Broken alarm?
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Racer
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From: Cypress TX
Broken alarm?
My alarm will set but I can't disarm it. And it doesn't just run for almost a minute, it runs forever. At least until I disconnect the battery.
When I reconnect ten minutes later the first thing I hear is the alarm set then my headlights pop up!
WTH?
Any ideas? I thought I was good on this
I plan to hook the battery back up but I'll do it with the door open so it can't arm itself at least until I get it positioned better in the garage.
Thanks
When I reconnect ten minutes later the first thing I hear is the alarm set then my headlights pop up!
WTH?
Any ideas? I thought I was good on this
I plan to hook the battery back up but I'll do it with the door open so it can't arm itself at least until I get it positioned better in the garage.
Thanks
Le Mans Master
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From: Kelowna BC
How long have you had the car?
Did this just start?
Did you do anything to the car recently, just before this started?
Thinking there's an aftermarket alarm that's setting it off... possible?
Did this just start?
Did you do anything to the car recently, just before this started?
Thinking there's an aftermarket alarm that's setting it off... possible?
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Racer
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Cypress TX
Factory alarm.
This is a replay of what happened just before the battery died.
Tomorrow I plan to reconnect the battery with the door open to prevent the alarm resetting and try to turn the alarm off.
My local Chevy dealer doesn't want to mess with it due to the age of the car.
This is a replay of what happened just before the battery died.
Tomorrow I plan to reconnect the battery with the door open to prevent the alarm resetting and try to turn the alarm off.
My local Chevy dealer doesn't want to mess with it due to the age of the car.
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Racer
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Cypress TX
Thanks 8VETTE7
I'm going to WW this morning and will look at batt minders. When I get home it should be late enough to be able to mess with the car and have the alarm go off.
Am I on the right track to leave a door open when I reconnect the battery so the alarm doesn't automatically reset itself? This was the most frustrating parts of yesterday.
There have been no issues with this car until just before Thanksgiving and I failed to put it back on the batt minder.
I'm on the closing end time wise of getting my aunt qualified for Medicade funded nursing home care. They lose paperwork, can't find paperwork, can't read paperwork and this is only the "back office" of the nursing home! There are some gems in this field also though. My wife works with the elder population and loves it. I will migrate there job wise after I get my aunt situated since no one reads books anymore.
I will post up how this goes later today and will be checking the site so feel free to drop any ideas here.
I want to love my car but dadgummitt, right now it feels like the biggest POS I've ever owned and I owned a Pinto with an autobox(first car)and I beat on that regularly!
Thanks corvetteforum.
Am I on the right track to leave a door open when I reconnect the battery so the alarm doesn't automatically reset itself? This was the most frustrating parts of yesterday.
There have been no issues with this car until just before Thanksgiving and I failed to put it back on the batt minder.
I'm on the closing end time wise of getting my aunt qualified for Medicade funded nursing home care. They lose paperwork, can't find paperwork, can't read paperwork and this is only the "back office" of the nursing home! There are some gems in this field also though. My wife works with the elder population and loves it. I will migrate there job wise after I get my aunt situated since no one reads books anymore.
I will post up how this goes later today and will be checking the site so feel free to drop any ideas here.
I want to love my car but dadgummitt, right now it feels like the biggest POS I've ever owned and I owned a Pinto with an autobox(first car)and I beat on that regularly!
Thanks corvetteforum.
Last edited by xdmikey; Feb 10, 2017 at 09:13 AM.
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Racer
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From: Cypress TX
Sneaking away from the desk(it's so nice to work from home, provided you can get enough accomplished to appease the sammichmaker!)and try a few things:
I disconnected what I think is the power to the radio which runs all the time. In fact, this is why I needed a top & side post battery, assuming the red covered wire IS radio power. I'll know in less than five minutes.
Everything else is not an issue unless you count the TPMS monitors going off.
And away I go.
I disconnected what I think is the power to the radio which runs all the time. In fact, this is why I needed a top & side post battery, assuming the red covered wire IS radio power. I'll know in less than five minutes.
Everything else is not an issue unless you count the TPMS monitors going off.
And away I go.
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Racer
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From: Cypress TX
Red covered wire is not the radio! Don't know what is is but radio has power.
Car ad runs like usual so love is back in my garage!
8VETTE7 I will try and get an electric meter over the weekend and post up then.
Thanks all.
Car ad runs like usual so love is back in my garage!
8VETTE7 I will try and get an electric meter over the weekend and post up then.
Thanks all.
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Racer
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From: Cypress TX
Battery is on the battery tender plus and I've got a green light now.
I have an aftermarket system so I don't know about the Bose system amp but I do have a big speaker in the back deck which I'm sure uses the red sleeved wire.
My neg battery cable had some corrosion so I scrubbed that.
I'm becoming less afraid of messing with my car now!
I have an aftermarket system so I don't know about the Bose system amp but I do have a big speaker in the back deck which I'm sure uses the red sleeved wire.
My neg battery cable had some corrosion so I scrubbed that.
I'm becoming less afraid of messing with my car now!
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You could have a code that will tell you what is wrong. Since it isn't an engine issue or brake issue you won't get any notification on the dash. Use the DIC to read the codes and clear any that show up and then see what happens.
Bill
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Racer
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From: Cypress TX
Thanks Bill
She's running now so that's a start.
I removed the battery to clean the neg cable and when installing it my lights popped up. Not a big issue except I also need get the brass gears for the lights. It makes that horrible grinding sound when they go down!
I removed the battery to clean the neg cable and when installing it my lights popped up. Not a big issue except I also need get the brass gears for the lights. It makes that horrible grinding sound when they go down!