Comments on: How to disable your car alarm panic button non-destructively

By: scooter

scooter — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:22:09 +0000

the only time I panic is when I set the panic alarm off.. a small bit of electric tape would stay put better. Thanks for helping me.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:19:05 +0000

Can anyone tell me why my remote would lose it's range. At best it was only good for about 40 feet. Now I have to be 15 feet or less from the front of the car. It usually won't work at all if I am behind my car. I have replaced the battery, it is brand new, still no difference.

By: Tonya

Tonya — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:53:57 +0000

Thank you, I will try it!! If this doesn't work I will just have to find out which neighborhood Alan Mulally lives in, park my car there, hit the button and leave.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:52:40 +0000

Class action suit should be launched at all manufacturers putting panic buttons with no way to disable it. Constantly wake up at dummies pushing the button (accidently or not). My time spent on this is at several hundred bucks I want back. I’m gonna sue.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:40:31 +0000

Wow. Great idea. Unfortunaltely Ford had a “better idea.” The board is integrated with the key and is inside *molded* plastic. I hit it almost daily (usually on the way in to work about 100 ft from the vehicle).

By: JoeB

JoeB — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:40:19 +0000

I have the Ford style, with the metal button/switch fastened directly to the circuit board. I was disgusted enough at the thing that I just popped it right off. It came off easy. The circuit it was attached to remained intact. Now it locks/unlocks as intended, and the “hey everybody I just got home in the middle of the night” button is permanently disabled, which suits me fine. Thanks for the idea, I probably wouldn’t have dug into it without your tip.

By: Doug Blatti

Doug Blatti — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:11:32 +0000

Thank you.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:25:45 +0000

Quite the neat trick there. Thank you for sharing. I hit the panic button, oh way too often.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:34:11 +0000

I fixed mine today as well. It was 5:30 a.m. this morning going out to my car, I had a few things in my hand while I eas locking the house and the darn thing when off and woke the neighborhood. It was dark and I was panicing to turn it off and could not hit the right button right away. Needless to say I was very unhappy at that moment. I ended up throwing my key as hard as I could against the car which broke the remote. The problem is now fixed.

By: GreigH

GreigH — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:57:38 +0000

I’ve got the Ford one with the switch on the circuit board. I just covered the button on the outside with a piece of business card and wrapped electrician’s tape around it. The black tape matches the black case, so it looks OK. Problem solved.