Comments on: How to disable your car alarm panic button non-destructively http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/ Sean Tierney's Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:42:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tonya http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-378810 Tonya Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:53:57 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-378810 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. 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 http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-375736 Steve Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:52:40 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-375736 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. 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 http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-375136 Don Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:40:31 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-375136 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). 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 http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-374885 JoeB Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:40:19 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-374885 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. 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 http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-374688 Doug Blatti Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:11:32 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-374688 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: Molly http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-367259 Molly Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:25:45 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-367259 Quite the neat trick there. Thank you for sharing. I hit the panic button, oh way too often. Quite the neat trick there. Thank you for sharing. I hit the panic button, oh way too often.

]]> By: Tim http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-354274 Tim Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:34:11 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-354274 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. 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 http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-312376 GreigH Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:57:38 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-312376 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. 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.

]]> By: AnimeJutsu http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-209619 AnimeJutsu Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:03:08 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-209619 I had another type of controller where it had a literal button. The rubber piece would push the button in a fashion that adding a piece of paper just over it would "amplify" it's sensitivity. My solution was to cut 5 layers of business cards in a donut like shape to surround the button, then to have a piece of tape to act like a drum head over the top. This effectively enclosed the button and would not cause the circuit to close. In addition, the button would not push in, giving it a nice "rejected/disabled" feel. This did not harm the circuitry. Took me 30 minutes to do. I had another type of controller where it had a literal button. The rubber piece would push the button in a fashion that adding a piece of paper just over it would “amplify” it’s sensitivity. My solution was to cut 5 layers of business cards in a donut like shape to surround the button, then to have a piece of tape to act like a drum head over the top. This effectively enclosed the button and would not cause the circuit to close. In addition, the button would not push in, giving it a nice “rejected/disabled” feel.

This did not harm the circuitry.

Took me 30 minutes to do.

]]> By: warthogism http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/comment-page-1/#comment-151832 warthogism Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:06:05 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/05/01/disable-your-panic-button/#comment-151832 i guess mine is the "expensive" kind, cuz the metal contacts are integrated on the circuit board. it was worth a shot, though. Thanks. i guess mine is the “expensive” kind, cuz the metal contacts are integrated on the circuit board. it was worth a shot, though. Thanks.

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