Car Alarms: 99 Dodge Durango Factory Alarm, dodge durango, dash area


Question
I just wanted to say you are awesome.  I asked you a question recently and what you said worked!!!! Thanks so much.  I do have another one for ya ....
I have a '99 Dodge Durango SLT, 318 Engine, Automatic.  It has a factory alarm that is going off.  I bought it from a guy that lost the remote.  It is now stuck.  Can you please tell me how you permanently disengage this factory alarm?  Thanks.

Answer
Glad the last suggestion worked.
Now, let's see about this one.

If it is the truck's factory system, it most likely
would not diagble the truck from starting, but
the headlights and OEM horm would be flashing
and honking. Not the parking lights or siren.
If this is the case, the FACTORY ALARM DISARM WIRE,
a green/orange |-| located at a black plug
in the drivers kick panel, splice into it,
then put to a chassis ground to disable it for good.

However,

If it's the parking lights, siren & starter kill relay,
use the aftermarket valet/overide method.

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.

Let me know what your findings are.
I hope I did right by you again!

Luck.

ALARMTEK