Titan alarm didnt work!

[vp46fe]

My Titan was broken into down in California while my girlfriend was checkin out houses at our next duty station ( active navy p-3 flight engineer) anyway at the motel somebody broke out the driver window and opened the driver door and took some laptops the alarm didnt go off. the cops said they might have de-magnetized it? has anyone heard of this or do i possibly have a faulty alarm.

[lizardking]

Sorry about your luck...OEM alarms don't work very well. The Titan alarm is no different and that's why most go to after market if they want security.

[TranMan409]

Originally Posted by vp46fe

My Titan was broken into down in California while my girlfriend was checkin out houses at our next duty station ( active navy p-3 flight engineer) anyway at the motel somebody broke out the driver window and opened the driver door and took some laptops the alarm didnt go off. the cops said they might have de-magnetized it? has anyone heard of this or do i possibly have a faulty alarm.

agh i feel sorry for you..do you usually keep laptops in your truck?shouldnt leave it out in the open prob.

[vp46fe]

However we were in the process of moving and i just happened to bring them with. It could have been worse i had my KDX 220r and her KLX 110 in the back with all my gear so i feel lucky. I'm thinkin of definately upgrading the alarm just not sure which one yet.

[lizardking]

Clifford or Viper you can't go wrong.

[Nissan Junkie]

Yes that sucks...

and yes it is quite easy to defeat most alarm systems...

never heard of the "demagnetized" method... as most alarms in autos now days use power flow, and not magnets, as in... most alarms to detect when an intrusion happen, have a shock sensor, basicaly listents for a sound/preasure wave of a certian Db level.

For doors, on the other hand... they usually use a battery load sensor, basicaly senses a form of draw from the battery, and sets off the alarm... if say the light in the cab comes on...

which I am willing to bet, if it is a factory system, is the way it is set up... les expensive to sense battery load that it is to listen for voltage flowing through a door switch.

My guess would be, and I am probably wrong...

that your gf didnt have the dome light set to turn on when the door would open, thus causing no flow of electricity, or drain, from the battery. which would cause the alarm not to go off...

if it is factory equiped with a shock sensor... a mack truck would have to hit your truck to set it off, to avoid complaints from customers like, a trash truck drove bye and set off my alarm!!!

[TIsTAN]

what titan do you have? xe kc don't have one and the xe cc requires the preferred package. even then, it's not much of anything because it only goes off when you unlock the door without the key or remote.

[Tom Roper]

The way it is supposed to work, is for the alarm to sound when the door switch is opened.

So consider, if they broke the window, and just reached in and grabbed without opening the door, no alarm would sound.

It's an easy thing to check. Just use your keychain remote to lock the doors while the window is open. Reach inside to unlock the door and open it....alarm should sound.

[vp46fe]

I have the SE KC so i know it has one

[vp46fe]

Well the laptops were under the backseats so i know they had to open the door. Im on deployment right now so I'll have my gf check to see if it works. I'm ultimately gonna replace the alarm anyway i just wanted to find out if i should talk to Nissan about it. I definately will if the test fails.

[Tom Roper]

As an aside...

Can anybody explain to me what is "Auto Re-Lock Time?"

It is on navigation screen under the vehicle electronic systems menu.

I can't see where it does anything...

[Tom Roper]

...and good luck on your deployment.

[37L1]

Originally Posted by Tom Roper

As an aside...

Can anybody explain to me what is "Auto Re-Lock Time?"

It is on navigation screen under the vehicle electronic systems menu.

I can't see where it does anything...

Example:

You remotely unlock your car and don't open it, after a set amount of time the door will re-lock. The nav let's you set how long a time period that will be.

[vp46fe]

Thanks for your help and I'd be havin a great deployment if i could just take my Titan with me!

[hkusp45]

Sorry to hear of your loss!!