alarm witth a mind of its qwn

[scotty2756]

i have a 1993 lincoln town car the alarm system is acting up big time i set the alarm and it goes off until i hit the code then even after i reset it it goes off again is their any sensor or way to fix it this is the stock alarm on a 1993 cartier edition some times when i check the oil under the hood alarm will go off for no reason but lately it just keeps going off over and over again if i lock the car with the original key driver door it will trigger a few minutes later the ignition has been switched different key this car has been into the dealer before for trunk latch adjustments also please help this alarm is triggering way too much i locked car from passenger door with original key instead of driver door will this keep the alarm from setting until i can get it fixed update it is tied into many fuses the one switch under hood is defective i unplugged yhat but alarm still goes off whether you set it on or not helllllllllllllllllllllllllllp

[sreilly77]

Originally Posted by scotty2756

i have a 1993 lincoln town car the alarm system is acting up big time i set the alarm and it goes off until i hit the code then even after i reset it it goes off again is their any sensor or way to fix it this is the stock alarm on a 1993 cartier edition some times when i check the oil under the hood alarm will go off for no reason but lately it just keeps going off over and over again if i lock the car with the original key driver door it will trigger a few minutes later the ignition has been switched different key this car has been into the dealer before for trunk latch adjustments also please help this alarm is triggering way too much i locked car from passenger door with original key instead of driver door will this keep the alarm from setting until i can get it fixed

not too good with alarms. but i would suggest pulling the fuse for the alarm itself so it will stop going bonkers. Hmmm...was the alarm going crazy before you had your ignition replaced? this is a bit tricky...

[Mr Wiggl3s]

Sounds like something is wrong with a connection, if you want more info the web site www.lincolnsonline.com will help you more

[scotty2756]

Originally Posted by sreilly77

not too good with alarms. but i would suggest pulling the fuse for the alarm itself so it will stop going bonkers. Hmmm...was the alarm going crazy before you had your ignition replaced? this is a bit tricky...

is their any other things on that particular fuse that you want me to pull i was told if i pull that fuse that other things that work off that fuse wont work and the ignition and trunk latch were worked on before i owned the vehicle i was told by my mechanic that underneath yhe right passenger kick panel there is a alarm module i could try to unplug i know on older towne cars there was actually two fuses behind the dash you had to disconnect because of this same problem with the stock alarm system

[sreilly77]

Originally Posted by scotty2756

is their any other things on that particular fuse that you want me to pull i was told if i pull that fuse that other things that work off that fuse wont work and the ignition and trunk latch were worked on before i owned the vehicle i was told by my mechanic that underneath yhe right passenger kick panel there is a alarm module i could try to unplug i know on older towne cars there was actually two fuses behind the dash you had to disconnect because of this same problem with the stock alarm system

thats where mine is on my town car. if you take out the glove box you can see it. its a little black box with 2 plugs (i think). i never unhooked mine b4. however, i will try to unhook it and see what it does. i kno the year of my town car is when ford made many changed to it. also, i know on my town car the alarm is hooked into a fuel cut-off. i am not sure if that would automatically activate if the alarm is disabled by unplugging it (say if a thief was tryin to deactivate the alarm). i guess here we have to poke around and see what we can do. if there is any way to disable it, then just leave it alone. because what it sounds like is the module for the alarm is going bad. usually what happens is soder joints within the module itself break and mess up the entire system. hopefully more people will read this and hopefully have a better solution. i am not the best with alarms but first i would try to disable it by unplugging the relay/fuse. then, once you do that, see if any other system is disabled also. if not, then your home free. try starting out simple first and may be you will get lucky let me know what happens

[Towncar]

Originally Posted by scotty2756

...some times when i check the oil under the hood alarm will go off for no reason but lately it just keeps going off over and over again...

Hi Scotty,
Have you tried cleaning the switch contacts on the Hood Switch? I know of one more person with the exact same problem, the Hood Switch WAS defective.
He tried cleaning the contacts, couldn't get it working. Then he replaced the switch and hasn't had a problem since.

[scotty2756]

Originally Posted by sreilly77

thats where mine is on my town car. if you take out the glove box you can see it. its a little black box with 2 plugs (i think). i never unhooked mine b4. however, i will try to unhook it and see what it does. i kno the year of my town car is when ford made many changed to it. also, i know on my town car the alarm is hooked into a fuel cut-off. i am not sure if that would automatically activate if the alarm is disabled by unplugging it (say if a thief was tryin to deactivate the alarm). i guess here we have to poke around and see what we can do. if there is any way to disable it, then just leave it alone. because what it sounds like is the module for the alarm is going bad. usually what happens is soder joints within the module itself break and mess up the entire system. hopefully more people will read this and hopefully have a better solution. i am not the best with alarms but first i would try to disable it by unplugging the relay/fuse. then, once you do that, see if any other system is disabled also. if not, then your home free. try starting out simple first and may be you will get lucky let me know what happens

thanx for the info my town car will be looked at by my best mechanic on june 8th mine is a cartier edition with 170000 miles it is a great car other than the alarm problem not quite as clean as yours but close i will try to replace the switch on passenger side of hood first then in the meantime i will try to keep alarm from arming by manually unlocking and then locking all doors and locking the passenger front door with the original key so far it has not gone off for two days now since i did this but i think that switch under hood is bad and not sure about switch for electric trunk is working right the original owner had work done on it and ordered new parts but looking throgh his records i guess they were not installed because they thought they fixed trunk without the new parts i know the alarm is hooked to all doors hood and trunk and ignition ill let you know thanx scotty

[scotty2756]

Originally Posted by Towncar

Hi Scotty,
Have you tried cleaning the switch contacts on the Hood Switch? I know of one more person with the exact same problem, the Hood Switch WAS defective.
He tried cleaning the contacts, couldn't get it working. Then he replaced the switch and hasn't had a problem since.

thanx ill try to replace that switch first and go from there i appreciate your help scotty

[Mr Wiggl3s]

93-95 town cars look to have horrible wireing problems

[scotty2756]

it still going off whether it is set or not the switch under hood i disconnected cause you cant get it from ford anymore no hope for pulling a fuse it is tied into four or five other fuses which control other things plus the alarm hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll p

[Blastaman]

I'm in this Toooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!!