Anyone have a 2013 with the security package?
6/4/12, 06:11 PM
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Anyone have a 2013 with the security package?
I'm considering getting a 2013 GT with the security package option. I want it mainly for the active anti theft. Does anyone know what is the difference between the active anti theft and what comes standard on the vehicle? Is it just basically motion sensors or is it more then that?
6/4/12, 06:20 PM
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I'm considering getting a 2013 GT with the security package option. I want it mainly for the active anti theft. Does anyone know what is the difference between the active anti theft and what comes standard on the vehicle? Is it just basically motion sensors or is it more then that?
6/5/12, 02:14 AM
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It also comes with the reverse sensor. That was the feature I wanted.
6/5/12, 01:58 PM
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Stick with the Passive system.
Then get aftermarket alarm with any features you want.
Way more worth it!!!
Best of all if you get Viper or Compustar, you will get 1 Mile range pager, with LCD readout on what is happening to your car.
On my 2007, I even have a motion sensor if someone looks in the window or gets within a certain radius.
Plus the added benefit of a Car starter (even for stick)
Factory alarms are usless, even with all the extra sensors, they only make noise, which eveyone ignores anyway.
As an added feature. I got police type strobe lights installed. When the alarm goes off, its lights up the place.
Just a suggestion....but
Then get aftermarket alarm with any features you want.
Way more worth it!!!
Best of all if you get Viper or Compustar, you will get 1 Mile range pager, with LCD readout on what is happening to your car.
On my 2007, I even have a motion sensor if someone looks in the window or gets within a certain radius.
Plus the added benefit of a Car starter (even for stick)
Factory alarms are usless, even with all the extra sensors, they only make noise, which eveyone ignores anyway.
As an added feature. I got police type strobe lights installed. When the alarm goes off, its lights up the place.
Just a suggestion....but
6/5/12, 03:18 PM
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Jellywood and Sparrow hit it right on the head.
Me personally I would want the factory active system with the back up sensors and wheel locks. It does exactly what Jellywood and Sparrow pointed out!!
I had a Stereo/Alarm company install a aftermarket alarm in my car back in 1996 and my car was never the same again. Never Again!!!
Good Luck in whatever you decide. Personally, after the the psycho thieves or crazed drug addict thieves have busted my window and or have my car on a lift already, what the heck am I going to do. Take a bullet, baseball bat to the head to protect my car. Keep it!!!! That's why I am paying such high Insurance premiums for.
As we say in Italian, Salsiccia, Salsiccia his own. Enjoy my friend!!!
Me personally I would want the factory active system with the back up sensors and wheel locks. It does exactly what Jellywood and Sparrow pointed out!!
I had a Stereo/Alarm company install a aftermarket alarm in my car back in 1996 and my car was never the same again. Never Again!!!
Good Luck in whatever you decide. Personally, after the the psycho thieves or crazed drug addict thieves have busted my window and or have my car on a lift already, what the heck am I going to do. Take a bullet, baseball bat to the head to protect my car. Keep it!!!! That's why I am paying such high Insurance premiums for.
As we say in Italian, Salsiccia, Salsiccia his own. Enjoy my friend!!!
6/5/12, 03:43 PM
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unfortunetly....the one downside to aftermarket.
You need to find a good installer. Or you may have issues.
But good install + afermarket alarm = better then factory
AND if you really want to make it hard for them to break in.
Secure laminate the side windows. (can't rememebr the company that supplies these)
Not bullet proof, but definetly baseball bat proof.
You need to find a good installer. Or you may have issues.
But good install + afermarket alarm = better then factory
AND if you really want to make it hard for them to break in.
Secure laminate the side windows. (can't rememebr the company that supplies these)
Not bullet proof, but definetly baseball bat proof.
6/5/12, 06:22 PM
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My '12 has the alarm package on it and it is the same as the '13 package. I really like the backup sensors, they work great.
