Car Alarms: Alarm Kill Switch, jeep wrangler, dash area


Question
I have a 1998 Jeep Wrangler that had an alarm installed at the time of purchase (2000).  The alarm when tripped has a kill switch that runs to the ignition.  Well the past few years the entire alarm system has not been consistently working - thus we never use it.  This past weekend my wife was driving the Jeep and apparently someone else's alarm was set and it triggered our alarm and now our remote will not shut off the alarm and the kill switch to the ignition has been engaged and we can't start the car.  The alarm  is very cheap and quite frankly we just want to be able to start the car - How can I get the car to start and shut off the alarm when my alarm remote will not disengage the alarm?

Any help would be appreciated - THANKS!!!

Answer
The alarm seems to be doing it's job.
At least we know it's installed correctly
which is actually a good thing here.

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.CARALARMINSTALLER.com