Factory alarm sounds for no reason
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Factory alarm sounds for no reason
Hey everyone, so I am awaken by my factory alarm at around 5am this morning, so I ran downstairs and all I saw was a cat standing by my car, so I check out my car, everything appears to be fine, then I press the button on the remote twice and as we all know the second click on the button should activate the alarm and you will hear a beep unless your trunk, door, hood is open, everything was completely closed and still no beep with the second click which means my alarm is not activated. Any suggestions, could my factory alarm be failing?
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C'mon guys, can anyone else give some input, I've checked my trunk, hood, doors, I even hit the panic button and the alarm came on so it does work, I just cant engage it with the second click of the button (no horn sound)
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Gas lid closed?
When you say you checked did you only look at it? If so, try opening and then fully closing doors, hood and trunk. And I always thought the alarm was armed once you locked the car on one push of the button. The beep is just letting you know it's already locked and everything's fully closed. I never looked much into it but that's how I always assumed it was.
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Gas lid closed?
When you say you checked did you only look at it? If so, try opening and then fully closing doors, hood and trunk. And I always thought the alarm was armed once you locked the car on one push of the button. The beep is just letting you know it's already locked and everything's fully closed. I never looked much into it but that's how I always assumed it was.
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The hood latch is most likeky the culprit. Disconnect the 2 wire connector that goes to it and jumper them together. A paper clip will work if you've got nothing better. Tape it up so it can't contact any metal, and try to set your alarm. It should set, chirp, little warning light flash, etc. Try it that way for a few days, and if all is well, buy and install a new hood latch. You could try cleaning and lubing the old one.[no idea if it would work] or leave it bypassed with your hood unprotected and everything else operational.
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The hood latch is most likeky the culprit. Disconnect the 2 wire connector that goes to it and jumper them together. A paper clip will work if you've got nothing better. Tape it up so it can't contact any metal, and try to set your alarm. It should set, chirp, little warning light flash, etc. Try it that way for a few days, and if all is well, buy and install a new hood latch. You could try cleaning and lubing the old one.[no idea if it would work] or leave it bypassed with your hood unprotected and everything else operational.
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Ok, so everything was good until yesterday, stupid alarm starting sounding again for no apparent reason, I've done everything, a little fed up now, can someone please tell me how to deactivate it, do I need to take out a fuse, anything to do to stop this, it's driving me insane, I've resorted to disconnecting my battery so that I could go to sleep last night!!
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Of course, that's why I'm loosing patience with this, I will gladly try any other suggestions, but until then I need to deactivate it.
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The hood latch is most likeky the culprit. Disconnect the 2 wire connector that goes to it and jumper them together. A paper clip will work if you've got nothing better. Tape it up so it can't contact any metal, and try to set your alarm. It should set, chirp, little warning light flash, etc. Try it that way for a few days, and if all is well, buy and install a new hood latch. You could try cleaning and lubing the old one.[no idea if it would work] or leave it bypassed with your hood unprotected and everything else operational.
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Open each door one at a time. Does the dome light come on with each door you open?
Trunk, does the trunk light come on when you open it? Does it stay on when its closed?
When doing the hood switch with paperclip, did you make sure it made contact inside the connector?
Trunk, does the trunk light come on when you open it? Does it stay on when its closed?
When doing the hood switch with paperclip, did you make sure it made contact inside the connector?
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Yeah, the two little wires that plug into the latch. I've never heard anyone else bitch, but I think they're a pain in the ass to get to.
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