QuestionBought this car (used, obviously) a year ago. Car has a little blinking red in-dash light located to the left of the steering wheel, which I assumed to be an alarm system of some sort, but I paid it no mind--I simply figured it must have been an inactive/defunct alarm system, because it never gave any indication of life beyond the blinking of the red dash-light. I never heard a so much as a single peep.
Recently I let the car sit for a few months, and the battery went flat. So I went to re-start by jumping. So, idiot that I am, I crossed up the jumper cables! and slightly toasted the jumper cable insulation. So I of course quickly disconnected the smoking-hot jumper cables, let 'em cool for a moment while cursing myself with suitable thoroughness, then set up correctly, and the car-alarm suddenly sprang to life!
I disconnected cables, then removed horn relay/fuse. 100-amp alternator fuse, "main" 40-amp fuse, all OK. I also broke open the starter-relay casing and checked the coil-point, gave it a slide-through with knife-edge to unstick if stuck.
So, I silenced the horn blasts, and fortunately all electricals seem to be functioning, but now the alarm continues always to be tripped when I open the door, and then commences to flash for a few minutes, then stops flashing, but still won't start. When turning the key to attempt crank-over, dash-indicator lights don't dim as in "normal" cranking attempt. Curiously, only the dash-clock digital readout dims when I turn the key. Otherwise, no sign of start activity, neither sounds from under hood, nor dimming engine indicator-lights.
So my Q is: Is there a valet reset on this thing, as I've read from other posts here, (if so, is there a standard key-toggle sequence to reset?) or, if that's not the solution is it likely that the problem is that I maybe fried the line-fuse. If the line-fuse is fried, can I find and replace it, without undue contortions, prior knowledge of location, or special tools? Or am I destined to have it towed to specialist?
Many Thanks!
AnswerIt's pretty hard to say what alarm is in there
from this explaination really, However,
it is an after market system, so the past
posts about valet overide would apply here too.
If you can locate it under the dash area, the valet
would toggle between operable, and non operable,
and is the desired effect right? (Try to locate,
much easier then de-install and re-install)
If no joy there, then you will need to drop the
under panel from the steering column, locate the
starter kill relay on the starter wire
(BLACK/WHITE wire in the ign. switch harness),
cut out this relay and then re attatche the
2 free ends, of said wire to start the
car every time. Regardless if alarm is operable
or not.
Not too hard really, but it must be done to get it
started again if the installer did not include the
valet. (smallish black or red spring loaded button
set into the plastic trim pieces under the dash,
usually to the left leg area. Yours may be
a toggle type as well, but same locale is normal)
Let me know what you discover.
ALARMTEK
CARALARMMAN.COM
