You make a good point re- covering the buttons when in the pocket. If you set off the panic alarm as they say ...it is bleeding obvious from the noise. But I have had it when parked up and started to walkMy dealer fitted the key with a sturdy leather fob. This lies flat over the key. Stowed in my jeans pocket like this, I haven't had any unintentional panic button attacks so far.
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away, the vehicle has unlocked because the button has been operated whilst in my pocket. Not to much of anything issue because mine is set to auto relock in a minute if a door isn't opened. But it makes me wonder how long the fob battery lasts if being operated continually. Time will tell.
Happy I didn't teach my grand-kids how to use that button
It worked indeed with the o-ring, no false alarms anymore. But as I don't have Parkinson yet, I still can push it very hard, and the alarm goes off.
That's why it is worth setting the auto relock if doors not opened to a short time interval so they automatically relock while walking away if they have been activated in your pocket. I accidentally set the alarm off in the supermarket car park this morning, but that has been outnumbered by the times it has unlocked by accident
Good point. I do have that auto relock set. I forgot about that.
Who says Germans don't have a sense of humour!
Someone on here superglued a washer around the button to keep it from being so easily activated.
Instead of superglue perhaps consider installing a rubber o-ring on the button centre shaft. I used an o-ring from a dellorto carb kit but its about 7mm diameter. This way you can still use the button if you push it hard and it won't go off accidently in your pocket. An easy fix for Ineos..... perhaps they forgot to install it.
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Great solution. Works great! I made this change in my workroom at the rear of the house. Gave it a test seemed great. My wife said "What's that noise?" The range on the panic button is at least 20m through brick walls. LOLInstead of superglue perhaps consider installing a rubber o-ring on the button centre shaft. I used an o-ring from a dellorto carb kit but its about 7mm diameter. This way you can still use the button if you push it hard and it won't go off accidently in your pocket. An easy fix for Ineos..... perhaps they forgot to install it.
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Just don't hit it when a pregnant woman is trying to place her child into a baby seat! (Went white)I used my panic button for the first time yesterday to find my car back in the dark on the huge parking place of my dealer Hedin, between Mercedes cars and vans and some Grenadiers.
But I like the o-ring solution better than the glue solution
