Will your car alarm go off if someone vandalizes your car by slashing the tires?

Asked by russharv63 May 23, 2020 at 09:45 AM about the 2015 Kia Optima EX

Question type: General

Say a vandal slashes your two back tires.  Will the car alarm go off?  Is it set
up to go off if this happens?

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TDolby answered 4 years ago

I doubt it. Alarms rely on motion sensors. So it will activate say for a bump or a car door or window opening when the vehicle is locked.

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