I drive a 98 camaro and for some reason the car alarm keeps going off and i don't know why and today the car wouldnt start and after the 3rd time of trying to start it the alarm started going off it wouldnt stop even when i hit the car alarm button. after about 20 mins of it going off it stoped and the car started i thought everything was fine until i got home today it keeps beeing and making weird noise and i'm a chick i don't know anything about this damn car so if anyone could help that would be great.
2007-04-01 16:50:53 · 3 answers · asked by Summer 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Well, a few reasons for your erratic alarm: The alarm "Brain-box" is shot (the main computer for the alarm).
Perhaps your battery is dying. My battery on a former vehicle died and the alarm went off until i yanked the siren's wires out.
Perhaps a loose battery wire is causing this alarm's behavior, same kind of thing as the above reason.
maybe your key remote is beat up and transmitting signals when it shouldn't be.
Just a few reasons without actually being there to look at it.
2007-04-01 17:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Ryan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 98 Camaro isn't equipped with a factory alarm, so whatever alarm you have in there is an after-market add-on. From what you're describing, it sounds like you were having trouble starting the car before the alarm went off. It sounds to me like you may have a battery problem, and the low battery caused the alarm problem rather than the other way around. Many after-market alarms will go completely haywire when they're connected to a low battery.
Try hooking the car up to a battery charger, or to another vehicle's battery with jumper cables. If the alarm will arm and disarm with the charger connected, and the vehicle will start once the battery's charged, then have your car's battery checked. If it's bad, then replacing it should solve all your problems.
2007-04-01 17:00:55 · answer #2 · answered by KaeZoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like your having issues with the pats module on the vehicle... thats the passive anti-theft system.. it could be something simple as a ground problem to a more complex internal failure of the pats. best bet is get it to a shop that can electronically diag the system with a computer to see if it is storing any trouble codes in the memory system... that will tell you alot about whats going on. dont even bother with places like autozone and such, as there systems can not collect data from the pats module. your looking at more then likely the dealership diagnostics machines... sorry to be the barer of bad news....
2007-04-01 17:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