Car Alarms: Disconnecting 1992 Jeep Cherokee Limited alarm, jeep cherokee, orange stripes


Question
This is indeed a factory alarm with the horn and headlights. After removing the kick panel I have found several green wires with orange stripes, but non with the (green/orange|-|) which I take to mean the orange strip is dashed. Is there anything else you might be able to tell me. We live almost an hour from any alarm shop and I am now having to keep the battery disconenected as it triggers as soon as it is reset.

Thanks!
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Followup To

Question -
I Need to know how to disconnect the factory alarm on a 92 Jeep Cherokee limited. It is driving me and the neighbors crazy!

Thanks in advance

Jeff

Answer -
If it is indeed the factory system
(horn instead of siren, headlights flashing
instead of parking (yellow) lights)
The open the drivers side plastic
kick panel, locate the FACTORY ALARM DISARM
(green/orange wire |-|), splice into it,
then ground it to the chassis. That
takes out the factory system forever.

If it's aftermarket, then 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

Answer
You are missing the wire.
ALL of my databases have it as green
with an orange stripe (not dashed)
in the drivers side kick panel. Testing it is pointless
as it will not act as expected. When you locate the one wire
that is the alarm disarm wire, do the splice and then
ground it.

Gotta be there.

A.