Car Alarms: 95 Honda Odyssey Car Alarm Issue, odyssey car, honda odyssey

Question
My husband recently attempted to replace the battery in our Honda Odyssey. When he did this the alarm went crazy and would not turn off and would not allow us to start the car. My husband ended up cutting some wires thinking that they were just to the siren but now nothing works. We still cannot start our car. We just want the alarm gone! Do you have any advice on how to resolve this issue?

Answer
Ok, please tell Jack The Ripper there,
to repair the wires he cut. Go back to "crazy"
mode.
(Hint: If it were that easy to just cut wire,
it would be done all of the time that way.
So why have an alarm in the first place, right?)

Anyhow,

Now the alarm is "going off", we want to
put the alarm into overide.

Not sure what aftermarket system you have
there, but this is what I think is going
on....

The alarm seems to be in long tamper mode.
You will need to reset, and possibly
re program the remotes (if they exsist).

That part you will need
your manual for, but the aftermarket alarm
seems to be doing it's job.
At least we know it's installed correctly
which is actually a good thing here.

Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, locate, press and hold in the
valet/overide button, found under the
dash area, (push button, spring loaded)
until the installed LED (the blinking light)
in your dash area goes on solid,
and the siren chirps once.

(Your valet switch might be the toggle
(on/off) type. in this case, key on,
flip switch in opposite direction,
then turn the key off.)

This should reset the alarm, and reset
the grounded relay on the starter wire,
allowing you to start the engine.

At this point, the only thing working would
be the keyless entry from the alarm,
if it came equipped that way.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to usable armed mode.
You may get 2 chirps, confirming it,
and the lights may flash twice as well.

That should do it.
If you want to remove it at this point,
take it to your neighborhood installer
for this, or buy the wiring chart
(Go to: www.vehiclewires.com)
for the vehicle, and reverse engineer it wire
by wire, until safely removed.

Let me know what happens.

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