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07eclipsegt · September 8th, 2008, 11:24 AM

i figured it out for myself.. and instead of deleting the post... ill post what i did incase anybody else runs into it..

i was told by mitsubishi that if you disconnect your hood alarm, it would disconnect your entire alarm on your car.. but after testing it, this is not true... it is okay if you disconnect your hood alarm, the rest works fine..

there is a pressure button on the left side of your engine bay under the hood.. when your hood goes down, it pushes the button in... carbon fiber being light, sometimes does not push it down all the way...

there are a few things that can be done...
1.. you can just use ties or tape and tape it down so its always down..
2.. you can disconnect it, this will not disable your entire alarm system, i have tested it.
3.. you can the sensor out of its mounting system and modify it with some sort of wedge/ washer so it sits a few mm/cm higher in the mount.. then more pressure will be applied by the hood to hold it down..

if this has already been covered, im sorry for the double post.. if not, i hope it helps somebody out.. my neighbors were starting to get a little angry with me..

September 8th, 2008, 11:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
07eclipsegt Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 1	i figured it out for myself.. and instead of deleting the post... ill post what i did incase anybody else runs into it.. i was told by mitsubishi that if you disconnect your hood alarm, it would disconnect your entire alarm on your car.. but after testing it, this is not true... it is okay if you disconnect your hood alarm, the rest works fine.. there is a pressure button on the left side of your engine bay under the hood.. when your hood goes down, it pushes the button in... carbon fiber being light, sometimes does not push it down all the way... there are a few things that can be done... 1.. you can just use ties or tape and tape it down so its always down.. 2.. you can disconnect it, this will not disable your entire alarm system, i have tested it. 3.. you can the sensor out of its mounting system and modify it with some sort of wedge/ washer so it sits a few mm/cm higher in the mount.. then more pressure will be applied by the hood to hold it down.. if this has already been covered, im sorry for the double post.. if not, i hope it helps somebody out.. my neighbors were starting to get a little angry with me..