Car Alarms: Car alarm, pontiac grand prix, dash area

Question
I have a 2000 pontiac grand prix and the alarm system started sounding when we were driving. I can push the alarm button on the remote to make it stop, but when we hit a bump it starts again. It also sounds when the car is off and we shut the doors. I have tried reading the owners manual, but it isn't very clear about this problem. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Answer
Normally, you would insert the key in
the drivers door, turn left, then right
to disarm and reset it. If yours is malfunctioning,
you would either need to contact Pontiac to reset it,
or you can disable it for good by doing the
following:

The FACTORY ALARM DISARM WIRE IS
orange/black |-| in the driver kick panel.

Once Located, splice into this wire with
a simular guage wire, and put it to
a solid chassis ground. This terminates
the alarm functions entirely.

Now, if this is an aftermarket system:
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.

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 it does not work out this way,
you will need to contact Pontiac.
But from the sounds of it, it's atermarket.
and also sounds as if the alarm has a bad
ignition sense wire which needs addressing.

Let me know which it was, and what you did
to repair the trouble.

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