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Disturbing thoughts

Does you know why the car alarm keeps going off when the car is parked and locked.

Asked on 5 September 2009 by

Answered by Honest John

Either a spider emerging at night inside the car and crawling over one of the sensors. Or there are changes in air pressure inside the car. You can minimise these by switching to recirculate, shutting all the dashboard vents, turning the vent control to footwell and turning the heater to maximum heat before you leave the car.

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