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Followup To
Question -
My factory installed alarm keeps going off for no reason. Last night it went off three times in the driveway and I had to remotely shut it off from our bedroom. It's starting to drive me insane and I'm wondering if there's an easy solution. I'd just as soon have it disabled somehow.
Answer -
Please describe what is "going off" A siren?
The car's horn? Headlights flashing or, parking
lights? It will make a difference if you can help me
ident. the system.
Let me know please.
ALARMTEK
CARALARMINSTALLER.com
Sorry about that. The actual siren is what keeps going off...I think it's a combination of three different variations of some loud sirens that repeat (probably 3X) before stopping.
thanks again for your help!
AnswerThe alarm seems to be doing it's job.
At least we know it's installed correctly
which is actually a good thing here.
This is however, not factory, but an
aftermarket device.
The problem is likely to be at the
shock/impact sensor. This may be set too high.
Bet thing until you can get to it, is
place the vehicle into overide during those times
like thunder storms, heavy truck traffic etc..
is setting it off. You should try to locate
it, and turn it off, or at least way down.
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
