Car Alarms: Factory car alarm, nissan altima, alarmtek

Question
QUESTION: I have a 97 nissan altima and the battery died and now everytime you open the door the alarm goes off.  How do we disengage the alarm?
ANSWER: Explain to me what you are experiencing.

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.

Best Regards,

Robert Martin
CEO/ALARMTEK
DELUXESERVICE.com

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QUESTION: Well there is not lights flashing because the battery is dead but there is an LED light flashing red on the dash and a siren going off.  I only have a replica key because it's a hand-me-down car and I found a "button" of some sort under the dash on the left side but it doesn't do anything.

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