hey everyone, 1st off the alarm i have: the alarm with remote pager (looks like a little cell phone) with power locks installed in a 91 hatch. well my problem started 2 nites ago, the 1st nite the alarm just started going off(around 1am) and the remote said "door" i went out to check(all doors were locked and closed) and about every 10 mins it would go off again. the alarm is self arming (about 30sec. after last door is shut) so yesterday i was looking around the car and i noticed when i shut the door the l.e.d. wouldnt flash (flashes when it starts to arm) but it would arm if i press the arm button, so i thought the car would be fine....i was wrong last nite i kept hearing an alarm goin off(sound far away, very faint sound) and my car was outside my door (so it couldnt be my alarm, besides my remote didnt signal me) well i was wrong at about 4am my girl wakes me up to tell me it was my car. so all you alarm experts what do you think the problem could be? please help me fix my alarm!! thanks for any help

 

anybody?

 

check to see if your door pins are dead.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchinprogress &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anybody?</TD></TR></TABLE>Its very hard to tell, What kind of alarm? Who installed it? How long has it been in the car? There are 3 main things that can go wrong or be wrong with an alarm 1- there is something wrong with the alarm brain itself, 2- there is a wiring problem, [most likely power or ground], 3- the alarms brain is latched up , [ reboot the alarm by disconnecting the neg. batt. term. and wait 1 or 2 min. and reconnect it ] giving or getting a jump start can cause the alarm to latch up, also poor wiring, like a bad ground or power connection can latch it up, also "dirty power" can cause it , [ the main power for the alarm should be hooked up to a good 12v constant source by itself] do not use the same power as the doorlocks or the parklights, [if wired] or anyplace tha may be used when you arm/disarm the alarm or the alarm is tripped, [ the ign. switch power is a good spot] and before anybody jumps in to remind me that it all comes from the batt., let me just say . Let me know the answers to the first Qs, and check the above 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sopiwnykg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check to see if your door pins are dead.</TD></TR></TABLE> how can i find the door pins? and is there a way that i can tell that the pins are dead? and fcm thanks for the info i find the answers to your questions as soon as the rain lets up

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchinprogress &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> how can i find the door pins? and is there a way that i can tell that the pins are dead? and fcm thanks for the info i find the answers to your questions as soon as the rain lets up</TD></TR></TABLE> If the dome light comes on when you open the doors and gos out when you close the doors the door pins are working you can also check to see how well they are working by seeing how far the door has to be opened be for the dome light comes on, hold the door handle open, hold door closed, [by leaning on it] then slowly let the door open, keek an eye on the dome light, the door should be past its latched position befor the light comes on, you can also test this by closing door, an pulling on the bottom back of the door, if the dome light comes on with very little movement, [pulling] that can be a problem. 94

 

ok i checked the dome light/door movement and so far the dome light doesnt seem to be a problem

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchinprogress &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok i checked the dome light/door movement and so far the dome light doesnt seem to be a problem</TD></TR></TABLE> Then the problem is not the door pins, try rebooting the alarm. 94

 

how can i reboot?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchinprogress &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how can i reboot?</TD></TR></TABLE>Disconnect neg. batt lead, wait 1 min. reconnect. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Disconnect neg. batt lead, wait 1 min. reconnect. 94</TD></TR></TABLE> thanks for your help...ill give it a try