98 Passport - Alarm goes off when I open door with key

[tahusker]

Yes, I know . . . posting on Xmas is lame. But since it happened to me today, it reminded me to post.

The Honda alarm on my Passport goes off almost every time if I have the vehicle locked and I try to open it with my key. Almost every time, of course except whenever the dealership looks at it. This is rarely an issue because I have keyless entry. But on those rare occasions where I am using a spare key (or my wife takes my keychain accidentally) I end up setting of the stupid alarm by unlocking the door with the key.

Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening, or any suggestions for potential fixes?

Thanks . . . Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

[Gizmo42]

Not really sure what the cause is. Does it do it if you unlock all the doors with the key (turn the key to unlock twice)? Only time mine has set off the alarm with the key is when I tried unlocking the passenger side with the key (at 1am in a campground).

[tahusker]

Hmmmmmmm . . . not sure I've ever tried turning it twice. I'll give it a shot and see what that does. Will let you know!

[srpope80]

I have the same issue on my '98 Rodeo on the passenger side.... I don't open the pass door with a key much, so I really haven't even investigated..... It has to be something with the lock mechanism right?

[trooperbc]

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[mapua82]

Originally Posted by srpope80

I have the same issue on my '98 Rodeo on the passenger side.... I don't open the pass door with a key much, so I really haven't even investigated..... It has to be something with the lock mechanism right?

Funny, i got the opposite.
My '99 trigger the alarm when i use the key at the driver side but not on the passenger side.

[tahusker]

Glad to see that I am not nuts, anyway . . . and that other people are experiencing similar strange "features" with the factory alarms.

[Gizmo42]

Does yours only honk once when you use the key or does it keep going?

I used the key to open my drivers side door for the first time ever this morning. It honked once.

[tahusker]

Originally Posted by Gizmo42

Does yours only honk once when you use the key or does it keep going?

I used the key to open my drivers side door for the first time ever this morning. It honked once.

Sorry . . . haven't been back to the forum in awhile.

I actually tried it at the gym the other day, and it honked once like you just experienced. But I have also had it go off and keep honking until I get the key in the ignition and turn it. It's very strange (and a pain in the butt). It's consistently inconsistent.

[Gizmo42]

It's consistently inconsistent.

Story of my life LOL. Get that every day at work and its really hard to fix something when its working fine every time you check it.

[Cat Fuzz]

Every car alarm I've seen will go off unless you deactivate it with the remote. Otherwise, you could simply use a lock-out kit to deactivate any alarm out there and that sort-of defeats the purpose of having an alarm.