Does anyone know what "Alarm Trigger Event" #16 is? Having random alarm activations with the wife's 2005 Escape. The ID that comes up on the last 8 events is 16. I just can't find any info anywhere that lists out what 16 is.

TIA

 

Where are you getting that data? Never heard of anything like that.

 

AutoEnginuity. It is one of the PIDs that can be monitored in the GEM module. The GEM stores the last 8 alarm trigger events and all 8 of them read 16 when I bring them up.

 

Hmmm, you might want to call AE and ask them. Your vehicle doesn't even have a GEM module, it has an SJB which is the next generation combo of the GEM functions and fusebox in one.

Do you get a Bxxxx DTC, by chance? Most likely, on an Escape, an intermittent door, liftgate, rear glass, or hood (if equipped) switch would the most likely culprit for false triggers.

 

AE calls it a GEM. When I pull the DTCs with AE, it lists U1900 and U0073 under the GEM module. My understanding from what I could find is that those always come up when hooked up to a OBDII scanner.

I monitored all of the Door Status PIDs and they go on and off as they are supposed to. Could still be an intermittent issue though. I have found a couple old thread on various forums where people say to look at the last 8 trigger events because they get stored in the GEM. That's where I went looking and the PIDs are there and available. I just can't find anyone that actually lists out what the trigger events are.

 

Quite the list if it helps...

https://edgeproducts.com/app/uploads...cle-pdf-41.pdf

 

It doesn't apply for this situation.

 

Maybe... But the Uxxxxx codes referenced earlier are in the list.

 

Doesn't matter. Neither are actually relevant to the issue under discussion.