So my alarm just stopped working...

Feb 02, 2004 3 Replies

I haven't had my '98 Legacy Outback wagon all that long (...just since around May of '03) and last night my Alarm/Remote entry just stopped working. I thought at 1st that it was the remote, which was odd... since I recently replaced the batteries in both remotes... so I tried the other remote... and still, no dice.



I'm *hoping* there's an easy fix for this, and not one that's too costly... anything I should check into before I end up having to cart it back to the dealer? I'm not sure if my warranty covers this... would the alarm/remote entry be covered in the power/tran warranty? I somehow doubt it.



How does the alarm work anyway? Does it run off the car battery, or does it have it's own?



Man, I really should learn more about my wagon...


THANKS IN ADVANCE!


-Eric snipped-for-privacy@AiXeLsyD.COM


Someone at work reminded me... it MIGHT just be a fuse. Anywhere I can get a diagram of the what the fuses are for?

Pulling the ground wire from the battery? Hmm... how does this work?

Also... the remotes are definitely not locking/unlocking the doors or doing anythign to the alarm.

I looked at the fuse at lunch time today... it was like an episode of the THREE STOOGES.

My alarm hasn't responded to the remote for a few days now... so I pull off the lid to the fuse box & pull out the fuse marked for the doors/locking because there's not one for the alarm, right? The fuse is fine, so I put it back... and BAM! The alarm is going off in Wendy's parking lot. Of course, the remote is still not working so I can't turn off the alarm. It goes for about a minute and a half at a stretch, and shuts off until you f___ with anything on the car. The car won't start even with the key while the alarm's going off... I shut & lock all the doors, open one with the key slowly like the manual says... and it does not disengage the alarm. I pull the door lock fuse out completely again, & the car will still not start. I called the dealer & they told me about the reset button... and that did turn it off eventually... after I put the key in the ignition, in the lock position. (This is apparently what I should have done before touching any fuses also.)

So... I know the alarm itsef is working now, & I did just replace the batteries on both remotes... which aren't working at all... Could it be a problem with the receiver/antenna on the alarm itself?

Does anyone know how these work?

Should I chance trying to "reset" the alarm w/ the remotes that seem to not be responding at all?

Maybe I bought really sh*tty batteries?

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