Please Help!!! Any changes after aftermarket stereo installed?

[kaiserk]

Hi, I have a 2003 Alero GL and just had an alpine stereo installed last night. Now my car won't chime when i lock the car from the drivers door as I'm getting out. Is there a reason it's not working? Should it be working? Is anything else going to not work? Oh and since my security system was through the stereo, do I not have that anymore?

I'm really worried. I also and curious if my ABS and Traction control won't work.

If anyone has had an experience with this please help!

[vs5585]

The chime and the security are connected through the factory deck, and they stopped working for me as well. All though, a couple of days ago in an automotive department of my friendly neighbourghood WAL-MART I saw a unit I believe made by "schosche" or something like that, which can be installed to fix the chime issue and other factory features. If I remember right it was in the range of $20 to $40.

[kaiserk]

Thanks for the info. It had turned out they had installed it wrong, re-installed and my traction control now works. the chime isn't working, but i'm glad that i have an explanation for that. thanks. I'm getting used to not hearing it.

[xeroinfinity]

Yeah the 2000 and up are tricky about installing aftermarket radios.
They do sell a wire harness that will fix this(so your chimes work), some dealers sell them , I just saw some some them on a web site the other day, much cheaper then the stealerships.

Most likly the traction control switch in the dash was unpluged was why the light was on.