Here's what happened today:

I went into the car, locked the door and sat in it for over 5mins, then decided that I wanted to listen to the radio so I put the key into the ignition, turned it... and guess what? The alarm sounded and startled me...

You'd think that by turning the key, the computer should register that "oh, this is the correct key, so disarm"....

What say you guys? Is this a flaw or is it not a flaw? That's the Question.

 

Did you lock it with the remote? If yes, not a flaw.

If you locked it with the switch...flaw.

 

If you lock the door first, then remove the key second the alarm won't be set.
If vice versa, and you don't have the transmitter, then you're jailed in your own car.
Does anyone know if there is anyway to shut off the alarm from the inside of the car w/o the transmitter?

 

question...does our passive alarm even work? Sometimes i gt out of my car...stand there for 5 mins and it never activates or locks the doors...

 

No, I locked it with the door switch. And to the poster who was asking about the door not auto locking... you might as well stand there till kingdom come. IT WON'T AUTO LOCK. I actually like that better. Just in case I leave my key in the vehicle and slam the door and try to inspect something on the outside or worse, trying to de-ice the windows; I wouldn't want to be locked out of my car.

 

^^It will autolock if you don't open the door.

Example: Turn the car off. Get out. Lock the car. Unlock the car and wait 30 seconds without openning a door.

 

Really? Will need to test that... I guess that autolock feature is a good thing as one may have inadvertently pressed the unlock button while walking away from the vehicle.

I was more concerned with the fact that the car will auto lock if I turn off the ignition, close the door and walk away from the car.

 

This has happened to me several times.

Unlock car, get in, then lock the car w/ door switch.
Wait a few minutes (for example, looking at a map).
Then try to start the car, and the alarm goes off.

Someone at Acura should be shot for this.

 

I've noticed the same behavior. If you get in the car, shut the door, then immediately lock the doors with the interior switch, the alarm will set. However if you get in the car and wait a while before locking the doors, I don't think the alarm will not be set.

 

The alarm has a 30 second arming period. If you are in the car sitting in the seat, why not just stick your key in the slot? That stops the alarm from arming.

 

On my car it seems to make no difference whether the key is in the ignition or not. The only time the alarm will not arm is of course when the key is actually switched on and then the doors are locked.

Though I don't normally drive with my doors locked, I've witnessed a lot of people lock their doors as soon as they get in the car, then proceed to insert the key and turn it on. It is under these conditions that can cause the alarm to go off in error.