Enhanced security package, what are the settings?

[Phill The Greek]

No. To be clear, perimeter sensing is not "active" sensing. It's looking for the latch status of the doors, hood and trunk. In the perimeter sensing mode it's basically the same alarm function that comes standard on all 2015 Mustangs.

Does it also look at the latch status on the gas door?

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[svtenthusiast]

Does it also look at the latch status on the gas door?

Nope. The latch on the gas door is a simple spring open/close magnet that is activated by pressing on the outside of the gas door. There is no interior gas door open button.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

My big concern: over the summer some time, I was walking down my block and a truck backfired loudly. The car parked on the street next to the backfiring truck had an alarm that was triggered by the backfire, and it started going off. The person who owned that car wasn't home, and so the alarm proceeded to go off for the next FOUR HOURS.

I don't want to be that jackass with the alarm that's been going off forever and ever and ever, because then somebody's going to key my car or slash my tires or smash a window out of frustration, and I honestly wouldn't blame them. Is the alarm going to go off just because there's a loud noise, or just because somebody bumps into the car while parallel parking or leans against it to light a cigarette or something?

 

[RisingForce]

My big concern: over the summer some time, I was walking down my block and a truck backfired loudly. The car parked on the street next to the backfiring truck had an alarm that was triggered by the backfire, and it started going off. The person who owned that car wasn't home, and so the alarm proceeded to go off for the next FOUR HOURS.

I don't want to be that jackass with the alarm that's been going off forever and ever and ever, because then somebody's going to key my car or slash my tires or smash a window out of frustration, and I honestly wouldn't blame them. Is the alarm going to go off just because there's a loud noise, or just because somebody bumps into the car while parallel parking or leans against it to light a cigarette or something?

:eyebulge::shocked:

You should be ablae to adjust the sensetivity of the alarm, so it doesnt go off every 20 minutes.

 

[svtenthusiast]

My big concern: over the summer some time, I was walking down my block and a truck backfired loudly. The car parked on the street next to the backfiring truck had an alarm that was triggered by the backfire, and it started going off. The person who owned that car wasn't home, and so the alarm proceeded to go off for the next FOUR HOURS.

I don't want to be that jackass with the alarm that's been going off forever and ever and ever, because then somebody's going to key my car or slash my tires or smash a window out of frustration, and I honestly wouldn't blame them. Is the alarm going to go off just because there's a loud noise, or just because somebody bumps into the car while parallel parking or leans against it to light a cigarette or something?

The factory system is not looking for sound or shock; it's looking for movement within the vehicle and latch status of the doors, hood, and trunk. When it does trigger, the horn will stop after one minute while the lights continue to flash for 5 minutes. In addition, the alarm will trigger a maximum of 10 times per lock cycle.

There is no sensitivity setting. That's why they give you the option to turn it to perimeter sensing (door, hood, and trunk latch status) if you are really worried about it or experiencing false triggers.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

The factory system is not looking for sound or shock; it's looking for movement within the vehicle and latch status of the doors, hood, and trunk. When it does trigger, the horn will stop after one minute while the lights continue to flash for 5 minutes. In addition, the alarm will trigger a maximum of 10 times per lock cycle.

There is no sensitivity setting. That's why they give you the option to turn it to perimeter sensing (door, hood, and trunk latch status) if you are really worried about it or experiencing false triggers.

It'll shut off after a minute? That's really good to know, thanks!

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