was wondering if it was just me and my radar.. but i have a escort passport 8500 and it seems like the past few times i go full boost in 5th gear, my radar goes off, but its lasar that says i get hit.. i look around and am pretty sure there is no cop hitting me with lasar cos thats usually really precise and would have gotten pulled over for sure.. so is it a busted radar detector or what... also when i close my garage door it goes off, but thats more understandable

 

do you have it hard wired??? or plugged into the cig jack


i run the 8500 as well and it doesnt do that...but my freinds who has on hardwired does

 

mine was doing the same thing before it got stolen so I got new one and I dont have this problem well I do in a garage lol.

 

I have a cheapo radio shack hard wired in, it detects excellently, and I haven't had a problem with it.

 

i have a valentine one and the only thing i noticed that sets it off was my remote to my head unit...every time i would press i button my radar would go off like someone popped me.

 

i have cobra, i will at times randomly get a laser warning with no cops in sight.. mine isnt hard wired and from what I can tell its not consistant with anything..

 

The escort 8500's do that. You can send them in for a fix for like $40, but its not gauranteed to work.

 

Its a known problem with that model. The laser function gets out of callibration. If you are still underwarranty they will fix it free. If not its like sixty bux or something like that to send it in.

 

Radar detectors will detect a highway patrol cars about 5 seconds AFTER he has already got your speed

 

It's a known problem.

If you have any soldering skills, open it up and change the power smoothing capacitor with an equivalent from Radio Shack. It is the biggest capacitor on the board so it is easy to spot. It took me 10 mins to make the repair and it works fine now.

I might start up a repair service, I could prob do it for $20 including return postage...

 

how do you like your focus rs *off topic*

 

I have my Passport 8500 X50 hard-wired and haven't had a single problem with it.

 

It is really fun to drive, although it isn't really in the same league as the Evo. The car has a lot of power and is very light, but has trouble delivering it even via the Quaife limited slip diff. The torque steer is tremendous!

BTW, the Passport 8500 problem is due to electrical interference (perhaps from the ignition system, hence the false alerts under high acceleration), I am told. Replacing the power smoothing capacitor helps because they obviously used some bad ones in the initial design that have worn out over time.

 

+1 have had mine for 2+ years now and not a single problem

 

My regular 8500 will do it every once in awhile if I go WOT.