QuestionI have a 1994 bonneville sse and the alarm randomly goes off when i open the door and have to disconnect negative connection from battary to shut off, how do i disable it permantly?
AnswerIf you are talking about the headlights flashing
and the car's horn honking, locate the light green
wire in the drivers door wire harness, coming into
the car in the left side kick panel area, splice into
it and then put it to a solid chassis ground.
This will terminate the "FACTORY" alarm.
Unless ungrounded, it will never work again.
However,
If ths is a siren and the parking lights flashing,
and LED light in the dash blinking...
This is an aftermarket system.
The alarm is is long tamper mode.
You will need to reset it.
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
www.ALARMTEK.net
