this has been happening like twice a month. I arm my car when i park it and when i come back later i can't unarm it. The most i can do is open the door with my key and let it ring, however i can't start my car when my alarm is armed. I also just recently had my alarm checked out they said they replaced some wires and it should be working fine, but it doesn't. any idea or suggestions, help?

By the way it is a clifford alarm.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by oh-k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this has been happening like twice a month. I arm my car when i park it and when i come back later i can't unarm it. The most i can do is open the door with my key and let it ring, however i can't start my car when my alarm is armed. I also just recently had my alarm checked out they said they replaced some wires and it should be working fine, but it doesn't. any idea or suggestions, help?

By the way it is a clifford alarm.</TD></TR></TABLE>I would say its install problem, how do you get it to work again? It could also be a programing problem, a poor ground or a "dirty" 12v power can cause an intermittent problem like yours. 94

 

i dont do anything to try and get it to start working again. it usually just starts working my its self hours later.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by oh-k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont do anything to try and get it to start working again. it usually just starts working my its self hours later.</TD></TR></TABLE>I would get someone to check the ground for the alarm, also see if all the connections are soldered, also see where the power is hooked up to, this MUST be a "clean" source,[ nothing else can be drawing power off it when alarm is being used] a good place for power and ign. hook up is at the ign. switch, and only the main power and ign. power for alarm should be wired there, any other powers needed for alarm should be goten some place else. 94

 

doesn't have to be the install job. which clifford do you have? clifford is owned by DEI and ALL DEI alarms have a lifetime warranty so just take the car back to where you had it installed, have them take out the brain and send that and the transmitter to DEI. I have the new Viper 791 and the same thing happend to me and i installed it myself so i know the install was perfect. ended up having to swap it out for a new one and it worked fine. good thing i work at best buy

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SuckMyDOHC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">doesn't have to be the install job. which clifford do you have? clifford is owned by DEI and ALL DEI alarms have a lifetime warranty so just take the car back to where you had it installed, have them take out the brain and send that and the transmitter to DEI. I have the new Viper 791 and the same thing happend to me and i installed it myself so i know the install was perfect. ended up having to swap it out for a new one and it worked fine. good thing i work at best buy</TD></TR></TABLE> No it does not have to be the install, but it would be the first thing I would check, as the install is the cause of most problems with alarms, and poor grounds and "dirty power" are the cause for 90%+ of the problems. 94

 

wow.. i'm glad to see someone else has this problem with their clifford. i have the responder and the exact same thing happens to me. no one around here knows what it could be.. but i think it only happens when the sensor in the car gets too hot. becuase if i leave my windows cracked it will usually always respond to the remote...

 

yea, the alarm usually does not work on hot days when my car has been sitting out in the sun.

 

yea.. i had the responder on my windshield, but i moved it so my visor kinda covers it on the head liner.. then when it's hot out i let it hang down so it stays cool.. but its been rainy lately and kinda cooling off around here, and ive had no problems at all. i know it looks kinda ghetto having it hang there, but its better than sitting in your car with the loud *** alarm going off...

 

yeah DEI really needs to work on their responder technology. they use it on their cliffords, vipers, and some other cheapo one.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AlxSiR7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea.. i had the responder on my windshield, but i moved it so my visor kinda covers it on the head liner.. then when it's hot out i let it hang down so it stays cool.. but its been rainy lately and kinda cooling off around here, and ive had no problems at all. i know it looks kinda ghetto having it hang there, but its better than sitting in your car with the loud *** alarm going off... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Okay its my time to chime in...
You guy sneeds to be taught how to overide your security systems in cases
like this or if you lose the transmitters. I see this all too often,customers not
being taught how to work their alarms. As for the transmitter problems ( In
addition to what FCM stated) are you near power lines/or aany cell towers/radio
transmitters? There is a FCC ruling that states that "devices must not create
interference but must accept any interference that can cause any unwanted
actions "...( Da Woooh ?) A lot of times we are near larger radio signals
that can screw up our transmitters. Sorry but this is just gonna happen. Thats
why its important that you know how to work your system.

 

damn.. that makes so much more sense now.. my college and work is right near an airport with power lines everywhere! But then why will it work if its cool outside?


Modified by AlxSiR7 at 1:45 PM 9/16/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AlxSiR7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn.. that makes so much more sense now.. my college and work is right near an airport with power lines everywhere! But then why will it work if its cool outside?


Modified by AlxSiR7 at 1:45 PM 9/16/2004</TD></TR></TABLE> Check with http://www.dei.com on replacement .[warranty is lifetime] 94

 

even if i dont have paperwork? the alarm was installed by a preveious owner..