Alarm keeps on going off for no reason..
#1
Alarm keeps on going off for no reason..
My alarm on my 93 maxima gxe keeps on going off randomly for no reason. It would go off maybe once a day, or 3 times in one hour. Then finally today i had to jumpstart the car cause it wouldn't start..
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
![Frown](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
#2
Originally Posted by simplerx
My alarm on my 93 maxima gxe keeps on going off randomly for no reason. It would go off maybe once a day, or 3 times in one hour. Then finally today i had to jumpstart the car cause it wouldn't start..
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
![Frown](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
So ... have your battery checked and replaced
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#3
Originally Posted by simplerx
My alarm on my 93 maxima gxe keeps on going off randomly for no reason. It would go off maybe once a day, or 3 times in one hour. Then finally today i had to jumpstart the car cause it wouldn't start..
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
![Frown](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
As you correctly checked if you pull the batt cable and the car dies you've got a really bad alternator. But your dash light should have come on.
Every time your batt runs out of juice the alarm thinks someon has cut the power and responds as if it was being tampered with.
Does that all make sense?
#5
Originally Posted by MrGone
reminds me of my old black maxima... sometimes I couldnt even get into it.... not that that was a bad thing ![ThumbsUp](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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#7
Originally Posted by simplerx
My alarm on my 93 maxima gxe keeps on going off randomly for no reason. It would go off maybe once a day, or 3 times in one hour. Then finally today i had to jumpstart the car cause it wouldn't start..
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
![Frown](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
#9
Originally Posted by internetautomar
Replace / check the alternator (Yup I sell those)
As you correctly checked if you pull the batt cable and the car dies you've got a really bad alternator. But your dash light should have come on.
Every time your batt runs out of juice the alarm thinks someon has cut the power and responds as if it was being tampered with.
Does that all make sense?
As you correctly checked if you pull the batt cable and the car dies you've got a really bad alternator. But your dash light should have come on.
Every time your batt runs out of juice the alarm thinks someon has cut the power and responds as if it was being tampered with.
Does that all make sense?
#10
Most of the time the alarm starts going off after working on the car is because the hood sensor is either damaged, or the hood itself is held up somehow.. when the wind blows, the hood moves a bit and the hood sensor triggers the alarm.
I had this problem shortly after installing my FSTB. the way I got around it was by pulling the hood sensor off and re-drilling the holes so I mounted the sensor about 1/4" farther up on the fender wall. completely solves the problems.
I would check to make sure you didn't have anything stuck in the hood anywhere either- like leave a screwdriver on top of the engine when you shut the hood.. it can cause the hood to deform just enough so it's pushed up and sets off the alarm like I described above.
I had this problem shortly after installing my FSTB. the way I got around it was by pulling the hood sensor off and re-drilling the holes so I mounted the sensor about 1/4" farther up on the fender wall. completely solves the problems.
I would check to make sure you didn't have anything stuck in the hood anywhere either- like leave a screwdriver on top of the engine when you shut the hood.. it can cause the hood to deform just enough so it's pushed up and sets off the alarm like I described above.
#11
I checked under the hood, but didn't notice anything unusual. How does the sensor look like?
Also wouldn't the car dieing after disconnecting the battery be a sure sign the alternators bad? I dropped by a mechanic, and he said if it was the alternator all the lights on the dashboard would come on (said to come back tomarrow to check it out).
I think the best thing to try right would be to disconnect the alarm. btw the alarm that is going off is the alarm that came with the car (anti-theft), not aftermarket. After removing the lower dash is the alarm easily seen?
Also wouldn't the car dieing after disconnecting the battery be a sure sign the alternators bad? I dropped by a mechanic, and he said if it was the alternator all the lights on the dashboard would come on (said to come back tomarrow to check it out).
I think the best thing to try right would be to disconnect the alarm. btw the alarm that is going off is the alarm that came with the car (anti-theft), not aftermarket. After removing the lower dash is the alarm easily seen?
#13
Originally Posted by simplerx
My alarm on my 93 maxima gxe keeps on going off randomly for no reason. It would go off maybe once a day, or 3 times in one hour. Then finally today i had to jumpstart the car cause it wouldn't start..
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
![Frown](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Could it be the alternator? cause i started the car and disconnected the battery and the car turned off.
btw i don't think this matters at all but the random alarm started after i put in a k&n drop in filter.
-Thanks in advance
#14
Originally Posted by rrrfoma
I don't think that alternator is bad. Mostly likely the battery wouldn't take charge or bad voltage/battery charge regulator (I'm not sure which one maxima has). But I would check the battery first.
#15
Originally Posted by shoult
NOT! He removed the battery from the circuit. The alternator SHOULD have kept it running, good battery, bad battery or NO battery.
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but as I mentioned before if battery is "short" (doesn't take charge) it would effect the whole electric system including voltage/battery charge regulator (or whatever it is).
what I said - don't blame alternator right away ...
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so check the battery --> ... check the regulator --> ... check the alternator and belt (???)
#18
wtf.....
I pulled out the fuse for the Anti-theft, and drove it for around 1 hour. I parked it and drove it out again, and while im driving the alarm starts going off.. soo i took out the relay switch for the anti-theft. Drove the car again 5 hours later, and the damn alarm went off while driving! ;/ Im guessing the alarm is going off because i took out the fuse, and thinks im stealing the car??? Is there a core part of it where i could remove it??? I guess alternator or battery is not the problem?
I pulled out the fuse for the Anti-theft, and drove it for around 1 hour. I parked it and drove it out again, and while im driving the alarm starts going off.. soo i took out the relay switch for the anti-theft. Drove the car again 5 hours later, and the damn alarm went off while driving! ;/ Im guessing the alarm is going off because i took out the fuse, and thinks im stealing the car??? Is there a core part of it where i could remove it??? I guess alternator or battery is not the problem?
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