push button under the hood

aarons1k · 09-12-2008, 07:19 PM

just noticed a plastic push button , by the hood latch under the hood, what is that for?

gm4life · 09-12-2008, 07:43 PM

Alarm/Security system.

aarons1k · 09-12-2008, 07:49 PM

so it is a factory hood sensor, mine doesnt work any ideas ? I took the Phillips screw out and locked the doors and played with it and it went off , but it wont when i open the hood?

gm4life · 09-12-2008, 07:56 PM

It is only energised when the security system is activated via key fob. The button has to be pressed before the alarm is activated. Try this, I found out the hard way, scared the crap out of me: Pop your hood, lock the doors, then unlatch the hood the alarm should sound. It should sound, if not you have to adjust your rubber stops on the front corners of your hood, they maybe too tall.

aarons1k · 09-12-2008, 08:11 PM

okay , i went out and messed with it for about 15 min , couldnt get it to go back off again , before i could only get it to go off when i took the switch apart.... maybe bad switch..??

gm4life · 09-12-2008, 08:16 PM

It did not go off when you hit the UNLOCK button on the FOB? It suspose to. If not take a trip to the dealer.

aarons1k · 09-12-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gm4life

It did not go off when you hit the UNLOCK button on the FOB? It suspose to. If not take a trip to the dealer.

I was playing with the bump stop and locking the doors via fob , nothing , that switch cant be too much?? ahh

JerseyGoat · 09-13-2008, 01:40 PM

Anyone else ever notice that after an alarm is sounded the cluster tells you why the alarm went off? I popped the trunk got out of the car, locked it with the key fob and then opened the trunk and the alarm went off.(duh) When i started the car later in the day, it said the trunk was opened. I thought that was pretty cool

MidWest GTO 5.7 · 09-13-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseyGoat

Anyone else ever notice that after an alarm is sounded the cluster tells you why the alarm went off? I popped the trunk got out of the car, locked it with the key fob and then opened the trunk and the alarm went off.(duh) When i started the car later in the day, it said the trunk was opened. I thought that was pretty cool

yeah i realized that when one of my buddies unlocked the door from the inside when it was locked. Nifty.

GTO JUDGE · 09-13-2008, 06:08 PM

Here is a tid bit some may not be aware of....

When you unlock your door with the key fob the lights blink twice. If they blink 3 times the security feature was breached. I watch my lights all the time when I unlock the door to see if anyone tampered with the car.