Testing the alarm
I've had the dreaded alarm service required vehicle message a month or so back, and took it in to the dealer for the mass movement sensor to be replaced, but now the message seems to be coming back from time to time.
So my question is this - how do you test the alarm? I have tried locking the doors while leaving the window open, and then waving my arm in the through the window, but that doesn't seem to activate the alarm. Would that be enough to set it off if it is working properly?
The only way I can get the alarm to sound is to press and hold the red triangle on the key fob for 5 seconds - that certainly does the trick, but is clearly cheating as far as testing whether the alarm sensors are working.
Thanks for any advice!
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