Why does my 1998 Sebring car alarm go off when I try to start my car?
Jill asked:
2″ of rain water was sitting in the floorboard of my car yesterday. The speakers were making loud noises but I finally got that to stop. Now the horn blows and lights flash when I try to turn on the vehicle. I tried to pull the black box (by the fuses) that says ‘horn relay’ but I couldn’t get it out. Any suggestions on what to do? Thanks.
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2″ of rain water was sitting in the floorboard of my car yesterday. The speakers were making loud noises but I finally got that to stop. Now the horn blows and lights flash when I try to turn on the vehicle. I tried to pull the black box (by the fuses) that says ‘horn relay’ but I couldn’t get it out. Any suggestions on what to do? Thanks.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:28 pm
wow, your car sounds like a disaster. Should have junkers for clunkered it. Sorry I cant help you out but your car really sounds like it is a junk box. diplomaticaffairs
October 4th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
turn the alarm off? even if you disable the horn the headlights will flash, but you could cut the wires to the horn, unplug the horn, pull the horn fuse…. I hope it dries out, and starts working for you. dodgehorizon
October 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I would think that there are two probable causes for it; first, lock and unlock your doors with the key- they can get wet and turn the alarm system on and have to be re-set. The other is that the control unit for the alarm system got wet- it may dry out, but it is more likely that the control head will have to be replaced. Greg L
October 7th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Why???? Because it sounds like your electrical system is fried. Theres a reason they tell us to keep water away from electrical devices J J
October 10th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I am assuming that prior to the rain, that you did not the problems you described. Thus it is likely that the 2″ of rain water in your floorboard resulted in a series of electrical or electronic shorts causing a variety of odd things to happen. simply spoken you have got yourself a “bag of worms”. You will need a systematic way of tracing the shorts. I suggest first to let things dry out a bit. Then go to the fuse panel and start pulling out suspected fuses and check results. It’s going to take time and perseverance but I know of no short cut unless you are willing to spend the bucks to have a service shop fix the problems. Don S