alarm system showing as triggered after unlocking

kevinf · 10-12-2016, 09:24 PM

This has happened twice to me. Today after I got off work, I went to unlock my car and got in the car. I noticed that the red LED under the mirror was still blinking. I know that this means the alarm was triggered according to the manual. I highly doubt that my alarm would be triggered when I am in the work parking lot but I guess it would still be possible. I would hear it if the alarm was triggered too. I don't have anything moving inside the car either besides a sunshade. Any ideas here? I am not sure what else a blinking red LED under the mirror would mean. Thanks in advance.

DF · 10-12-2016, 10:41 PM

I didn't know it did that

Spydeputy · 10-13-2016, 05:36 AM

Do you have a vert with a proximity sensor?

kevinf · 10-13-2016, 12:27 PM

Nope it's a 228i coupe. I have attempted to set off the alarm intentionally by leaving the window open, arm the alarm and wave my hand inside the car. That did set off the alarm. once I unlocked the car, the red light was still blinking at a fast rate.

The thing is, I am not so sure the blinking I saw at my work parking lot was as fast as the blink rate when I intentionally set off the alarm... I guess I will have to check next time the issue happens.

Is there any other situation that could cause the red LED to blink once car is unlocked, besides triggering the alarm?

xantdieselx · 10-13-2016, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevinf

Nope it's a 228i coupe. I have attempted to set off the alarm intentionally by leaving the window open, arm the alarm and wave my hand inside the car. That did set off the alarm. once I unlocked the car, the red light was still blinking at a fast rate.

The thing is, I am not so sure the blinking I saw at my work parking lot was as fast as the blink rate when I intentionally set off the alarm... I guess I will have to check next time the issue happens.

Is there any other situation that could cause the red LED to blink once car is unlocked, besides triggering the alarm?

This is from the manual...

kevinf · 10-13-2016, 11:12 PM

Yes I already read that, as mentioned in my original post. It appears from the manual that the alarm was triggered but I am not sure if that is likely given where I park at work. There were no signs of tampering on the car either.

kadify · 10-14-2016, 02:48 PM

Rather than posting on an online forum asking other members to speculate what might have happened, it would be far easier to go buy a cheap dash cam, or see if your company has access to any cameras in your parking area, to see what happened...

raleedy · 10-15-2016, 07:48 AM

Watson posting here. If the car indicates that your alarm was triggered, the most likely cause is that your alarm was triggered.

xantdieselx · 10-15-2016, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raleedy

Watson posting here. If the car indicates that your alarm was triggered, the most likely cause is that your alarm was triggered.

This ^ - mystery solved.

10-12-2016, 09:24 PM	#1
kevinf Private 25 Rep 97 Posts Drives: BMW 228i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	alarm system showing as triggered after unlocking This has happened twice to me. Today after I got off work, I went to unlock my car and got in the car. I noticed that the red LED under the mirror was still blinking. I know that this means the alarm was triggered according to the manual. I highly doubt that my alarm would be triggered when I am in the work parking lot but I guess it would still be possible. I would hear it if the alarm was triggered too. I don't have anything moving inside the car either besides a sunshade. Any ideas here? I am not sure what else a blinking red LED under the mirror would mean. Thanks in advance.
	Appreciate 0 Tweet Quote

10-12-2016, 10:41 PM	#2
DF Major 239 Rep 1,255 Posts Drives: F23 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sherman Oaks iTrader: (0)	I didn't know it did that
	Appreciate 0 Quote

10-13-2016, 05:36 AM	#3
Spydeputy Brigadier General 205 Rep 3,523 Posts Drives: 2015 F23 M235i/2008,E90,335xi Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The County, Maryland iTrader: (19) Garage List 2017 X5 M Sport Pac ... [0.00] 2015 M235i, F23 [0.00]	Do you have a vert with a proximity sensor?
	Appreciate 0 Quote

10-13-2016, 12:27 PM	#4
kevinf Private 25 Rep 97 Posts Drives: BMW 228i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	Nope it's a 228i coupe. I have attempted to set off the alarm intentionally by leaving the window open, arm the alarm and wave my hand inside the car. That did set off the alarm. once I unlocked the car, the red light was still blinking at a fast rate. The thing is, I am not so sure the blinking I saw at my work parking lot was as fast as the blink rate when I intentionally set off the alarm... I guess I will have to check next time the issue happens. Is there any other situation that could cause the red LED to blink once car is unlocked, besides triggering the alarm?
	Appreciate 0 Quote

10-13-2016, 11:12 PM	#6
kevinf Private 25 Rep 97 Posts Drives: BMW 228i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	Yes I already read that, as mentioned in my original post. It appears from the manual that the alarm was triggered but I am not sure if that is likely given where I park at work. There were no signs of tampering on the car either.
	Appreciate 0 Quote

10-14-2016, 02:48 PM	#7
kadify Lieutenant 169 Rep 524 Posts Drives: 428i xDrive GC Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	Rather than posting on an online forum asking other members to speculate what might have happened, it would be far easier to go buy a cheap dash cam, or see if your company has access to any cameras in your parking area, to see what happened...
	Appreciate 0 Quote

10-15-2016, 07:48 AM	#8
raleedy Colonel 160 Rep 2,248 Posts Drives: 2016 228i 6-speed Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon iTrader: (0)	Watson posting here. If the car indicates that your alarm was triggered, the most likely cause is that your alarm was triggered.
	Appreciate 0 Quote