Car Alarms: The Alarm keeps going off, pontaic grand prix, alarmtek


Question
I have a 1998 Pontaic Grand Prix, and for some reason after I have locked the car, the alarm likes to go off at weird times.  There is no one around, no one has banged into it.  It just goes off, the horn and lights will go off 4 times and then quit.  I have had into the dealer and they couldnt figure it out.  I would like it to stop, my neighbors hate me because it will go off at anytime it feels like it.  Is there a fuse I can unplug, is there anyway to disarm it, right now I am to the point of fustration, Please help!!

Answer
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