Curious dead battery / car alarm problem.

May 09, 2006 4 Replies
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So yesterday I left my car lights on for the whole day. When I got back



to the car, the battery was dead.



I managed to jump the car with cables of a colleague and thought I would be fine.


However, now it happens that everytime I open the door some kind of car



alarm would start for about 20 seconds.


The thing is, I don't have a car alarm! Well, I was never told I had one, and I don't have any electronic device to turn it off.


Do you have any idea on what I should do?



BTW, I have a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo I bought from CarMax in December



2005.

Thanks, Carlo



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C

find the fuse to the alarm and unhook.

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Good idea! But how do I do that? I cannot even locate the alarm box!

Any ideas?

Thanks, Carlo

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Yes, bring the car to your local repair service and ask them to remove the fuse for you. I was in a similar situation with a used car I purchased and had an auto repair place remove the alarm. Cost me $30 which was cheaper than my messing around with things of which I had no knowledge and possibly causing other problems.

Bob

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I actually tried the crapshoot of going to CarMax and -guess what?- they unhooked it for free in 10 minutes.

WAY TO GO CARMAX!!!

Thanks for your help, everybody!

Carlo

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