Forgive the essay, I wanted to be as specific as possible with my issue.
So I'm having trouble with my 89 factory alarm and hoping I'm forgetting something. I know I can pull the alarm computer and ground the wire but I would like to keep the factory alarm installed.
My driver key hole would never disarm so I would always unlock the car from the passenger side when I used the alarm. Recently I don't use the alarm so I lock the drivers door with my key from the outside, so the doors are locked but no alarm is armed. The other day I opened the drivers side door that was locked from the outside, and the alarm went off. After investigation it seems locking either door even from the outside will arm the alarm. I can shut it off via the ignition slot but the immobilizer is still active.
I tried all the reset tricks with turning the key and what not, still the immobilizer is set. I disarmed the alarm with the hatch key hole and it successfully disarmed, still wouldn't start. If I pull the dome fuse the car starts perfect so I believe the immobilizer is the culprit.
I pulled the driver door panel off, and pulled the cap on the back of the key hole that sets the alarm, it was dirty and I cleaned everything up, reinstalled, the car acts exactly the same. I unplugged the driver door alarm sensor and the car still acts the same except when I lock the driver door from the outside, it obviously will not arm because it's unplugged.
I'm just at a loss, I don't understand why the hatch will disarm the car but not the immobilizer, and why in the first place the key hole would arm the alarm when its supposed to only happen when locking from the inside. Unless I am not understanding how this system works. Thank you anyone who reads all of this.
So I'm having trouble with my 89 factory alarm and hoping I'm forgetting something. I know I can pull the alarm computer and ground the wire but I would like to keep the factory alarm installed.
My driver key hole would never disarm so I would always unlock the car from the passenger side when I used the alarm. Recently I don't use the alarm so I lock the drivers door with my key from the outside, so the doors are locked but no alarm is armed. The other day I opened the drivers side door that was locked from the outside, and the alarm went off. After investigation it seems locking either door even from the outside will arm the alarm. I can shut it off via the ignition slot but the immobilizer is still active.
I tried all the reset tricks with turning the key and what not, still the immobilizer is set. I disarmed the alarm with the hatch key hole and it successfully disarmed, still wouldn't start. If I pull the dome fuse the car starts perfect so I believe the immobilizer is the culprit.
I pulled the driver door panel off, and pulled the cap on the back of the key hole that sets the alarm, it was dirty and I cleaned everything up, reinstalled, the car acts exactly the same. I unplugged the driver door alarm sensor and the car still acts the same except when I lock the driver door from the outside, it obviously will not arm because it's unplugged.
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