2000 A4 Avant alarm

[Ti Kan]

thejimrose writes:
> mine has been wonky for ages - if i leave the windows down and alarm
> the car the alarm goes haywire. you can defeat it by pushing the
> button [on the drivers lower b pillar, beside the seat]. however this
> is only a temporary defeat, afaik it can't be permanently disabled.
> altho i've never dug thru vagcom to find out..
> 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From:=A0"Ben" <blament at gmail.com>
> > To:=A0<quattro at audifans.com>
> > Date:=A0Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:07:50 -0500
> > Subject:=A02000 A4 Avant alarm
> > I still need to get out the VAG-com to verify, but it seems that the
> > interior motion sensor has gone wonky. Where is this mounted? Tough to
> > replace? Any been there, done thats?
> >
> > Peace,
> > Ben

The interior motion sensors themselves are mounted at the top of
the B pillars, there are little "vent"-like openings there.  If
you park the car with the windows or sunroof open and arm the
alarm, the outside noise and wind could trigger it.

-Ti