Had it for a year. We have some pretty shady neighbors that have lived next to us for a couple of years, but the last year or so they have been a lot of problems. Lots of shady people hanging around their rental house, way too many people living in a tiny 2 bedroom house, etc. I've brought my concerns to the landlord, including when one of their visitors threatened one of my family members. Illegal burning in a burn barrel in the yard smoking up our house and the neighborhood, 20-30 people drunken parties at night in violation of noise ordinances, etc. Police have been out once for threats and 5-6 times for noise ordinance issues. In the near future, I'm going to put up a security system for our home (at least one or two of the cams will be focused on the car and driveway). But I need one for the car. Someone did this recently:
I suspect that it was in the driveway. I presume that they took a screwdriver and tried to pry the corner of the outside door handle off to get to the components that unlock the door. I didn't see the broken part anywhere. It looks like they also may have broken off something inside (that black part). The whole keyhole cover is now very loose, but not falling off. I have been trying to identify this part so that I can order another one, but trying to find that particular shade of blue is probably going to be interesting. I also don't know how that keyhole cover attaches or what that broken part inside is. I do know that a couple of weeks ago, the driver's side wouldn't lock or unlock with the key FOB. All of the other doors would. The broken part on the door handle was just noticed 2 days ago. When I jiggled this keyhole cover a little bit, the key FOB started working as of lately. That's odd. Were we having to lock and unlock it manually before.
I'd like to get an alarm. We're just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. I have checked local cities for actual car alarm installation places and the search results misinterprets it as audio installations. I know that some places install both, but I'm also hitting a brick wall. I thought about checking a retailer like Best Buy. They only carry 3 types of car alarms. Ideally, I'd like to keep the same key FOB.
Any idea how to go about this? The car doesn't have an alarm and just has the stupid flashing "security" light that indicates that the anti-theft system for the chip key (which I'm not even sure it even HAS) is working when the key is pulled out. The lights flashing when the lock button is pressed is just the keyless entry system working. I guess we never realized this and always thought that was an alarm.
What's the best way to alarm this car without having to change key FOBs?
I suspect that it was in the driveway. I presume that they took a screwdriver and tried to pry the corner of the outside door handle off to get to the components that unlock the door. I didn't see the broken part anywhere. It looks like they also may have broken off something inside (that black part). The whole keyhole cover is now very loose, but not falling off. I have been trying to identify this part so that I can order another one, but trying to find that particular shade of blue is probably going to be interesting. I also don't know how that keyhole cover attaches or what that broken part inside is. I do know that a couple of weeks ago, the driver's side wouldn't lock or unlock with the key FOB. All of the other doors would. The broken part on the door handle was just noticed 2 days ago. When I jiggled this keyhole cover a little bit, the key FOB started working as of lately. That's odd. Were we having to lock and unlock it manually before.
I'd like to get an alarm. We're just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. I have checked local cities for actual car alarm installation places and the search results misinterprets it as audio installations. I know that some places install both, but I'm also hitting a brick wall. I thought about checking a retailer like Best Buy. They only carry 3 types of car alarms. Ideally, I'd like to keep the same key FOB.
Any idea how to go about this? The car doesn't have an alarm and just has the stupid flashing "security" light that indicates that the anti-theft system for the chip key (which I'm not even sure it even HAS) is working when the key is pulled out. The lights flashing when the lock button is pressed is just the keyless entry system working. I guess we never realized this and always thought that was an alarm.
What's the best way to alarm this car without having to change key FOBs?
