Alarm keeps going off

[ucinn]

No, but did have the tailgate open once when my key was in my pocket and my fat rolls were pressing the button and opened it

 

[21grams]

Sitting at home. I hear a car alarm. Realize it is mine. The windows are closed, so no breeze is blowing in. No suspicious strangers around. None of the triggers are present that are mentioned in any of the previous posts. I unlock the car and it stops. A few minutes later, starts honking again. No idea why. Anyway, according to advice from previous posts, I disabled the Rear Occupancy Alert system. So far so good. Not cool, KIA.

 

[Kathytg]

I hope I've fixed this issue on my 2020 EX, but there's one scary part that I haven't seen mentioned in all the posts here and elsewhere regarding the "random" occurrences of the alarm going off. I live in Florida. It's really hot here in the summertime. I had to go into a building for a few hours. I kept hearing a horn honking in the parking lot. I went outside and realized it was my vehicle doing it. I had left the windows cracked. I cycled the door locks and went back inside and it did it again a little while later. I went back out, cycled the locking system again, and went back in. After a few more times, I started worrying that this was somehow related to the amateur radio equipment I had installed and deliberately left operating while I was inside (the vehicle radio acts as a repeater for my hand-held radio) so I shut that off. The very last time I came out to deal with it was the scary part... Not only was the horn blowing, but the tailgate/liftgate had opened!

After reading the posts here, I do believe it was the ROA system at work (for the horn honking) and I have since disabled that (I haven't had a chance to check it yet but I feel pretty sure it will have stopped the problem). I started wondering about the tailgate issue. I wondered if that was a "last resort" action to hot weather and not responding to the rear seat occupancy alarm fast enough. Did the vehicle sense how hot it was inside and open the tailgate to try to reduce the interior temperature, given that it "thought" there was an occupant?

I called the dealership when this (the horn honking part) happened again (before I found the fix) and they had no clue - they'd never heard of any alarm "randomly" going off. I happened to find this thread here while I was on hold at one point with them and told them and they agreed that it might be possible (I didn't get into the tailgate issue since they didn't even know about the horn). I disabled the ROA system on the spot. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had the same tailgate experience.

Gil Chapin

I have had similar car alarm problems. Most recently I was parked at the airport and the car alarm went off. It must have honked until the battery died. I know it was car alarm because it the alarm started beeping the minute when I had it jumped. Sunroof was closed, windows were shut. I am ready to try disabling the ROA system. How is it done?

 

[Trygodfirst]

Sitting at home. I hear a car alarm. Realize it is mine. The windows are closed, so no breeze is blowing in. No suspicious strangers around. None of the triggers are present that are mentioned in any of the previous posts. I unlock the car and it stops. A few minutes later, starts honking again. No idea why. Anyway, according to advice from previous posts, I disabled the Rear Occupancy Alert system. So far so good. Not cool, KIA.

How do I disable the rear occupant sensor.
Thank you

 

[JadeGood]

By putting your car in park with the sunroof open, you likely activated the collision warning feature, causing the horn to sound. The reoccurrence of this situation may be due to your Telluride's settings or security features. To avoid unnecessary problems, it is recommended that you consult your vehicle's owner's manual or discuss the issue with your dealer.