Question about our alarm systems

[dredrum]

I would like to know if my 2007 Calais V has a sensor on the windows to detect if they have been broken or not?
Also, if a broken window will set the alarm off, is it possible for a potential theif to hit the internal door unlock button to shut the alarm off? Or any other method to shut the alarm off?

I realize this is potentially sensitive information, so feel free to pm with answers.

Also the reason I ask is I've unfortunately relocated to a more than questionable area and will be intently listening for any signs of dodgy activities going on.

[aaronevolution]

I'm pretty sure the alarm can only be turned off with the key in the ignition, or possibly also if you press the unlock door button.

[RiCeY]

No glass breakage sensors no. A door needs to be opened to trigger the alarm and it can only be turned off by the remote/key.

You in Balga? lol

[dredrum]

Worse...girrawheen haha

So say they smash the windows, if they reach in and if they havent set the alarm off, hit the unlock button, the car alarm is disarmed and they are free to attack the ignition/engine immobilizer side of the alarm system??

[aaronevolution]

Only the unlock button on your key head should turn it off. If the VE is like the VZ, always double lock your doors, so they can't pull the locks up.

[RiCeY]

The alarm can only be disarmed by the key.

[TraidMarc]

Worse...girrawheen haha

So say they smash the windows, if they reach in and if they havent set the alarm off, hit the unlock button, the car alarm is disarmed and they are free to attack the ignition/engine immobilizer side of the alarm system??

Are you trying to steal a car??

[dredrum]

Haha if I had that kinda naus, I'd be trying to steal the gleaming white Ferrari 458 Italia I seen parked in the city the other day haha

No it's purely for my vehicles safety.... Think like a thief and all that jazz. It's also making me consider an aftermarket alarm system with more ultrasonic sensors and security.

[HUX 90]

Ah good old Girrawheen. You can get aftermarket canbus alarm systems with glass break sensors that will arm/disarm with the factory central locking.

[jbray1984]

Only the unlock button on your key head should turn it off. If the VE is like the VZ, always double lock your doors, so they can't pull the locks up.

I notice the reference to "Double Locking" the car.
I'm just curious.... The alarm on a VE, is it only armed when you hit the lock button twice (making the horn sound once). Or does it arm when you simply press it once, locking all the doors.

[dredrum]

I think double locking has been eliminated from the VE. Mine just clicks for every press after the first locking.

[jbray1984]

I think double locking has been eliminated from the VE. Mine just clicks for every press after the first locking.

My spare key does that. Just clicks each time I press it. But in my 2008 SV6, the primary key sounds the horn once each time I press the lock button (after the initial first lock)

[dredrum]

Hmm perhaps I'm using the wrong key...I didn't realize there was a difference.
But actually I think I prefer the way my spare locks it with one click.

[Hektic]

The horn only goes on in a VE ( when locking the car ) only if you choose the option in the computer with the steering wheel along with more options like locking the car automaticly when driving over 13km/h

[jbray1984]

The horn only goes on in a VE ( when locking the car ) only if you choose the option in the computer with the steering wheel along with more options like locking the car automaticly when driving over 13km/h

I didn't know this!
This was just how it was when I got the car...
Does that auto-lock function unlock the car when it goes back into park?
Also, how does one get to these options... And why does it not do the same feature when using the spare key?

[iluvnorks]

All this info about double locking doors and auto lock functions and heaps of other stuff is in the user guide ya get with the car.
Well mine has anyway..

[jbray1984]

Haven't even opened it lol.

[Hektic]

from memory if you put key in ignotion turn turn it over to accessories, with the trip buton on your left click it till your screen changes to ( customise settings ) its somthing like that then with re up and down volume button push it and youl see all the options there.

[womble66]

In the Calais V you can configure each key to different settings including seat, mirrors, radio channel and the customised setup of the security and lights etc. Each key remembers all the settings seat, mirrors, radio channel simple when it is removed from the ignition and you setup all the other features with the key in the ignition and turned on you then use the trip computer button and the scroll/enter wheel to navigate to customise all the other personal settings for each key. They don't have to be the same for either key and each key has to be done seperately. Yes its all in the User manual.

[burleighboy86]

I didn't know this!
This was just how it was when I got the car...
Does that auto-lock function unlock the car when it goes back into park?
Also, how does one get to these options... And why does it not do the same feature when using the spare key?

It's called "Engineer Mode". Press and hold the left scroll button down, then turn key to accessories or you can also start the engine too. Then you can use the same button to scroll through the menu. However, I found if you leave that menu for another one when the engine is on, you lose it and have to repeat the process again.