Comments on: Why does my 1998 Sebring car alarm go off when I try to start my car?

By: Don S

Don S — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:49:13 +0000

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

By: J J

J J — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:12:10 +0000

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

By: Greg L

Greg L — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:34:12 +0000

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

By: dodgehorizon

dodgehorizon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:14:48 +0000

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

By: diplomaticaffairs

diplomaticaffairs — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:28:10 +0000

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