Annoying Panic Alarm on my Loaner Car

As my car was in for it's dreaded 60K service (that's over and done with!), I was given this nice Dodge Magnum, with a very nice HEMI gas-guzzling engine.
What I HATE about the systems on newer cars, at least the loaners I had, does not allow you to use the actual key to enter. This seems very stupid to me. I'll let the video explain the rest in better detail.

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[EuanRams]

Dont they charge when they're in? Thats what happens in our cars..

[georgef551]

@EuanRams

Huh? Not following.



[EuanRams]

@georgef551 You said that when the alarm goes off and the keys battery has run out then your pretty well screwed. On a couple of our cars the key actually charges when its docked in the ignition barrel, Dont know how it works, but it does :D

[georgef551]

@EuanRams

Hmm...Interesting.

I wouldn't put it past Detroit to think that one through. Then again....

[ClubCrew]

You can disable most of these factory set protocols with a little know how. My fathers camaro had 8 of these type functions on it that he disabled one by one. For instance one was that if you unlocked the door with the key, you had 7 seconds to put it in the ignition and start the car or the horn would sound.

[georgef551]

@ClubCrew

I was hoping the Dodge/Chrystler models didn't have these standard, as my car, and others I drove, didn't. The manual only shows how to disable the basic panic function.

It would've been nice for the dealer to have some literature on this. I figured it out on my own, via several trial-and-error combos.

[tjjstfu1992]

the 1999 saturn sl2 i had did it to me as well...scared the shit out of me

[ProtegeTuype]

My car do the same and it's Mazda

[georgef551]

@TheMrGuest

Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Taurus body, because the older Focus body was the same as a Toyta Corrola. Then Hyndai made a Ford model in the 90's, forget which.

[TheMrGuest]

Very Ford Taurus like on the inside.