How to activate the pre-installed car alarm without pay extra?

[accent]

I bought a 2010 edge recently. When I tested drive I found the car has a car alarm system but just after I signed the paper and before signed the check, the dealer said I need to add $500 to get the pre-installed car alarm active! I said NO.

 

Any idea if we can activate the unit ourselves?

Edited August 17, 2009 by accent

[pxb006]

Congrats on the new vehicle. Paying to have the alarm activated sounds kinda suspect to me. Can't say that I've ever heard of that.

[igcitng]

I agree. Or go to a different dealer and tell them it won't work. Is it listed on the sticker?

[accent]

I agree. Or go to a different dealer and tell them it won't work. Is it listed on the sticker?

 

No, it's not listed on sticker. I thought the car came with the car security because before I tested the car, I saw the security light shinning and it gave me the wrong idea.

[akirby]

No, it's not listed on sticker. I thought the car came with the car security because before I tested the car, I saw the security light shinning and it gave me the wrong idea.

 

The factory alarm is built in - there's nothing to activate. If it's a dealer added alarm or lo-jack type system then that's another story.

[Depiry]

I have a 2010 Edge Limited How do I know if there is a factory installed alarm ,I tried locking the car and opening the door ,nothing happened,dealer sales person said that car is protected but not contents,TIA Marty

[bbf2530]

I have a 2010 Edge Limited How do I know if there is a factory installed alarm ,I tried locking the car and opening the door ,nothing happened,dealer sales person said that car is protected but not contents,TIA Marty

 

 

Hi Depiry. :D As mentioned above, is a "Perimeter Alarm System" (or any alarm system) listed on the Window Sticker? That would be one possible way to check.

 

If you want to try something hands on (not sure how you checked before, since unlocking the car with the key disables the alarm), here is another: Leave the drivers side window down. Step outside the car and lock the doors with the remote. Wait about two minutes (to play it safe, although it should arm immediately). Then reach in through the drivers window and open the door using the inside door handle. If an alarm goes off, you have the Perimeter Alarm System. If it does not, you don't. .

 

Just as an FYI for you and others: The blinking light on the dashboard has nothing to do with an alarm (on factory built systems). The blinking light is solely linked to the Securilock PATS (Passive Anti-Theft System). That is the chip located in the IKT key/remote. It has to do with the ignition being enabled/disabled and Securilock PATS readiness.

 

Operation of the Perimeter Alarm and Securilock PATS systems are explained in great detail in the Owners Manual.

 

Hope this information helps.

 

Good luck. :beerchug:

Edited October 11, 2009 by bbf2530

[securinu]

what brand is the alarm we install alarms for dealers all the time .

[rockyboy69]

I bought a 2010 edge recently. When I tested drive I found the car has a car alarm system but just after I signed the paper and before signed the check, the dealer said I need to add $500 to get the pre-installed car alarm active! I said NO.

 

Any idea if we can activate the unit ourselves?

 

My wife and I just bought a 2010 Ford Edge and traded in an 04 Murano (which came with an alarm at no charge)

I almost walked out when they told me I had to pay for the alarm in the finance office and not while negotiating the price

very very cheep of Ford to do this, it is very disappointing. Anyway here is what I saw. The sales man took a small plastic

coded bag out of a cabinet with a small plastic cap with metal contacts on it

that he installed under the edge of the dash near the drivers door (the receiver looks like the diagnostic port)

turned the key on then off and that was it now we are out an alarm. (thank you ford motor company)

You would think that buying a $37,000 car and adding the 100,000 mile extended warranty that would be free

[ablb]

I bought a 2010 edge recently. When I tested drive I found the car has a car alarm system but just after I signed the paper and before signed the check, the dealer said I need to add $500 to get the pre-installed car alarm active! I said NO.

 

Any idea if we can activate the unit ourselves?

I thought this DEALER scam went away decades ago.

My father fell for it in the late 80’s, maybe early 90’s.

 

It’s a form of “bait and switch.”

 

You might try for an easy solution by visiting your salesperson.

 

Be professional, don’t pound on the desk.

 

Explain to him that you negotiated in good faith for the car as it sat on HIS lot.

Since you didn’t receive the car in the condition it was in when negotiations were completed you fell that negotiations are not complete and therefore ALL paprework is null and void.

 

If you aren’t satisfied, tell him you need your trade-in and down payment back OR he needs to put the car back to “as negotiated condition.”

 

DON’T BACK DOWN!!

 

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