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#1741
What does that thing actually do ? I mean i've driven once without fully closing the hood, it was just on with the safety latch (yea could have ended really badly but i got lucky) and no warning .... so does it do anything at all or is it in fact the single most useless sensor in these cars ?
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Also wish there was an indicator on dash for trunk unlatched/open (sedan)
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#1748
get a simple alarm...one of those buzzers you find at small shops / convenience stores that alert the store owner that a customer has come through the door. you can put the wired contact on the core support and the reflector contact on the hood. when they separate a tone will sound. you can get power from the battery.
#1749
#1750
get a simple alarm...one of those buzzers you find at small shops / convenience stores that alert the store owner that a customer has come through the door. you can put the wired contact on the core support and the reflector contact on the hood. when they separate a tone will sound. you can get power from the battery.
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#1752
but what does it actually do, I mean a sensor usually check for something and depending on what the reading is (in this case closed or open hood) the ECU (i guess) tells the car to do something. Example would be the door open/closed sensor ...a little warning light goes on if its open.
I feel like im taking crazy pills. Its like a nissan engineer just said...oh and lets put in a hood sensor...but it wont actually be connected to anything useful ...nor will it warn the driver that the hood is open. Its like having smoke sensors...but not having them connected to any light/buzzer/flasher/"hey get the F#! out of the building cuz its burning thingi"
I feel like im taking crazy pills. Its like a nissan engineer just said...oh and lets put in a hood sensor...but it wont actually be connected to anything useful ...nor will it warn the driver that the hood is open. Its like having smoke sensors...but not having them connected to any light/buzzer/flasher/"hey get the F#! out of the building cuz its burning thingi"
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#1754
but I want it on my dash/instrument cluster... iow I wish it was and OEM warning light (like I said before Sean suggested I was whining)...