The dealers like to pretend this feature doesn't exist for some reason. You can jump over to srtforums and use the search feature to see the postings on this topic. Don't stay there very long, though!!!![sm=smiley36.gif]

There MAY have been a topic about this on DF in the early months of 2004...heck after 6300 postings, I can't remember everything!!![sm=smiley1.gif]

 

im catching up up! <points to post counter>.... Ok maybe Im not.

 

my dash light blinks when i lock it with my keypad.

 

That means it's activated, you lucky dog!!

 

I have that keyless entry and they also activated what they call ForceTracker which is the same as lojack for getting the extended warranty. But if someone were to break in there wouldnt be an alarm or sound that would go off

 

Yup, the keyless entry is standard for the SRT-4. And if your alarm is activated, you're supposed to use the key fob or else the alarm goes off after a certain period of time.....I think, [:@]

Information overload. I'll have to research this further.

Lojack is cool, my PD has used it in a couple of drug busts....

 

Are you talking about all of your dash lights? If so, your alarm is still not activated. The way to tell that your alarm is activated is to lock it with the remote and then wait a minute or two and then look in the car at the dash. If there is a solid red circle on the top right side of the gauges, where the seat belt light is, that is flashing on and off, then your alarm is activated. If the red circle isn't flashing then your alarm is not activated.

 

YES, the car does come with an alarm from the factory. go to the SRT forums and search for it. some where on there is a complete diagram of the exact codes that must be entered into the cars computer by the dealer. I printed that out and took it to them, because they had no clue that it would do that. You do not have to buy a sentry key, which they tried to dell me. Just have them activate that, make them do it for free, and you use your current key fob. the only thing it does is... when you lock the door with the key fob or with the door lock button inside the car, it will arm itself. when it is armed, the only way to turn it off is with your key fob. the only thing that will set it off is if one of the four doors are opened. it does not detect the trunk. also, as someone mentioned, you key has a magnetic device in it that tells your car if it is the correct key or not. if you have a $2.00 wal-mart key made for this car, it will only run for 30 seconds and the computer will shut it down.

 

See, theres some confusion here 03s and some 04s, I don't recall the cutoff date, do not have the "alarm" portion of the SKIM (remember the Sentry Key Immobilizer Module, right?) activated.

Keyless entry = fob, locks and unlocks only.
VTA = Vehicle Theft Alarm


Alarm= when locked WITH THE FOB, sets the mentioned light to blinking, 17 seconds after lock. Thereafter, if any of the doors are opened without using the fob to unlock, and this includes using the key in the door also, the alarm will sound, headlights blink. This CANNOT be deactivated hitting the unlock on the fob!!!!!!! The only way to turn it off is to start the car.

Later 04s had this activated from the factory.

As far as the Forcetracker system

http://www.forcetracker.org/home.htm

It looks good.

 

why are you bothering to activate the factory alarm, it doesn't really do anything other than make noise. if you're concerned enough to worry about this, get a real alarm.