I have done this on rare occasion, as well as using the chirp, then another press gives a short ‘beep’ (the kind that the OP does not like, but I only use the beep rarely), while trying to locate my car.
As for if it works during a car burglary, I don’t know I have not seen one, but I usualy will investigate a car alarm if practical, I guess one could be a actual burglary, as opposed to an owner who usually gains access by breaking the window and who hot wires the car instead of using the key jk
That’s not how I read bizerta’s statement, but my car doesn’t automatically honk when you lock it, either. It takes two clicks for it to beep and confirm that it is locked. The first click locks it. The second confirms it.
As I said, when my car is in antitheft mode it honks whether locking or unlocking. In the case of locking it’s one honk. In the case of unlocking it’s continual honking from the time I unlock it until I insert the key into the ignition, which is at least two honks because I’m not that fast.
I try not to offend (and it offends ME and I particularly try not to offend myself) so I disable it as soon as I can. I wish there was an easier way. The easier way seems to be to take it to a Kia dealer and have them do it. I am not remotely a mechanic and just opening the hood is a challenge.
Yeah, but when I said ‘beeping’ I meant either. My '04 Pathfinder doesn’t chirp, it honks the horn briefly. But it’s so short, a fraction of a second, I just don’t see the big deal and have never heard of anyone complaining about them (before here!)
She’s just an idiot. If a cop (or even just a mall security car flunkie) had been nearby they probably would have told her so. On my (and I assume most) cars you can just hit the lock button again (i.e. with it already locked) to use it to help locate your car. It’ll honk & flash the parking lights. I almost never forget where I park but I have done this occasionally. Not excessively of course, it should only take one or at most two tries to locate it, and doing just this (one honk/beep/flash) in a big parking lot could hardly be considered annoying…
It probably depends on the setting. Late at night in a quiet suburban neighborhood, for example, I can see why people would find even a brief honk annoying.
Our 2007 Mazda 9 doesn’t honk with one push of the fob, but does if you push it twice. Our 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee honks each time you press the lock button. I much prefer the Mazda way of doing it. I don’t have to wake up the entire house if I come home late, but still have the option of an audible confirmation that the car is locked.
That would be nice. Our neighbours who like to come home at midnight and honk away right next to our house are not my favourite neighbours.
The honking is annoying. I’d say most people don’t bother complaining about it because either they are doing it themselves, or they’ve just gotten used to hearing honking all the time.
We had another neighbour whose car alarm went off like clockwork, nearly every evening. If someone was stealing that car, I certainly wouldn’t be lifting a finger to stop them.
I think I’m jaded because the thing that really pisses me off is the jackass coming up to pick up his carpool buddies in the morning and honking, honking, honking until they come out. And then honk, honk, honking, when they don’t. Repeat. This doesn’t seem to happen that often anymore, but it used to be a staple of the neighborhood, and not just limited to one person. I have never in my life honked for someone to come out of their house.
Yep. My Nissan Versa lets you turn beeping the horn off, which I was glad to discover the directions for not long after buying it. That beeping made me feel like an asshole trying to get attention.
I compared the beeps to '50s cars with chrome Automatic written in script and attached to the trunk, V8 glued to the front fenders or Tubeless engraved on the tires.
Unfortunately, with the beeps it’s taking longer than usual before nobody cares about “Wow . . . a remote control!”
Worthless and unnecessary - technology has evolved so the car can alert the owner that there’s a problem - the sleeping neighbours don’t need to be involved in it any longer.
Well, thirty years ago it was a status thing, like cellphones. But today the ‘beep’ still has a practical function (like cellphones). It lets you know that the doors are closed all the way, locked, and the alarm is set. Again I don’t find this to be too intrusive a method of doing this.
Hopefully yes. But even now I can’t help but think that a car alarm will still discourage someone who’s breaking into a car from just sitting there and continuing. At least in all but the most urban of areas.
Has your car ever failed to lock when you pressed the lock button on the fob? My cars haven’t for 20 years, and it’s been that long since I allowed any car to honk when I lock it (and I can hear the locks, anyway). Locking honks (or honking locks) really are a long-extinct status symbol.
It’s like pressing the off button on a cell phone or cordless phone. You don’t think a phone is still on (NSA excepted) because it doesn’t ring when you turn it off.
I can’t help you for your cite, but I will point out that some cars (like my Nissan Altima) don’t even have keys at all. Which I realize isn’t what you are asking about, but I think is relevant to the conversation.
Mine, does, in fact sometimes not lock. I have to press the button extra firmly to get it right, and sometimes it does not lock. This happens several times a week. Also, it’s not uncommon for someone to not properly close their door (by closing it on a seatbelt). That happens about once a month.
Read your owners manual. There is probably a mechanical key inside your smart key fob. There will be a keyhole in the driver’s door although on some cars it has a cover over it that has to be removed.
Otherwise what will you do if either the battery in the smart key or the one in the car go dead?
That’s one worthwhile function of the lock beep, letting you know when a door or the trunk is not completely closed. Just a few days ago I tried to lock my car and the lights flashed but no beep, signaling something was not right. A quick inspection showed the trunk was open by a half inch. No argument from me that it’s debatable whether the benefit is worth the annoyance factor, but there is a benefit to the beep.
That won’t work on my 2013 Accord. If you try, all the doors will lock except the driver’s side door. This car really goes out of it’s way to make sure you can’t lock the (smart) key inside the car. You can use that button if the doors are shut to lock yourself in, but you have to use the key fob or the little button on the door handle to lock the doors when you get out.
I remember a few years ago I heard a car alarm going off and made a similar statement. The person standing next to me said “I bet no one’s trying to break into that car right now though” Good point. If you were trying to break into a car and the alarm started going off would you say ‘whatever, no one’s going to pay attention to it’ or would you run away and try to break into a different car that didn’t have an alarm blaring? Think about it. Even though everyone ignores them, if you’re nearby, most people at least glance at the car that’s making all the noise.
Yes. The remote has a battery in it. They’re pretty long lived, but if you keep a car long enough, you can wear out a remote, either because the battery craps out or some other reason. I may have had a battery die, or just broke the damned thing. I tend to be hard on stuff I carry in my pants pockets. Keychains keep falling apart on me and so on. That’s one reason I like to carry my cellphone some other way.
