Warning Lights

Houston · 08-06-2005, 12:35 PM

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The Immobilizer icon flashes whenever the fob is removed. Is this normal and, if so, to what purpose? It would seem to be a ineffective deterant unless the potential thief had a owners manual handy to explain what the signal meant.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 08-08-2005, 01:15 PM

When you say that you remove the fob, is this because you're exiting the car? Do you have Smart-Key?
Personally, I have never put the fob in the dash.

Is the Immobilizer icon the key with the exclamation point through it? I would think that any sentient human would see that thing flash and know that it's a key and there's an exclamation point. That probably means that it's locked and alarmed.

On the other hand, I had a friend who wired an LED to flash every three seconds. He poked it through his dashboard and it looked identical to the flashing LEDs of legitimate car alarms.

Houston · 08-08-2005, 03:06 PM

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When you say that you remove the fob, is this because you're exiting the car? Do you have Smart-Key?
Personally, I have never put the fob in the dash.

Is the Immobilizer icon the key with the exclamation point through it? I would think that any sentient human would see that thing flash and know that it's a key and there's an exclamation point. That probably means that it's locked and alarmed.

On the other hand, I had a friend who wired an LED to flash every three seconds. He poked it through his dashboard and it looked identical to the flashing LEDs of legitimate car alarms.

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I do not have a "Smart Key" therefore the fob is out of the dash slot whenever I leave the car. The icon is a car with a key through it. No exclamation point. Unless our thief had eyes like a hawk and was indeed a sentient human being, the icon is merely a flashing orange light and not particularly threatening. To top it off my car is not equipped with an alarm system!!

removeum · 08-08-2005, 10:08 PM

8) Your car may not have an alarm. However, it does have an engine imoblizer.

Ben

DanMan32 · 08-11-2005, 09:39 AM

Actually, it does have the alarm, just that you didn't pay for it, so it is turned off. It can be turned on easily using the scanner.

08-06-2005, 12:35 PM	#1
Houston Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saltspring Island British Columbia Posts: 29 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Warning Lights [align=justify][marq=left] The Immobilizer icon flashes whenever the fob is removed. Is this normal and, if so, to what purpose? It would seem to be a ineffective deterant unless the potential thief had a owners manual handy to explain what the signal meant.

08-08-2005, 01:15 PM	#2
TonyPSchaefer Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Far-North Chicagoland Posts: 8,387 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 4 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 16	When you say that you remove the fob, is this because you're exiting the car? Do you have Smart-Key? Personally, I have never put the fob in the dash. Is the Immobilizer icon the key with the exclamation point through it? I would think that any sentient human would see that thing flash and know that it's a key and there's an exclamation point. That probably means that it's locked and alarmed. On the other hand, I had a friend who wired an LED to flash every three seconds. He poked it through his dashboard and it looked identical to the flashing LEDs of legitimate car alarms. __________________ Proud father of Priapus: the '04 Tideland BC9 with an OEM EV button and sense of self-righteousness >>Current Mileage<< Spreading information and passing gas in the Greater Chicagoland area

08-08-2005, 10:08 PM	#4
removeum Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 404 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Warning Lights 8) Your car may not have an alarm. However, it does have an engine imoblizer. Ben

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DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Actually, it does have the alarm, just that you didn't pay for it, so it is turned off. It can be turned on easily using the scanner.