New Car Alarms

[mumstheword1]

I have just bought a new car. Everytime you go 1 mile over the speed limit or if you drive into a different speed zone, an alarm goes off. It us really distracting. At the beginning of every journey you can disable it but as soon as you turn the engine off it resets itself. You cannot permanently disable it as it us a European directive,  a bit like the daytime lights.  I can understand the reasoning but I find it quite annoying. Does anyone else share my frustration? 

[ToraToraTora]

I wouldn't buy that car in the first place.

There will be a way to disable it, what's the car, year make and model?

[ToraToraTora]

we can only help if you give us the year make and model of the car.

[Old_Geezer]

Sounds a bit like the thing for switching the engine off all the time when stopped at junctions or in a queue.  It too insists on defaulting to 'on' when it is just a $%^& nuisance, so has be there just to aggravate the driver. It's the same principle.

 

Plus there are loads of distracting and unnecessary alarms that will go off unexpectedly and at the worst pissible time.  This speed one just being the latest.

 

It is my guess that every irritating new idea those in control can think of will be put on all cars in the most irritating manner possible to ensure that you can't get a decent alternative. At least not without importing a car from a nation with more sense: and likely imports of those for those who can afford it will then end up getting banned.

 

It's almost as if someone is trying to ruin the car market and ensure everyone stays at home and goes nowhere... almost.

[Old_Geezer]

...possible...

[nicebloke1]

Ask the dealer if it can be turned off is your best bet, but no doubt they will say they cant because it will fail the mot when its due. I agree with OG yet another useless gizmo. When will they produce a gizmo that will save fuel? :0(

[barry1010]

Disabling the alerts will not cause the car to fail the MOT

[Old_Geezer]

Trouble is, from experience, one asks the dealer and they say it isn't possible to turn off the alarms by default. I suspect they are lying or ill-informed, as it has to be settings in thus obligatory car computer they all have these days.

[nicebloke1]

An engine light alert disabled is a fail. A speed alert could be classed has a safety issue and the latter ( could) be used as an excuse for the dealer not to do it. The latter is what I was really saying, not, it is a fail.

[nicebloke1]

^^ To barry

[barry1010]

It simply is not in the list of tests to be done.

An engine warning light must be present in a car; at the moment speed alerts are not a legal requirement 

[nicebloke1]

I know barry thats what I've just said.

[bhg481]

I think there is also a difference between a warning light not working and one switched off.

[ToraToraTora]

nicebloke: "Ask the dealer if it can be turned off is your best bet, but no doubt they will say they cant because it will fail the mot when its due." - There is nothing on the UK MOT about this kind of annoyance.

[nicebloke1]

If they engine light dont show when the key is turned, it fails the mot from the start. The garage dont know if you have disabled it or not, but either wsy it makes it impossible for them to carry out the mot. The light has to go out on start up.

[ToraToraTora]

This is nothing to do with the engine light. All these sorts of things can be turned of using the menus in the car. Sometimes hidden menus. When I get the year make and model I'll find out how to do it.

[nicebloke1]

Why you always having a dig at me TTT. :0) The engine light was given as an example, nothing more.

[1581960]

I have a Honda CRV and the default is off, if you want to use it (I usually do) you have to set it yourself every time, the three bleep alarm is helpful rather than distracting, when it's working it disables the acceleration of the car to the speed limit but doesn't apply the brakes, so if you are going downhill you can still overrun the speed limit. There is another downside that you need to be aware of, if you go past a junction that has a lower speed limit on the adjoining road the speed limit detector might see it and the car unexpectedly decelerates but a quick press on the deactivate button allows you to carry on regardless.

[ToraToraTora]

10:41 but what has that got to do with this?

[ToraToraTora]

10:42 was to nicebloke at 10:41

[nicebloke1]

:0)