Factory alarm acting really weird. Please help! [RESOLVED]

[misterskeetz]

So I just cleaned the hell out of my car today and it looks great. I go to get a quote for respraying my sideskirts (770 bucks as it turns out) and I go to open my door and the horn goes off constantly! Not the honk honk honk. Just HOOOOOOOOOOOONK! It only stopped after I pressed unlock on the remote like 1000 times.

Please note that when I hit the remote to lock and unlock my doors, for the last year, I have heard no audible signal that it was locked or not. Now it honks once when I unlock it, and twice when I lock it.

So I pick up some essentials at Target (TMI, I know) and I leave the car locked but I put the key into the trunk and unlock it and once again...HOOOOOOOOONK!

I drive the car home and get out and hit the lock on the remote and back to no audible signal of locking or unlocking. I keep playing with the remote...lock, unlock, lock, unlock. Then all of a sudden I am getting audible signals again. MY ALARM IS POSSESSED!

Please help if possible. A solution for something like this probably won't exist over a forum but we can give it a shot.

 

[misterskeetz]

Also, the red light over by the rear wiper switch now flashes red when the alarm is engaged and turns off when disengaged. For the past year, the car has never made a sound when I locked and/or unlocked.

 

[misterskeetz]

Update (not a bump)

The car is still giving me the audible honk 1 time for unlocked and 2 for locked. Now, if I arm the alarm, the red light blinks. If I use my key to unlock passenger side, driver side, or hatch, the alarm goes off. If I use the remote to unlock, it's all good. Again, this has never happened before. I check to see if all the sensors are working properly. I can hear the relay by the driverside rear clicking when I depress the switches at the doors and the hood. It was my understanding that you could unlock the car with your key and the alarm would disable.

This problem is so irritating right now. Sorry for the multiple posts. I have done my troubleshooting for now.

 

[rush2252]

sounds to me like it could need reprogrammed. There are sensors on the lock cylinders that should disarm the alarm when you turn it if they are hooked up still. Ive seen the clipse break and they pop off. DO a quick test if you put the key in the door and turn it to unlock and hit it again it should unlock both doors if not then its not working properly

Kolby

 

[99gst214]

Try not using the remote keyless entry. Try just unlocking the vehicle with the key and see if the alarm goes off then. My car's keyless entry was lost, now i have to unlock the passenger side door first, otherwise the alarm goes off. It doesn't seem to be in the keyless entry, it seems to be in the alarm itself, but its worth a shot to just see what happens.

 

[kurz]

I'm guessing you have an aftermarket alarm, and maybe it got reset somehow during your paint job, like they disconnected the battery for some reason. Since it an aftermarket alarm it will always go off if you don't use the remote, since the alarm has no way to sense that you are using the key or someone is breaking in, unless whoever wired it used the stock inputs, which is the rear hatch trunk lock only.

I would look up the brand of alarm you have online, find the user manual and reset the settings to whatever you want. Many alarms allow you to set how you want to be notify, like when your alarm is armed and disarmed you can set it to flash your lights only, or honk a few time like it is now.

Allen C.

 

[misterskeetz]

Try not using the remote keyless entry. Try just unlocking the vehicle with the key and see if the alarm goes off then. My car's keyless entry was lost, now i have to unlock the passenger side door first, otherwise the alarm goes off. It doesn't seem to be in the keyless entry, it seems to be in the alarm itself, but its worth a shot to just see what happens.

It happens everytime. I lock up the car with the remote. Honk once and the dash light starts flashing red. I go to unlock the car with my key. Doesn't matter which door or if it's the hatch. The alarm goes off. It won't stop until I hit unlock on my remote. The thing that sucks about that is, my remote hasn't been working well for quite some time. So it just keeps honking until my remote decides it wants to work.

 

[misterskeetz]

I'm guessing you have an aftermarket alarm, and maybe it got reset somehow during your paint job, like they disconnected the battery for some reason. Since it an aftermarket alarm it will always go off if you don't use the remote, since the alarm has no way to sense that you are using the key or someone is breaking in, unless whoever wired it used the stock inputs, which is the rear hatch trunk lock only.

I would look up the brand of alarm you have online, find the user manual and reset the settings to whatever you want. Many alarms allow you to set how you want to be notify, like when your alarm is armed and disarmed you can set it to flash your lights only, or honk a few time like it is now.

Allen C.

I am like 99% sure that it is a factory alarm. Here is what my remote says on the back...

MODEL FCC ID: GQ43VT6T
TRW ISC: 1470 K1362

 

[misterskeetz]

sounds to me like it could need reprogrammed. There are sensors on the lock cylinders that should disarm the alarm when you turn it if they are hooked up still. Ive seen the clipse break and they pop off. DO a quick test if you put the key in the door and turn it to unlock and hit it again it should unlock both doors if not then its not working properly

Kolby

Two turns of the key to the right unlocks both doors. One turn to the right locks and arms. This is a tough one. 2 more things.

1) Prior to this problem, when I pressed lock on the remote more than once, the lights would flash. Now they only flash on the first time.

2) What is that switch down under the dash by the courtesy light? Should it be flipped up or down? I can provide a picture if you don't know what I am talking about.

 

[rush2252]

That is probably the valet switch. My 99 GS had a valet with a chip. If removed the car wouldnt start. If you have a switch it sounds like a dealer add on rather than factory.


Kolby

 

[misterskeetz]

I figured it out but there are still some unanswered questions.

What had happened is that I must have bumped that switch I was talking about when I was vaccuuming. It put the alarm into a different mode. After that, it didn't matter what position the switch was in. The mode would stay the same. I had to start the car with the switch in the "up" position and while the car was on I had to flip the switch down. Then the light by the hazard switch turned red and stayed on. After I turned off the car, everything was back to the way it was at the beginning of my day.

So I fixed it but I don't really know what I did. I mean, I still don't know what that switch is called and what it is meant for. I just know I didn't like it when it was "on".