How to Disable the Alarm System on a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee

The alarm system on your 1995 Jeep Cherokee acts as a theft deterrent, keeping would-be criminals from stealing your vehicle. Jeep's alarm system sometimes suffers from false alarms, however, and you may wish to disable the alarm. Having it go off when it's unwanted can be embarrassing. To prevent the alarm from going off in the future, you need to know how to fully disarm the system.

Things You'll Need

  • Wire cutters
  • Wire strippers
  • Ground wire
  • Socket wrench
  • Socket set
  • 3-way wire connector/splicer
  • Round wire connector
  • Crimping tool
  • Insert the ignition key into the driver's side door lock.

  • Turn the key to the left, then to the right. This will disarm the alarm (if it is going off).

  • Open the hood and disconnect the negative battery terminal by loosening the nut on the negative battery terminal cable clamp and lifting the cable clamp off of the terminal.

  • Locate the purple/yellow wire under the driver's side kick panel. This is the factory alarm disarm wire.

  • Cut the factory alarm disarm wire with wire cutters, then strip off about a half inch of sheathing from both ends of the wire. Then, strip off a half inch of the ground wire using wire strippers.

  • Place all three exposed wire sections into a 3-way wire connector and crimp the connector to secure all wires together.

  • Strip one half-inch section off of the other end of the ground wire, then twist the wire end and insert it into a wire connector that has a rounded end with a hole through the center of it. These "washer-type" connectors are made to be slid under a bolt so that you can secure the wire as a grounding wire. Crimp the wire connector to secure the wire to the connector.

  • Unbolt one of the bolts on the dead pedal (the pedal all the way to the left that does not move) and ground the wire to the dead pedal by sliding the dead pedal bolt through the center of the wire connector and re-tightening the dead pedal bolt.