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factory security upgrade

Is this unit any good ? How difficult to install ? I see some places that have the upgrade for $85, is there anything else to installling it besides pulling the center console and pluging it in the harness ? This is for a 03 WRX. I noticed yesterday that my door handle was lose, and the lock cylinder has come lose and is inside the door handle as well. I'm thinking someone attempted to break in. But wonder to if something in the door handle just broke .. But i bet they just tried to pull the door handle section out of the door so they could get in there and pop it open. There are no marks and nothing was jamed in the lock cylinder. I never use my key, always the keyless entry.

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Mike
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$85 is a good price for the OEM "security upgrade." Installation is quite easy. There's a bit more to it than pulling up the center console, but that's the most difficult part of it. Everything plugs/joins with existing connectors.

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CompUser

Thanks. I will go ahead and order that. Do you know if it uses a shock sensor or does it sense current to the inside lights to set it off ?

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Mike

The OEM unit on my 2005 Forester XS has shock sensor and detects the opening of the doors. Mine came with it installed as a port option.

Blair

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Blair Baucom

The box that goes under the center console has some type of adjustable shock sensor in it. Door opening is detected by something aside from dome light activation (integrated module mojo?), as it works even if the dome light is switched off.

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CompUser

Will it always trip the alarm, if the car is just bumped, or does it take a series of bumps? I hear cars let out a chirp, when a motorcycle goes by.

VF

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houndman

where did you find it?

VF

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houndman

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Click on your model on the left, then the utility & convenience link.

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Mike

If it is bumped, it chirps. Dropping a wiper on the windshield will do it. I never heard it go off by accident. I have never tripped it to get a full alarm by vibration.

Blair

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Blair Baucom

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