Re: [MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I have not experienced that with our 13 F150. Randy On 03/09/2021 12:56 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Our 2013 F150's alarm will go off for no reason if I leave it unlocked in the garage. It might take 30 minutes or a couple of hours, but it will sound off! I always lock it now just to keep

Re: [MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
My 05ML500 (163) sometimes randomly starts screaming, the remote will shut it off.  Which reminds me I need to replace the batteries in the fob as it is dead, which will probably require the re-pairing dance to get it to work. --FT On 9/3/21 11:45 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: (I've

Re: [MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Our 2013 F150's alarm will go off for no reason if I leave it unlocked in the garage. It might take 30 minutes or a couple of hours, but it will sound off! I always lock it now just to keep the damned alarm off. On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 11:00 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <

Re: [MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I have never been locked out although once the battery ran down b/c I had inadvertently left the "key" in the #2 position (with "keyless go") On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 11:49 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > ...but they have a habit of self-locking. > > Our SDL did this

Re: [MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> ...but they have a habit of self-locking. Our SDL did this once. We only had the one key, and it was inside in the ignition, ready for us to leave cross-State. My brother helped us break in. After that, I NEVER leave the keys in a car that is capable of self-locking. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> (I've never owned an alarmed car before). This has happened to me a few times with the SLs. It's quite the surprise! I saw a 126 downtown once that they'd just added an aftermarket alarm to. They didn't even know it had a factory alarm system. They'd managed to set it off, and were futilely

Re: [MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
So annoying. My newer cars don't have alarms, but they have a habit of self-locking. I'll park the car at the house, go inside, come out later to retreive something from the car and find it locked. So then I have to go back inside in get the keys, as my blood pressure climbs 10 points. If I

[MBZ] Alarming!

2021-09-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I left my '14 GLK 250 unlocked in the driveway with the windows open to keep it cool. Just now (without the key), when I opened the driver's door and reached into the vehicle to retrieve an item from between the front seats, the car alarm went off! I ran inside to get the key and fortunately was