QuestionHello, i put my car away for the winter..and figured it would be a good idea to arm the factory alarm...seeing how i was gonna start it every week and run it for a bit.....but after about a week i went to start it..and the battery was dead...so i had to open the door...to pop the hood so i could get at the battery..so i took the battery out and charged it...put it back in...hook up the connections and now it wont stop...even after i tryed all the procedures in the manual regarding the keyless entry system, to try to disarm it and stop the siren from sounding...because with the hood up its rather loud. Its a 1997 mustang gt 4.6L.
AnswerOk, 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
www.CARALARMINSTALLER.com
