Car Alarms: Car alarm draining battery?, dash area, button spring

Question
okay, for a while now my car alarm would go off for no reason in the middle of the night...after a while we would lock the door in a way where it was still open so the alarm would not go off! then we stopped and the alarm wouldnt go off anymore, then just today the car would make this weird noise when trying to start and it wouldn't start... then all of a sudden the car alarm started going off and wouldn't stop, so my husband had to unplug the battery! Please help as I now have a tarp over the car because I couldn't get the windows to go up and its going to rain soon! also, i'm not sure if it contributed to it but I picked up a treadmill and it didn't completely fit so I had to leave the trunk open and the trunk light was on for 30 minutes! I have a 99 honda civic with the type of alarm that has a siren not the honking...and the flashing headlights...

Answer
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. 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.

First, re attatche the battery, and set off the alarm,
then, 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