Car Alarms: bought an 88 eldo..., fcc id number, brain box

Question
Hi Alarmtek,

I bought an 88 eldo a couple of weeks ago that Supposably has a factory alarm installed. The guy who sold it to me didn't have a remote for it, and it's hooked up to the ignition, so.. i can't lock my doors.

I've tried looking under the seats & dash for something, but i don't really know what i'm looking for.

If you could please give me some advice, on what to look for so i can get a remote for it, it would greatly help. especially since it's around the holidays...i'd like to be able to lock my doors.

Thanks,

Eldo Steve  

Answer
Dear Cadilac Man!
Nice land boat.
Drove many of these in my time.

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 comes on solid.
(Your valet switch might be the toggle (on/off) type.
in this case, key on, flip switch in oposite direction,
key off.)

This should be valet. This overides
the starter kill relay in the alarm harness,
and returns the car back to disarmed mode.

The only thing that will work now on your system,
is the keyless entry if installed.

Just Repeat these steps to rearm your system.

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.

Best/ easiest suggestion though is to replace
it with a new security system with keyless entry/trunk release,
for alot less then to replace old remotes and not know how
to control what you have, or what it can do.

If you want to get something to replace it,
go to www.carprotector.com  or www.keylesscar.com
and let me know if you see something you like.

To replace the remotes you have, I would need the FCC ID
number on the alarm brain box to see if they are available,
and if you can indeed program new ones to it.
This can run a hundred dollars or so.

Let me know what happens.

ALARMTEK
www.CARALARMZ.com