Car Alarms: 2001 Hundai Elantra, hundai elantra, dash area

Question
My Elantra has a factory alarm. Someone backed up and put a pretty good size dent in my driver side front fender. The dent is just in front of the driver side door, no damage to front door, shuts ok. Now the door lock button on the key fob does not work. I can not start the car, when I try the alarm goes off and the engine does not turn over. Dealer said : Get in car, put key in ignition turn to the on position,wait till the alarm stops about 30 seconds, wait another minute, you will hear a click under the dashboard, then the car will start. I do all that , but I do not hear any click under the dashboard. Then the alarm starts again, and I cannot get the car to turn over or start. How do I disarm so I can get the car started? Thanks RDB

Answer
It's an aftermarket alarm here.
If this is a siren and the parking lights flashing,
and LED light in the dash blinking...
This is an aftermarket system.

The alarm is is long tamper mode.
You will need to reset it.

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.

If it does not work out this way,
you will have to replace the system
with one you know how to operate
and what to expect. Don't want to
get stuck in another bad situation.

Let me know what happens.

Robert Martin/CEO-ALARMTEK
DELUXESERVICE.com