Alarm goes off randomly
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Mountain Pass
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Alarm goes off randomly
Is there a way to determine easily what sensor is causing alarm to go off? You can't turn the alarm off unfortunately - only toggle between perimeter and all sensors. I'm sure you could turn it off in Forscan which I have - but ultimately need to get it fixed anyway! Any help/insight would be appreciated!
Cross-Country
Joined: Feb 2017
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From: South Jersey
My FordPAss app shows what sensor was triggered. I was having issues with the hood sensor so I hosed it down with contact cleaner and WD40, good so far... FYI - the hood sensor is up with the latch assembly
Mountain Pass
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On my '17 F350 - the culprit was those round proximity sensors (in the overhead panel). It falsely alarmed many times, usually in the middle of the night.
My fix was to put little round stickers on top of those sensors ).
NEVER had the issue again.
My fix was to put little round stickers on top of those sensors ).
NEVER had the issue again.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Southern Crescent
Your neighborhood may discourage you from taking this action, but the alarm system doesn't enable unless the doors are locked. If you leave the doors unlocked... no alarm.
At least on my XLT anyway.
At least on my XLT anyway.
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Mountain Pass
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Turns out it was related to the frozen door handle issue/update. I hadn't had that done - and recently had 2 of my doors freeze to the point where they wouldn't close. Dealer took care of it under the recall/update program and its been good so far! 170K miles and they are still doing stuff for free - hard to beat that.
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