QuestionMy father-in-law has a 2002 Ford Expedition with a system 3 or 4 alarm from the dealer. He had to replace the battery a few weeks ago and now the system is stuck in auto-arm mode. Each time the vehicle is turned off, it will pre-arm if doors are open or completely arm if everything is closed. He remembers someone holding the valet button while performing some other action to take it out of this mode once before, but no one seems to be able to recall what that action is. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated!
AnswerOk, 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 sirenn 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 oit 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
STARTERDISABLE.com
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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.
Let me know what happens.
ALARMTEK
CARALARMZ.com
