whenever i use my horn, the laser alarm goes off. anyone else ever had this happen? solutions, other than not using my horn?

6/9/2008 4:18:51 PM

Do you have some sort of backscattering laser horn?

6/9/2008 4:27:58 PM

as a matter of fact, yes. yes I do.

6/9/2008 4:51:09 PM

That might explain things.

For real however, could this some sort of electrical feedback thing in your car's wiring? That's the only plausible way I can link one action to the other.

6/9/2008 5:28:46 PM

yeh, that's what I figured, but I was intrigued because this is the only electronic device that is effected by it. but then again, I don't know much about electricity/circuits, and all that cute stuff.

6/9/2008 6:19:52 PM

do you really use your horn often enough to where this is a problem?

6/9/2008 8:02:32 PM

possibly. it's more of a concern that there could be an electrical problem with my truck or the detector.

6/9/2008 8:31:31 PM

bump. still happening....

8/16/2008 12:40:25 AM

it happened in my Z71 but never in my trans am

do you have it hardwired? that is all I used in my truck so maybe that had something to do with it

8/16/2008 10:39:02 AM

nope, just through the cig. outlet

8/16/2008 10:45:42 AM

Seriously, how often do you beep your horn?

8/17/2008 7:50:05 AM

irrelevant.

Quote :

"it's more of a concern that there could be an electrical problem with my truck or the detector."

8/17/2008 11:49:39 AM

i thought this was about prostitutes

8/17/2008 10:07:45 PM

hey, it's not locked!

8/18/2008 2:50:30 PM

i'm going to guess you drive a VW

8/18/2008 6:05:30 PM

why in the holy fuck shit would I drive a vw?

8/19/2008 6:49:48 AM

ttt

8/20/2008 9:09:48 PM

Some cars are known to make them false alarm. Seems like the new Chargers were getting false alarms iirc with the Passport 9500.

Sounds like nobody here has an answer for you. Looks like a question for Google or Escort to answer.

8/21/2008 1:42:11 PM

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google's first response.

8/21/2008 4:56:59 PM

tdub runs this shit

8/21/2008 5:53:56 PM

finally got a hold of someone from escort that knew something.

she said that it actually means that the radar is working better than expected because it's picking up electrical interference.

I don't think honking horns activating radar detectors is on the FCC compliance list

8/21/2008 6:03:11 PM

Working better than expected?

Sounds like she just wanted to say something to get you off the phone.

8/22/2008 3:57:36 AM

something about the height of a jailblazer's tail lights causes my V1 to go wacky.

Its always a jailblazer too


a handful of times a caddy or infinity*

[Edited on August 22, 2008 at 7:45 AM. Reason : lots of cars use LED lighting, but SUVs are the perfect height]

8/22/2008 7:45:12 AM

If i hit hard on my mazda hatch it will alert laser.

8/22/2008 9:53:15 AM

it's the frequency of light coming from the LEDs

8/22/2008 9:57:35 AM