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Had a customer's car alarm go off every time I touched the brake pedal
This was on a 2012 Civic last Tuesday. I was just doing a simple brake job in my home garage. The second I pressed the pedal to bleed the lines, the horn started blaring and the lights flashed. It scared me half to death. I spent 45 minutes checking everything, thinking I'd shorted a wire. Turns out the owner had some weird aftermarket alarm installed that tied into the brake light circuit, and the low fluid level from opening the bleeder valve triggered it. I had to call him to get the disarm code. Has anyone else run into an alarm system wired into something totally unexpected like that?
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tara_gonzalez207mo ago
Seriously? That's actually a pretty clever anti-theft feature. Why would you even want to disable it?
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elizabethg537mo ago
Right? Like who needs their car to scream "steal me" lmao. Some people just love making things harder on themselves.
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the_skyler6mo ago
Check the brake fluid cap first thing. A lot of those cheap alarms have a simple float sensor hidden in there. Saves you a huge headache before you even pick up a wrench.
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