Re: active vs. passive alarm

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe passive arms by itself & does not locks the doors, in case you
leave your keys in the car accidentially.

I believe active arming requires you press the remote in order to arm the
system & lock the doors.

Jim Rojas



<alongi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1149700107.659764.180560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I apologize if this isn't the proper forum for this, but can someone
> tell me how to determine whether a car has a passive alarm stall versus
> an active alarm.
>
> My understanding was that with a passive if I bang on the window that
> the alarm should go off, is this true? How else can I test the alarm to
> verify it is a passive alarm?
>
> thank you
>