Alarm is cool too, if it's armed and you leave the window down and someone sticks their hand in it will go off and scare the poo-doo out of them.
Alarm is cool too, if it's armed and you leave the window down and someone sticks their hand in it will go off and scare the poo-doo out of them.
6/6/12, 12:01 PM
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The only part of the package that I could do without is the wheel locks. I had a tire go flat on my Wife's Ford, I put the key onto the lock, turned to loosen, and the key broke off on the inside. Two and a half hours later the dealership finally arrived with another key. Plus any thief worth his weight in lug nuts have a key. They can but them from the Ford accessory site. With the motion sensor in the system, if they jack up the car it will activate the system anyway. So, at the first change I will have them removed. But, that just me.
6/6/12, 12:59 PM
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The only part of the package that I could do without is the wheel locks. I had a tire go flat on my Wife's Ford, I put the key onto the lock, turned to loosen, and the key broke off on the inside. Two and a half hours later the dealership finally arrived with another key. Plus any thief worth his weight in lug nuts have a key. They can but them from the Ford accessory site. With the motion sensor in the system, if they jack up the car it will activate the system anyway. So, at the first change I will have them removed. But, that just me.
6/6/12, 05:02 PM
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The only part of the package that I could do without is the wheel locks. I had a tire go flat on my Wife's Ford, I put the key onto the lock, turned to loosen, and the key broke off on the inside. Two and a half hours later the dealership finally arrived with another key. Plus any thief worth his weight in lug nuts have a key. They can but them from the Ford accessory site. With the motion sensor in the system, if they jack up the car it will activate the system anyway. So, at the first change I will have them removed. But, that just me.
8/1/12, 10:49 PM
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Those McGuard Locks stay on those wheels though!!
Oh, and by the time they find the wheel locks key, they could have stolen three cars by then.
Goodnight
8/4/12, 09:37 AM
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Yes, they are RFID chip keys. The car won't start without a programmed key. You don't necessarily have to get them at the dealer, though. If you have both factory keys, you can buy chipped key blanks, have them cut anywhere, and program additional keys yourself following a procedure in the owner's manual.
8/21/12, 07:22 PM
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Hello all, Not to make anybody start to worry about their Mustangs (I just got my 2013 GT/Premium), BUT I recently watched a one hour news story on car theives and how they duplicate and enter the code on the counterfeit keys in 5 minutes and still today steal any car they want. BIG Business! People (especially overseas where they might spend over three times for a luxury car just put their order in with the exact options they desire and your car is stolen and shipped over seas. They could get over $200,000 for a BMW over seas. They will buy your stolen car for $20 to $50 thousand. The thieves and organized crime will always take what ever they want. The thief makes $1 to $5 thousand on the car depending on the value and organized crime make the rest (minus taking care of the middle men of course, which would be the dock workers, counterfeiters for the documents, etc.) Millions of cars and everything else this world has to offer shipped every year and impossible to run checks on every import and export.
Well, just hope we are all lucky and they leave our cars alone.
**** Scary, isn't it! Sleep well tonight!!!
Well, just hope we are all lucky and they leave our cars alone.
**** Scary, isn't it! Sleep well tonight!!!
8/21/12, 07:27 PM
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Hey all, (2013 Mustang GT/Premium with security/back up warning package). What is that little plastic cover thing on the top of the middle dashboard right under the windshield? Is that part of the alarm system and is maybe supposed to blink when it's armed. Mine doesn't do anything. It's got to do something. Is a sensor.
8/21/12, 10:00 PM
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I'm considering getting a 2013 GT with the security package option. I want it mainly for the active anti theft. Does anyone know what is the difference between the active anti theft and what comes standard on the vehicle? Is it just basically motion sensors or is it more then that?
My 2013 has this. It's
The active system does what the regular system does (prevent the car from starting if you don't have an authorized key in range), plus has an interior motion sensor, tilt sensor (towing), door/trunk sensor, etc.
The package also comes with locking lugnuts and a reverse sensor (very nice)