i guess the car has an alarm system in it, cuz my friend accidentally triggered a couple of weeks ago. but since then i havent figured out how he did it. he came again and tried to do what he did, but it didnt trigger. after about 10 minutes of trying different stuff, it finally triggered. how exactly does the alarm system make the sound?

 

Well, if you have just the factory alarm and you are asking where the actual alarm sound is comming from...It's just the horn. If you are asking how to make your alarm go off, there are a couple of different ways. The easiest would be to roll your windows down and lock the car from the outside with the key, or with your touch-entry. Then wait about a minute or so and then unlock your car from the inside. The alarm will also go off if you lock the car and then try to pop the trunk, or open the hood from the inside. The manual says there is a sensor inside the lock on the trunk,(and I think on the keyholes on the front doors) and that if the key hole is tampered with the alarm will go off...But I have not been sucessful in makeing this happen. It could be mine is just messed up. Hope that helps.

 

The alarm system has always baffled me because the few
times I have accidently set it off, I couldn't remember
what I was doing to trigger it and so could not recreate
the incident. I did have it happen when I had the battery
go bad or low one time and after a jumpstart, the alarm
somehow got triggered. The bad thing was that it would
only drive for a mile or so and then the fuel pump would
cut out; pretty nifty in a way, a pain at the time though
since I was trying to limp home. I ended up calling the
local dealership and they told me how to disarm it since
I did not have an owners manual telling me how to do it.

Might have to dig around in the service manual and see if
there is a section on diagnostics for the security system
that tells what all will trip it.

Thanks for the information...

 

mine has never gone off and i dont have a manual but can some one tell me how to disarm it before i go and try to set it off.

 

Shhhhhh! It's a secret! If I tell you, I'll have to kill
you so you will not divulge it to anyone else...

Having said that...

The guy at the dealership told me (after I set mine off
accidently) that all you have to do is put your key in
the passenger's side door lock and cycle it a few times.
That is, just unlock and lock the passenger door using
the key a couple of times and that should reset it.

 

to disarm, you have to put your key in the lock in the door and turn

like people said already, to arm: roll down window, get out, lock all doors, wait until SECURITY light turns off in dash, reach through window, unlock, open door, lights should flash and horn should honk