Chrysler Repair: Alarm system on a 97 Chrysler LHS, power door locks, wire jumper


Question
I have a 97 Chrysler LHS. It has a built in alarm system. It has activated itself and will not disarm. I have done everything everyone has told me to do. I have had the battery disconnected for 2 days and it is still armed. Someone told me I need to replace the computer. If you have any information I would be soo happy. All I am wanting to do is drive my car again. If there is anything I can do to disarm it please inform me.. Thanks a bunch

Answer
Hi Angie,
The wires that connect the door key lock switch to the body computer are probably broken, but if you haven't tried the passenger side door do that now, lock/unlock using the door key. If that doesn't work you need to get to the body computer which is mounted on the right side cowl, in the cabin, under the dash, just in front of the passenger door opening. Here is how you do that:
remove the end cover at the very far right end of the dash
remove right cowl trim panel and pull back carpeting to expose the dash liner. Notice that there are perforations in the dash liner.
cut along the perforations and pull the dash liner back which exposes the body computer. It has three plugs, you need to deal with a wire on the black plug and a wire on the bone-colored plug so you may find it easier to remove the computer from the cowl which you do by removing 2 screws (one is oblong hole at knee bolster) and one push-pin. Now locate the light green/orange wire on pin #3 of the black plug. Put a straight pin through the insulation so as to contact the internal conducting wire. Then go to the bone-colored plug and put a straight pin through the insulation of the black wire on pin 21.
Then making sure that all three plugs are still connected to the computer, use a conducting wire jumper to connect the two straight pins together.  Then remove the jumper connection, and then try starting the car to see if that clears the alarm.
Then, after that, never use the power door locks when exiting the car.  
The light green/orange wire is in fact the one that is connected to both door key lock cylinders. The wire has fatigued and broken in both of your front doors so that is why you can't disable the alarm once it is set. When you unlock the door you do essentially what you did with the jumper wire, if the wires were not broken. From this point forward, only use the hand-operated push-buttons to lock the doors before leaving. That way you won't 'arm' the system and have to go thruough the procedure described above to disarm it. There is unfortunately no way to disconnect the system permanently, just avoid ever setting it.
Please let me know if this does or doesn't work. You can use the 'thank/rate' tab to get back to me without having to wait for me to be available to take a question. If my advice works, I would appreciate your nomination of me to be 'expert of the month'.
Roland
PS Let me know if something isn't clear. There is no point in buying any type of computer. Just do the disarming procedure.