Car Alarms: 2004 Hyundai Elantra alarm system, 2004 hyundai elantra, car alarm system

Question
QUESTION: Early this morning our car alarm system was going off periodically until my wife went out and put the key in the driver's door. Several minutes later it went off . She again used the key to unlock the door and the sytem went off again. This time she opened the door and moved the car. The alarm stayed off until after an hour's drive, we parked the car and the alarm went off again. That happened twice again.

As far as we can recall, each time we used the remote to lock the car. When we arrived back at home, we did not lock the car and the alarm has not gone off.

Any idea about what might be happening? We would like to lock the car again.

Thanks,

Bill Currie



ANSWER: I'd like to offer a hand.
I need to determine whether it's a factory alarm
issue or, if it's an aftermarket system you are
dealing with.

Is it: Headlights flashing, car horn honking
and a worded SECURITY" light in the dash flashing?
Or,
Is it: flashing parking lights,
an LED in the dash area, and a siren
"going off"?

Let me know more on this to better
advise you on a course of action.

ALARMTEK

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QUESTION:  flashing parking lights,
an LED in the dash area, and a siren
"going off"?


Answer
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