was on golfs?

I might just have dreamt it

 

[Pabs]

hmmm, worth a try if it cannot be adjusted..

 

[TINCAN]

Pabs sorry to open an old thread but did you get a fix for this..... mind does this every now and again, pretty sure its due to vibration from passing cars as its only sometimes it happens....

Any ideas

 

[Pabs]

sorry mate, no joy. I still have an alarm going off once a week or so - living on a main road doesnt help matters

I could turn off the interior sensors again and that would "solve" the problem, but obviously lower the security which I don't want to do.

 

[traumapat]

used to have a barry next door.. hed set mine off twice a week just by starting it! tis annoying

 

[hardyj]

My LC has exactly the same problem. I have my car parked on the road and the alarm tends to go off on occasion and found it to be cars with loud exhausts/lorries/vans etc.

Still get it every now and again. So can it be adjusted for sensitivity? or is this just something we have to put up with?

 

[TINCAN]

having researched this, it looks like its a matter of putting up with it mate....

 

[hardyj]

Thought so.

 

[CupraSteve]

i wish the sound could be adjusted on them as they sound gay maybe the alarm pip locking sound would be better with a different tone