I got an oil change at Wal-Mart, and though I specifically told them not to lock the doors, they locked the doors. This is bad because none of my locks will let me unlock them with my key…I’m guessing the cylinders are messed up or something…but anyways I called the local police station and they sent someone out to unlock my car…but here Is my problem: when he unlocked my car it set off the car alarm, and since I can’t unlock any of the locks, I can’t turn off the alarm (but I disconnected the battery so it wouldn’t die)…and I can’t start the car. I plan to buy another key-less entry remote so I can stop the alarm…but can I program the remote while the alarm is going off?
I own a 2007 Chev Cobalt LT. Standard equiptment includes a content theft deterrant system and a remote car starter. Several days ago, for no apparent reason, The car alarm started to malfunction, and the alarm would sound for no apparent reason. Additionally, simultaneously, the remote car starter stopped working.
The car alarm’s indicator normally blinks three times when first armed or if someone tries to open the doors. It now blinks constantly. Normally, the alarm goes off if the doors, trunk or hood are ajar or open. It now goes off for no apparent reason, usually after sitting armed for a moment or two (maybe as much as ten sometimes).
Normally, the starter will not work if the hazard lights are on, or if the doors, trunk or hood are open. (Among other things) Now, the starter does not work at all, though the car’s lights do flash, which is the sign the the remote’s signal is being received. The obvious answer is that one of the door/trunk/hood sensors are malfunctioning, though these are have ‘open/ajar/ indicator lights which are not going off unexpectedly. Additionally, I live in a winter climate, with salt and sand on the roads. The car is in mint shape. The only after-market items are related to the sound sytem, all professionally installed.
I suspect that the cause is related to both components. Does anybody know if these two systems have a part or sensors in common?
Can anyone guess what the cause might be? "Parts made in China." Wow. You suck. I love my shiny Cobalt, but I’d trade it for a Honda anyday.
Running wires through the firewall…It’s tight down there and the joot covering the grommet needs to be moved or some of it cut out to get to the rubber tennis ball shaped grommet…CAREFULLY cut an “x” in the grommet, there are wires in there so be careful.
recently i got my first car fixed, it’s a old honda i havent used in years. the first owner had the "MAAT GFM-750 Car Alarm" installed. i was googling and found a similiar alarm, i am sure that this is the alarm i have. cos i reconized the remote and the black box with a red led. there is a fuse box too but i can’t find it while looking under the hood/steering wheel.
at first the remote didn’t unlock/lock the doors, someone suggested i should get a new battery and i did but that didn’t fix it.
now i got new problems: - remote button won’t lock/unlock doors - remote wont shut off alarm siren - sometimes alarm goes off after battery hook up - sometimes when i got the battery hook up without alarm siren, tried start up the car = alarm goes of + engine didnt start
it’s annoying to the neighobor and embarrasing to me. i need a solution please, it’s a waste of money to buy auto insurrance for a inactive car. i tries big tink, but unable to locate it. i cut off 1 speaker under the hood thinking its connected to the alarm. but there is another it seems if i can find it i would cut off too. latest update: i successed in deactivate the alarm. would like to know how to sync the alarm with my remote.
I went to work this morning and armed my car alarm. when i got out of work I used my key to open my trunk. alarm sounded when trunk shut of course. the remote wouldn’t disarm the car so I unlocked the door with key and it remained on. car would not start. I touched the killswitch and got it started. now my car alarm transmitter remote light wont shut off and its not the battery. the light on remote keeps flickering fast and it wont shut off. it wont arm or disarm the alarm.what is wrong? I don’t have another remote. I bought the car with it already installed over a year ago. I don’t know how to reactivate the alarm either no instruction book. I don’t know if I could buy the remote in a store??
Our car alarm has started going off in the middle of the night for no reason. Using the remote to unlock and then lock again works for the moment but then it starts again. The one LCD remote that we have shows a hammer hitting the front side of the car which, I assume, means that it thinks the car is being vandalized but it is not. Can anyone help us figure this out? Serious answers only, please. How do I adjust the sensitivity? We bought the car used w/the alarm already installed. Don’t have a manual.
