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🔒 Avital 3100LX Security System: Enhanced Protection without Siren Review

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Revainrating 3.5 out of 5  
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Description of 🔒 Avital 3100LX Security System: Enhanced Protection without Siren

Keyless entry and AUX functions. Fault-proof starter interrupt - Keep your car where you parked it with this layer of protection against “hot-wiring” by car thieves. Warn-Away (low-volume, brief warning signal for questionable threats).

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Worst Amazon purchase I've ever made

Worst Amazon purchase I've ever made. I had this professionally installed on my 2010 Chevy Cobalt and now less than 2 weeks later I have to buy a new product and also pay installation fees again as the car won't lock, lock or open the trunk when I'm not standing. right on the driver's door. Not ordering is a waste of money

Pros
  • Satisfied so far
Cons
  • Almost never

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A great inexpensive way to add keyless entry to a cheap car.

Bought one of these Kia Hamster throwaways to earn business miles then throw away and although it came with power windows and locks it didn't have keyless entry. I took this to open the tailgate/trunk. Works great, now we have keyless entry. It took about 1.5 hours to fit into the hamster and with a bit of googling we found the correct wiring diagram on the Kia forums to hook everything up very easily.

Pros
  • Great overall performance
Cons
  • Volume

Revainrating 4 out of 5

This damn thing works

If you're looking for a simple, no-frills car alarm at an affordable price, this is the one for you. I bought this unit to replace the dealer installed alarm system on my mother's car and was able to install it myself. I have never installed an alarm before but I bought this alarm specifically as it basically had the same functionality as the existing one and just replaced it bit by bit and ended up working. The keyless entry devices have a strong signal and I can arm/disarm from a reasonable…

Pros
  • Pleasant
Cons
  • Boring packaging

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A very satisfied customer, a friend installed according to the instructions.

Very happy customer, asked a friend to install as the instructions were a bit confusing for me. I haven't had a few hours to figure it out, although I'm sure I could install it myself. It took my friend about 45 minutes and everything worked great! I love how my doors close and open when I start and turn off the car. The sound of the horn is perfect, not too loud and annoying. Keyless buttons work great. A little tricky to activate but I suppose it's to keep you from accidentally pressing the…

Pros
  • Everything is fine!
Cons
  • Protection

Revainrating 2 out of 5

No DIY Guarantee.

The first one failed after everything was connected. SMX. Didn't beep properly and programming didn't work. I decided to take the second and return the first because I didn't want to suffer from loosening. While the second block works as it should. Sometimes it will lock/unlock automatically when the ignition is turned on or off. This is a feature of this device. But it must be turned off. I bought Crimetopper 202 five years ago for the same price with no problems. This device was slapped with…

Pros
  • Heavy Duty
Cons
  • Damaged

Revainrating 5 out of 5

He did what I needed, simply and clearly.

I bought this alarm because I had a very specific need, I wanted the car to automatically close the doors when the ignition is on and when the ignition is off it opens automatically. It's a pretty common security feature in modern cars and I didn't expect the 2017 Toyota Yaris to be missing power locks! And unfortunately it's my daughter's car and I've had to learn the hard way how important that is. One day my daughter forgot to lock the doors and at a traffic light a stranger hoped and scared

Pros
  • New
Cons
  • Good but not great

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Some installation tips: Interior

Avital 3100LX is supplied without a siren. Please read the description folks. I've bought and installed dozens of alarms over the years (I worked as an audio/video/alarm installer a long time ago). You can either buy the siren of your choice or connect this security system to your horn. As for the outputs, in most cases for this alarm you will need relays to operate the electric door locks. The alarm output is somewhere in the 200-300 milliamp range, and in most cases this is not enough to trip

Pros
  • Impressive
Cons
  • Retrofit

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great for my basic lock/unlock needs

I just wanted lock and unlock for my 1999 4Runner which like many people I'm used to and didn't have a factory key fob. Mine was different from most in that it didn't have a factory or dealer installed receiver. There are no wired vampires this model year, unlike trucks from the mid-'90s. So you have to endlessly search the internet to find out which cables need to be connected where. (If you need help with yours, ask in the comments.) Once installed, keyless entry does exactly what I wanted…

Pros
  • Heavy duty
Cons
  • Very expensive

Revainrating 1 out of 5

BUYER ATTENTION! Brain never worked replacement worse

Installed this on my Honda CRV in 3.5 hours but spent another 8 hours trying to figure out why my lock/unlock and door trigger functions weren't working. I left it on and after a few days the remote lock/unlock functions worked for hours. Then it stops again for a moment. Apparently it works sporadically. In addition, the door start trigger function did not work and worked intermittently, making this alarm useless as it did not even sound when someone opened my door to get in and search my car.

Pros
  • Hands free operation
Cons
  • Not the best