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Anyone else has problems with false theft alerts from the Cobra VTS/security system?
I've had two false alerts in the two weeks that I have had the car (from new).
On the first occasion the driver card had switched off and I put this down to the on/off switch being pressed by the other contents of my pocket.
On the second occasion I think that the card had switched off but in sunlight it is virtually impossible to tell whether the tiny LED is blinking or not, however, pressure from the other contents of my pocket seemed much less likely as it was in my pocket with only a few coins. (where are you supposed to keep the bl**dy thing anyway?).
There is one common factor between both occasions which may seem a bit far-fetched but each alert occurred just after I had used the "open-boot" button on the key. Any possibility of "interference" (any techies out there?)
Incidentally, when, on the second occasion I said to the control-room person "are the driver cards likely to switch themselves off with pressure from other things in the same pocket or just decide to switch themselves off randomly" she said "both"! I asked her to register that I was not happy with these failures.
I've had two false alerts in the two weeks that I have had the car (from new).
On the first occasion the driver card had switched off and I put this down to the on/off switch being pressed by the other contents of my pocket.
On the second occasion I think that the card had switched off but in sunlight it is virtually impossible to tell whether the tiny LED is blinking or not, however, pressure from the other contents of my pocket seemed much less likely as it was in my pocket with only a few coins. (where are you supposed to keep the bl**dy thing anyway?).
There is one common factor between both occasions which may seem a bit far-fetched but each alert occurred just after I had used the "open-boot" button on the key. Any possibility of "interference" (any techies out there?)
Incidentally, when, on the second occasion I said to the control-room person "are the driver cards likely to switch themselves off with pressure from other things in the same pocket or just decide to switch themselves off randomly" she said "both"! I asked her to register that I was not happy with these failures.
