bought my car 4 yrs ago , it came with a prestige alarm,, ev erthing works fine but the lights dont flash when arming and disarming. Install places think right away that something is blown and wont look at it..... help plz what do i need


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was it ever working?

Usually its just a one wire hook up from the onboard light flash relay to the stock relay for the parking lights.

If you can handle your own electronics, first check that the relay on your alarm isn't blown (assuming it was working at one point) do this with a 12volt light or meter, goto your prestige brain, tap the parking flash wire at the harness and arm/disarm the car, you should see 12v pulse on and off.

If this works, check the wire going to the RED/GREEN at the steering column, again assuming its connected check it out..if its not connected, just extend a wire and tap...your done!


Alarm stores and trying to make sales over good rep

-Rage

 

Rage thanks for the reply..... no ,when i got the car it wasnt working(lights) However, the alarm works and the power door locks work , thats all I was really concerned about....... Do I need to buy a relay... square black one with 87 prongs on it

 

I doubt it. the parklight output from the module should be positve. If its negative, then you'll need the relay.

 

alright ill see what i can do thanx

 

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-Rage
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Well Rage....thats always not true. The problem is that say you do a "favor"
for a customer..you are liable for anything that can go wrong. No shop
wants to be part of that....regardless of what was explained or verbally
agred upon. My incident was with a 90 T-bird with the diagnostic panel
above the radio. One of my installers took a look at his radio because
he was having issues with another shop ( hey its all about service right).
Well one of the clips that hold it in the dash fell behind upon
reassembly...a real simple fix actually but the 'customer' wanted it
resolved....I ended up paying $800.00 (of my own money) to Ford for a new display (there was not one to be found in any bone yards anywhere..trust me I searched for a few weeks) only to find out that it never worked from the start.
....talk about pissed

Now do you see?

 

that is sooo true , its all about liability! Thats why i left my job , the company didnt wanna cover damages when they said we were insured

 

its working thanks to all!