Car Alarms: 2004 Subaru Forester alarm -- I hate it, valet mode, 2004 subaru forester

Question
I just bought a used 04 Forester and didn't know that it had an alarm. I DO NOT WANT it. How can I get rid of it but still have a working horn and everything else that's electrical--I just want to be able to use the power locks and a regular key. Thanks.

Answer
Ok, let's try to overide the alarm
so all you have is keyless entry.

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.
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 out 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
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