Car Alarms: Civic 2000 EX alarm just stopped working, valet mode, dash area


Question
Keyless also doesn't beep any more and the horn doesn't work either. I pulled out the fuses but couldn't locate one specific to horns among them. Someone on another forum said I've managed to turn it off accidentally and there is some magic with the way I should twist the key in ignition to have it come back up.

Would you be able to provide specifics to the purported key twist, in small steps!

Answer
It seems to be in Valet/overide mode.

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 off, and the siren chirps twice.
(Your valet switch might be the toggle (on/off) type.
in this case, key on, flip switch in oposite direction,
key off.)

This should reset the alarm.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to valet mode.

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 for
the vehicle, and reverse engineer it wire
by wire, until it's 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.

Let me know what happens.

ALARMTEK
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