>
> Note that the locking system and the alarm aren't the same thing, and you
> seem to be talking as if you think they are. They _do_ interoperate with
> one another though.

True, but by manually locking the car, we seemed to have temporarily
solved the problem. My service consultant definitely thinks they are the
same thing though, because he originally told me he was disconnecting
the alarm, when all he really did was show me how to lock it manually.

>
> What is the part anyway?

I can find out when I eventually take the car in, but my service
consultant is way too uncommunicative to respond to an email if I asked
him now.
>

> So why weren't they willing to loan you a car for two weeks? Did you even ask
> for a loaner?

They might have given us a loaner if we had really needed it, despite
refusing to store the car for two weeks. I was still rather amazed they
didn't offer to keep our car until they could fix the alarm.

Meanwhile, we just got back from a road trip, and the air conditioning
stopped working properly. This is the second time this has happened.
Both the fan and the coolness get very weak. This time I was able to
"fix" it by turning off the aircon for ten minutes and turning it on again.