Hello everyone, hope Aug. 23rd finds you all well & healthy. Being new to the forum I’m not sure if this has been addressed but here goes. My factory alarm goes off randomly and I am stumped. I’ve read that the battery was getting low and should be charged, did that and still…… beep, beep, beep at any time of day or night. Brought a new battery and ( see above sentence). This issue has been going on for some years so I was able to just leave the doors unlocked however I moved to a location that, that remedy is not a good idea. Therefore…… HELP! Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. The doors are unlock now. lol
There is probably a backup battery in the alarm unit but don’t know if it is easily checked out. The main car battery needs to be a decent quality replacement . You may have a parasitic draw in your wiring which your alarm is detecting as someone tampering with your vehicle. You may just have a faulty alarm. Just some thoughts.
Had problem with mine when replaced weather strips and glass was not tight against door surround rubber, due to me not fully checking adjusters ( done and sorted now). If the door rubber is very worn there may be a gap that allows the wind to blow in and that sets it off, as it would if window left open? Long shot but it happened.
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Thanks vtecgrin, I’ll check the service manual to see if there is a secondary battery.
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Thank you Greena28, my driver side door is seems a wee bit misaligned. I will try to make some adjustments. Fingers crossed !
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Joe’s video will show you the correct adjusting points for in/out and up/down and how to take off door card without breaking all plastic bits . About 20 mins each way.
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Hey every body, I think I’ve solved the alarm malfunction issue I was having. This may help others. While working under the hood I noticed that some of the rubber hood stops were longer then others on the passenger side where the hood alarm switch is located. They somehow twisted out a bit so I gave them a twist back in and it’s been 9 days and haven’t heard the alarm since.
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Hi, yep sounds like the switch wasn’t closing properly hence the alarm was suspecting a tamper. Sometimes its the daftest things causing an issue 
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