Car Alarms and Such

Factual Questions
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I don’t got no alarm, all I have is remote locks. It didn’t work right this morning; the locks worked as usual, but it wouldn’t start at all: the instrument panel lights would just blink on and off twelve times.

  • On the remote’s wiring harness underneath the dash, there was a fuse I pulled which allowed me to start the car. There is also a small switch, and a push-button. At the time I tried messing with both, but neither seemed to do anything. Tonight I tried messing with them, and after flipping the switch to the other position, the locks work and the car starts. The remote unit is labeled Chapman Security Systems, but I can’t find any model number or name on it. What do the button and switch do? - DougC
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For starters, why exactly did you pull the fuse, what led you to believe that it would let you start the car? Also, what is the year, make and model of the car?

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[ul]:stuck_out_tongue: [sup]You figured out, what the thieves already know.[/sup][/ul]

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      • It’s not an alarm at all, it’s just a remote lock unit. Previously I had to go someplace to get another remote for it, and I asked them if it had any alarm at all, and they said it didn’t. Looking at the under-dash module, it only has connectors for electricity and door locks- there’s none marked “ignition” or “siren” or anything smilar.
  • A co-worker said that the switch was a siren cut-off switch and the button was a interrupt-bypass switch, but he said that they were only for actual alarms and that the company would probably use the same wiring harness for all their related products, so just because it had the button and switch didn’t mean they did anything in my case.
  • I tried pulling the fuse because the car would not start with it as it was, and there was a fuse that was clearly part of the wiring harness the remote-lock module was hooked to, and the clicking noise that was in time with the blinking panel lights was coming not from the normal turn signals, but from the module itself: the fuse I pulled wasn’t in the normal fuse panel of the car (96 Ford Explorer) so I says what the 'ell.
  • It happened all suddenly though: I left home this morning and stopped at a gas station. When I came out of the gas station, the coors unlocked as usual but the vehicle wouldn’t start. The switch and button are in a position where it’s highly unlikely I inadvertently hit either one with my foot. - DougC
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      • Near the bottom, that should read:
        “…the doors unlocked as usual…”…
        There was no Coors involved at all. - DougC